Oceana | Protecting the World's Oceans

Author: Ricardo Aguilar
Date: August 18, 2009

Yet another day the sea is respecting us and showing us a small bit of calm. Today we went to an area just a little northward of the place we analyzed yesterday. We sampled sea bottoms with a depth of between 25 and 35 meters at different distances from the coast, from 5 to 8 miles. First we did some transects with the ROV and then we took some samples with a van Veen dredger.

Author: Silvia García
Date: August 16, 2009

Sunny, breeze, choppy sea, but good for working.

Sixteen nautical miles off the coast of Chipiona, we began with the submarine robot’s first dives at a depth of almost 100 m. Tomorrow we will start the transects to document the bottoms of the area proposed for installing the "Cruces del Mar" marine wind turbine farm. The purpose of this research is to minimize the impact that this type of project could have upon the marine environment. To do so, we must carefully analyze and locate the most suitable area to install it.

Author: Silvia García
Date: August 14, 2009

The INSTALSUB technicians arrived at 9:00 a.m. to begin loading and assembling a new ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle). Now it is 8:00 p.m. and they still have not finished outfitting all of the equipment. We are scheduled to set sail for Chipiona at 10:00 p.m., so there is no rest until everything is all set for sailing.

Author: Silvia García
Date: August 12, 2009

Force 3 wind, slightly heavy seas and sunny skies.

An entire day of sailing toward Almería at an average speed of 5-7 nautical miles from the coast. The day aboard the ship has taken its course based on making preparations for the submersion on the following day. We had planned not to make any submersions today. We have spent about 30 hours sailing to cover the Valencia-Almería stretch.