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This page provides data from recent Pisces V submersible dives to the coral reefs of Taema Bank and Fagatele Bay & Canyon, Tutuila, American Samoa, SW Pacific Ocean, on Hawai'i Undersea Reseach Lab (HURL) Cruise KOK0510, July 2005.

Hawai'i Undersea Research Lab (HURL)
Cruise KOK0510 - R/V Ka'imikai-o-Kanaloa

Download Cruise Report (6.0 Mb pdf)

Overview for NOAA 200th Anniversary Celebration (220 K pdf)

Emily's Photo Compilation (View online)

NOAA Research Spotlight Feature (scroll down)

Examples from the Fornari-WHOI DigiSeaCam used on the sub:
Fagatele Sea Star | Sea Star Grab | Taema Stingray | Steel Drum | Cushion Seastar Recovered

Video Samples
Fagatele Batfish | Taema Eel Escape | Fagatele Nautilus Grab |
Taema Coral "Tree" | Sub Launch

An Extra for Educators
NOAA NeMO Dive Simulations - Interactive Adventures from the NE Pacific

DATA SETS ("Rt Click, Save As" to download)
NAME THUMBNAIL GRAPHIC FGDC METADATA DOWNLOAD FILE
N. Tutuila Sea Beam 210 Bathy, Lat/Long
 thumbnail and
location of survey 		metadata 1
metadata 2 		These data were folded into our E. Samoa bathy compilation
 
Trackline of Dive P5-648, Lat/Long
Taema Bank 		thumbnail metadata for line
and
metadata for raw points
and
metadata for waypoints 		zip of trackline
and
zip of trackpts
and
zip of waypts
Trackline of Dive P5-648, UTM
Taema Bank 		same as above metadata for line
and
metadata for raw points
and
metadata for waypoints 		zip of trackline
and
zip of trackpts
and
zip of waypts
Trackline of Dive P5-649, Lat/Long
Fagatele Bay and Canyon 		thumbnail metadata for line
and
metadata for raw points
and
metadata for waypoints 		zip of trackline
and
zip of trackpts
and
zip of waypts
Trackline of Dive P5-649, UTM
Fagatele Bay and Canyon 		same as above metadata for line
and
metadata for raw points
and
metadata for waypoints 		zip of trackline
and
zip of trackpts
and
zip of waypts
Trackline of Dive P5-650, Lat/Long
Taema Bank 		thumbnail metadata for line
and
metadata for raw points
and
metadata for waypoints 		zip of trackline
and
zip of trackpts
and
zip of waypts
Trackline of Dive P5-650, UTM
Taema Bank 		same as above metadata for line
and
metadata for raw points
and
metadata for waypoints 		zip of trackline
and
zip of trackpts
and
zip of waypts
 
CTD Data
 N/A None Excel file, Dive 648
and
Excel file, Dive 649
and
Excel file, Dive 650
Raw Heading-Altitude-Depth
 N/A None Text file, Dive 648
and
Text file, Dive 649
and
Text file, Dive 650
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Photo montage in header courtesy of National Marine Sanctuary System and Kip Evans, National Geographic Society
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0074635, and NOAA NURP HURL field grant.
http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/djl/samoa/hurl