Arrived at 29°N!

A few days ago HB arrived at 29°N, our target latitude since this is where the blooms develop. The glider got here in good time, and we’ve got a few weeks to go before the bloom season gets going as they start to develop in July. Their latitude is usually pretty consistent, but they longitude is more variable, they develop somewhere between 130°-150°W. That's over 1,000 km, which is a big distance to cover, especially for a wave glider moving at a little over a knot! Obviously we are hoping for blooms to develop closer to 150°W than 130°W. While we are waiting for a bloom to develop we are going to head due south, into the center of a little eddy that blew the HB off course on the way up north. The HB's position on June 25, and the new waypoint (the big star) are shown in the image below. However this change of course puts us going directly into the prevailing current, so it might be a little slow going.