NOAA Teacher at Sea
Kazu Kauinana
Onboard NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette
May 9 – 23, 2006
Mission: Fisheries Survey
Geographical Area: Hawaiian Islands
Date: May 19, 2006
Weather Data from Bridge
Latitude: 25, 55.0 N
Longitude: 170, 58.5 W
Visibility: 10 NM
Wind direction: 115
Wind Speed: 115Kts
Sea wave heights: 3-5
Sea swell heights: 4-6
Seawater temperature: 24.6 C
Sea level pressure: 1019.4
Cloud cover: 2/8 cumulus
Science and Technology Log
Today we had a fire drill, followed by an abandon ship drill. Both were executed well.
All of our island adventures are over and we are on our way back home. We should arrive either Monday night or Tuesday morning.