More maintenance, more data, more community engagement!

Last week we did the fourth maintenence trip to clean the spotter located in Bahia Tomas, Cuajiniquil. The conditions were great and the buoy looked on point!

 

We started the fieldtrip approximately at 11:00am along with our colleagues of the Oceanographic Laboratory of Universidad Nacional to deploy an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) near the spotter site at 15m depth.

 

Later on, we headed to Bahia Tomas to start the spotter clean up and alongside our captain Keylor, we remove all the algae growing on it. While we were diving, we checked that all sensors and connectivities were working properly, in fact they were. Then we returned back to the surface and start the SD card switching, since the last one was there for approximately 5 months. This is crucial for the science part and data proccesing we're doing.

Overall the fieltrip was beyond successful, and what really stood out was the support of both our colleagues from Oceanographic Laboratory and Captain Keylor who joined us in all the cleaning process. Doing these fieldtrips just makes us want that marine technology can be expanded even more in our country because at the end of the day is meant to be for all and everyone!