AUV Survey Testing
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Planned route: 12 segments · ~28 hours steaming · 9 stations
Operating area: 10-50 miles offshore Pt Loma
Route: San Diego (California) - United States → San Diego (California) - United States
Sep 21 – Oct 2, 202611 days at sea
Project aboard
Seabed surveys with REMUS 3000 AUV offshore San Diego. Seabed characterization with sidescan sonar and optical imagery.
People aboard
- Eric Terrill · Principal investigator
- Kurt Sadorf · Chief scientist
Party size: 8
Estimated vacant berths: 4
Equipment
Aboard the vessel
- Ship Fitted Winches & Wires
- Crane
- Stern A-Frame
- Meteorological Data
- Echosounder, 12kHz
- ADCP/UHDAS – range < 80m (eg. 300kHz)
Pooled / portable
- CTD
- Gyrocompass
- Other AUV
Science party brings
- Science-provided vans
Schedule data from UNOLS Marine Facilities Planning · operator cruise code SP2617 Sadorf · MFP reference 26/7415 · synced Sep 24, 2026