After finding a solution the WOCE deep cast was initiated at approximately 0500 hrs. This put us about 2 hrs behind our scheduled deployment. This time was made-up over the course of the day and by the next shift we were back on schedule. 12 March 1997 All operations functioned normally and on schedule. The schedule has been revised since the sediment trap drift allows reduced transit time and a day-time recovery of the sediment traps as well as the added benefit of a light cast at station 8 to calibrate the moored optical sensor.
Seas remain favorable for scheduled operations.
Two CTD casts were the previously established 1000 and 300 m casts while the third was for calibration of the OPC fluorometer. We departed station 8 at 1630 hrs enroute to Kahe. We arrived Kahe at approximately 2230 hrs and conducted the CTD cast missed on the initial occupation. All samples were collected with the exception of a complete dissolved oxygen profile due to the limited time allowed between station and docking. Dissolved oxygen samples were taken at specified calibration depths.