A tale of two drifters

We have recovered all of our (SIO, Feddersen) instruments, and the fun of sorting out and QCing the data has begun, however, I thought I’d share a sweet tale of loss and love. We were fortunate to only leave 2 instruments at Pt Sal, drifter 23 and 24, although I do believe their fate may have always been intertwined. Their … Read More

IOP2 fun around Pt Sal

  IOP2 has been a great deal of fun all around sampling both Pt Sal and Oceano with the Sounder, Kalipi and Oceanus.  Speaking of Oceanus, On 14 Oct, Mike Kovatch took some cool photos on of her from east of Pt Sal looking between Lion Rock on the left and Pt Sal on the right as the Oceanus was … Read More

The Kalipi kicks off another week on the water

The Kalipi is back in action starting today. The OSU group recovered the 10-meter temperature string mooring and the ADCP lander this morning. The seas were glassy calm and the instruments were all returned ondeck safely. The recovery could not have gone better. As Jim Lerzcak said when we brought the lander onboard: “There’s nothing like the warm fuzzy feeling … Read More

The R/V Oceanus sets sail once again

The crew on the R/V Oceanus left port today from San Francisco under a fortuitous blue sky. We are headed south to Point Sal and expect to arrive in the morning on Thursday. We plan to recover and re-deploy up to 8 moorings and 9 landers over the next five days, as well as continue surveys with the towed Mini-bat/Acrobat … Read More