Shelf Mooring Recovery & Profiler Deployment

On May 19, the R/V Sally Ride team made solid progress in the Spring 2025 Coastal Endurance Array turn. The crew successfully recovered the Washington Shelf Surface Mooring (CE07SHSM-00019), retrieving a year’s worth of coastal ocean data.

Later in the day, the team deployed the Washington Shelf Coastal Surface Piercing Profiler (CE07SHSP-00017). This profiler is designed to collect high-resolution vertical profiles of key oceanographic variables, contributing to long-term monitoring along the Pacific Northwest shelf.

The cruise continues with further recovery and deployment operations as the team works their way north along the array.

Whale breaching next to the R/V Sally Ride at the OOI Washington Shelf site. Photo credit: Stuart Pearce.