SuBastian Dive #055 – Penguin Bank, Hawai’i – FK170825 (Dive 1)
Date: 09/12/2017
Location: Penguin Bank off the island of Lanai, Hawaii
Depth: ~115 m
Work Completed: Looking for specific types of coral and coral remnants for both sampling and in situ observations.
SuBastian Dive #56 – Penguin Bank Middle Finger Mound Transect – FK170825 (Dive 2)
Date: 09/13/2017
Location: Penguin Bank, off the Hawaiian Island of Molokai
Depth: 95m to 160m
Work Completed: The ROV transited across top of shallow topography coral mounds gathering imagery for a photomosaic (with a new stereographic camera sled) over a 700m long dive track.
Dive #57 -Training near Lana’i, Hawaii – FK170825 – SuBastian (Dive 3)
Date: 09/14/2017
Location: Off the island of Lana’i, Hawaii
Depth: 100 m
Work Completed: Collected coral samples and train under similar dive conditions to that of future dives.
Dive #59 – Palmyra Atoll – FK170825 – SuBastian (Dive 5)
Date: 09/19/2016
Location: SW area of Palmyra Atoll
Depth: Series of transects between 100m and 170m depth
Work Completed: The purpose was for sampling and exploration, as this area had never been explored.
Dive #60 – Palmyra Atoll – FK170825 – SuBastian (Dive 6)
Date: 09/20/2017
Location: Same location as #59 – SW Palmyra Atoll
Depth: Working upslope from a depth of about 200m
Work Completed: Returned to the same location as previous dive to fill in depth gaps of coral samples – get a complete depth coverage of samples.
Dive #61 – Kingman Reef – FK170825 – SuBastian (Dive 7)
Date: 9/21/2017
Location: Kingman Reef
Depth: 100 – 200 m
Work Completed: Searching for and gathering ancient (and some living) coral samples.
Dive #62 – East Palmyra – FK170825 – SuBastian (Dive 8)
Date: 12/7/2016
Location: East side of Palmyra Atoll
Depth: 100 – 200 m
Work Completed: Continue searching for and gathering ancient (and some living) coral samples.
Dive #63 – SE Palmyra – FK170825 – SuBastian (Dive 9)
Date: 09/22/2017
Location: South-East Palmyra Atoll
Depth: 100-200m
Work Completed: Coral sampling
Dive #64 – Penguin Bank – FK170825 -SuBastian (Dive 11)
Date: 09/26/2017
Location: Hawaiian waters off of Molokai at Penguin Bank
Depth: 100-200m
Work Completed: Coral sampling
Dive #65 – Penguin Bank – FK170825 – SuBastian (Dive 12)
Date: 09/26/2016
Location: Hawaiian waters off of Molokai at Penguin Bank
Depth: 100-200 m
Work Completed: Coral Sampling
