Glider Recovery Aboard the R/V Sally Ride

The Coastal Endurance Array Spring 2025 Turn Cruise (SR2511) is officially underway! The team successfully mobilized and departed from Newport, Oregon, marking the start of several weeks of at-sea operations.

Shortly after departure, the crew completed the recovery of glider 1135, one of the autonomous vehicles collecting ocean data across the array. With the glider safely aboard, the R/V Sally Ride is now transiting north toward the Washington mooring sites, where the next round of deployments will begin.

Stay tuned for more updates from the field as operations continue!

Glider recovery. The R/V Sally Ride drove alongside glider 1153. Once we clipped into the glider’s lifting bale, the ship stopped (see whitewater) so we could crane the glider aboard. (c): Jon Fram, OSU