NSWIMOS Deployment

Unit106 was deployed 3.5NM off Crowdy Head, NSW today. This is the first in a series of NSWIMOS deployments planned for October - November 2009 which includes 3 Slocum glider deployments and 1 Seaglider deployment.

Many thanks to George Powell & Adrian Ferguson for their assistance in the deployment.

Seaglider deployed off Portland, VIC

Today the seaglider 'SG155' was successfully deployed off Portland, Victoria.  

WAIMOS Slocum Recovery

Unit104 was recovered today after a successful 25 day mission.

Second Tasmanian Seaglider Deployed

Today, sg151 was successfuly deployed at a location ~13.5NM East of Bicheno, Tasmania.

Second Tasmanian Seaglider Deployment

Following the successful recovery of SG154 last week, the second Seaglider deployment in Tasmania is to take place tomorrow.  SG151 will be deployed at a site ~13NM East of Bicheno, TAS tomorrow morning.   The glider performed well in all pre-deployment tests which were carried out today by ANFOG  in Hobart.

Hobart Seaglider SG154 Recovered!

This morning at 6:50am EST a team from CSIRO successfully recovered the Seaglider, SG154, about 16NM ENE of Pirates Bay, Tasmania.  This marks the end of the historic first ever southern hemisphere Seaglider deployment which lasted 60 days, during this time competing 430 dives, many to 1000m depth.

Many lessons in seaglider navigation and power consumption were learned over the course of this deployment and we are very confident that we will be able to significantly increase mission duration in future deployments.

Thanks go to the field team of Lindsay Macdonald, Ken Ridgeway & Mark Rayner and to Mun Woo for base support.

Portland Seaglider Deployment Postponed

Due to a delivery company error, which resulted in a section of the seaglider being delivered to Hobart rather than Portland, today's Seaglider deployment off Portland, VIC has been postponed. This deployment is now planned to occur in the week beginning 27/04/2009

NSWIMOS Slocum Recovery (NEMO2)

Unit109 (aka Nemo) was recovered at 13:48 EST today ~9NM ENE of Port Stephens, NSW. Over the 23 day deployment the glider covered 710km taking 1900 vertical profiles, achieving the mission objective of sampling the EAC, a cold core eddy and the adjacent shelf water in Stockton Bight.

           

Thanks to Iain Suthers, Stephan Williams and Daniel Steinberg for the recovery.

WAIMOS Slocum Recovery & Slocum Deployment

The leaking glider unit106 was recovered ~55NM NW of Fremantle.
Unit104 was deployed.

Unit106 Aborts Due to Leak

Unit106 has aborted due to a leak. It is currently positioned ~40NM off Perth and is being taken further offshore by strong NE currents. It appears that the leak is not catastrophic and the glider is still able complete shallow dives. It has been programmed to head directly towards Fremantle diving to a depth of 30m and surfacing every 1 hour. Recovery has been scheduled for Thursday and in the meantime the glider is being closely monitored in case the leak gets any worse.