04/30/2014,03:54:13,kelleyelliott,Update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: The ship is currently conducting mapping operations on the Central West Florida Escarpment. We will map overnight and conduct our last ROV dive of the Expedition tomorrow. Dive 17 will be conducted at "Large Mound Shallow" to explore a series of "mound" features starting at 527m, characterize the habitat and search for deep-sea corals.  Weather permitting, the ROV will be launched at 0630 (Central Daylight Time) and we expect to arrive on the seafloor around 0700.  We will host a pre-dive briefing via conference call at 0645 CDT during the ROV descent to discuss the dive and objectives.  04/30/2014,11:49:55,okeanosexplorer, Good morning! Update from the NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer: Our current location is 26 24.7543N, 84 46.2561W, m.  We are currently on station preparing to deploy the ROV for Dive 17 of the Expedition. Today’s dive will be conducted at Large Mound Shallow starting at 537 m and will transect a large mound. The goal of today’s dive is to look for deep sea corals. We are experiencing a delay due to poor weather conditions. We will have our dive briefing via telecon at 0645. Join us by dialing 1-866-617-5860, passcode: 1233796 and tuning into the video online at: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream_04.html 04/30/2014, 04/30/2014, Note that a high resolution version of the main ROV camera feed will be made available to contributing scientists during the ROV dives here: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream-full-res.html 04/30/2014,11:50:18,Jamie Austin,Good morning everyone. We are at the Large Mound dive site. The ship is setting up in DP mode, and we will see how conditions evolve. At the moment, the surface current exceeds 3 kts. If that continues to be the case, our bow thruster could not likely keep the ship on station, and we would have to cancel this last dive. Stay tuned. 04/30/2014,12:30:40,Jamie Austin,test 04/30/2014,12:32:11,Jamie Austin,test 04/30/2014,12:35:03,Jamie Austin,We are moving to an alternate site, ~6 km N. Stay tuned. 04/30/2014,12:42:11,jddubick,Thanks for the update. This is JD Dubick with the Etnoyer lab in Charleston. We are monitoring the progress and standing by. 04/30/2014,13:12:24,Jamie Austin,test 04/30/2014,13:12:53,briankinlan,I see your test, Jamie 04/30/2014,13:13:14,Jamie Austin,Hi everyone. We have moved to the alternate location and conditions are no better. No dive today. We will likely use the remaining time to map in this area. 04/30/2014,13:16:42,briankinlan,Roger that. Thanks for your efforts. 04/30/2014,13:18:07,jddubick,Thanks. See you next time. 04/30/2014,13:20:43,Bill Kiene,Thanks to everyone for a fascinating and productive mission! 04/30/2014,13:21:28,Peter Etnoyer,Thanks everyone for a great cruise and great dives! Good news coverage yesterday in Houston Chronicle http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Shipwreck-in-deep-Gulf-turns-out-to-be-2-rare-5440086.php 04/30/2014,13:28:18,Bill Kiene,See also: http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Scientists-exploring-Gulf-shipwreck-discover-5437892.php#photo-6234323 04/30/2014,15:28:20,kelleyelliott,Thanks everyone! The ship will spend the day conducting mapping operations in the area instead, before heading into port in Tampa. Note that we will have a post-cruise science call at 3:30pm Central to discuss cruise findings, results, and any feedback and suggestions for future operations. Please join us on the science teleconference at this time by dialing: 1-866-617-5860 , passcode: 1233796. 04/30/2014,