Recover existing Waverider buoy and deploy a replacement with fresh batteries
Equipment or personnel only. Data, if any, are managed under a different field activity.
Location
South of Fire Island, NY
Summary
Recovery of old mooring was successful, deployment of new mooring was not successful. Mooring line broke.
Info derived
Wave height and characteristic data
Comments
The swap of waverider moorings was accomplished successfully. However the newly deployed buoy was adrift almost immediately, so they recovered it. No vessel has been identified to redeploy the mooring.