Field Activity 2026-316-FA

Identifier 2026-316-FA
Purpose To collect data for assessing the accuracy of total water level and coastal change forecasts.
Location Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) offshore of Madeira Beach, St Petersburg, Florida
Info derived Oceanographic Time Series - currents, waves and water levels
Comments Entries for this field activity are based on entries from Field Activity 2021-311-FA.
Projects
Platform
Halimeda
Sallenger
26' Parker
25-ft Dusky (R/V Palmatta)
The Dusky (R/V Palmatta) is the newest to our fleet and is a 25' side console Dusky with Twin 200HP Suzuki outboards. This vessel is well equipped for longer offshore transits, well drilling/coral coring, SCUBA diving and other types of environmental sampling.
Vehicles
Ford F-350 Dually Grey (GSA)
Itinerary
Start St Petersburg, Florida 2026-05-05
End St Petersburg, Florida 2026-05-05
Days in the field 1
Activity events
Start date End date Description
2025-08-18 2025-08-18 Install Madeira Beach RBR Virtuoso on groin. Personnel - Johnathan Woodruff and Mark Buckley.
2026-03-03 2026-03-18 Swap of RBR Virtuoso attached to Madeira Beach groin. Personnel - Johnathan Woodruff, Michael Slattery, and Emily Johnson.
2026-05-01 2026-05-01 ADCP Swap - Signature 1000 ADCPs and RBR Virtuosos. Personnel - Dave Thompson, BJ Reynolds, and Sierra Bloomer. Attempted RBR swap at Spotter but couldn't get to the recessed bolts.
Bounds
West -83.11156459
East -82.67579448
North 28.10105796
South 27.54074758
Marine operations Yes
Scuba operations Yes

Personnel

Organization
600 Fourth Street South
St. Petersburg, FL33701-4846
(727) 502-8000
Principal investigators Mark BuckleyMargaret L Palmsten
Crew members
Billy J Reynolds
Scientist, Staff
Legna M Torres-Garcia
Scientist, Staff
Mark Buckley
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
David M Thompson
Specialist, Information
Johnathan L Woodruff
Specialist, Information

Data types and categories

Data category: Environmental Data, Time Series, Imagery
Data type: Wave, Current, Mooring (physical oceanography), Photo

Moorings

MB1; MB2

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) Current, Depth, Pressure, Temperature, Tide, Wave (no data reported)
Pressure Logger Mooring (physical oceanography) (no data reported)
Sofar Spotter Buoy Mooring (physical oceanography), Meteorology, Pressure, Temperature, Wave (no data reported)
Digital Camera Photo, Video (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity