Cruise Schedule

2022 Cruises: Tentative Schedule (dates subject to change, check back often)

• CalCOFI 2201RL• 5 - 29 January 2022 (25 DAS)  • CANCELED (COVID)  • FSV Reuben Lasker 
  • San Diego to San Diego • Loading begins 14 Dec 2021 TAMT • Offloading TBD TAMT
• CalCOFI 2204SH• 4 - 28 April (25 DAS)  • FSV Bell M. Shimada  • San Diego to San Francisco
  COVID test TBD • Loading 31 March - 1 April 2022 TAMT • Offloading 28-29 April SF (pier TBD)
• CalCOFI 2207 (ship TBD) • 10 - 25 July requested (16 DAS)  • RV TBD  • San Diego to San Diego
  COVID requirements TBD •  •
• CalCOFI 2211SR• 5 - 20 November (16 DAS)  •  RV Sally Ride • San Diego to San Diego
  COVID requirements TBD • Loading 3 - 4 Nov MarFac • Offloading 21 Nov MarFac

Completed Cruises:

• CalCOFI 2111SR • 31 Oct - 15 Nov 2021 (16 DAS)  •  RV Sally Ride  • San Diego to San Diego
  75 stations completed in 16 days at sea
• CalCOFI 2107SR •  16-31 July 2021 18July - 2 August (16 DAS)  • RV Sally Ride • San Diego to San Diego
  71 stations completed in 16 days at sea.  Cruise delayed 2.5 days due to vessel engineering issues
• CalCOFI 2104SH 2105SH • 4 - 14 May 2021 • FSV Bell M. Shimada
  44 stations completed in 11 days at sea.  Shortened and delayed cruise due to vessel mechanical issues
• CalCOFI 2101RL • 15 January - 5 February 2021  • FSV Reuben Lasker 
  77 stations completed in 22 days at sea
• CalCOFI 2010SR • 11-26 Oct 2020 (Sun-Mon; 16 DAS)  •  RV Sally Ride
  71 stations completed in 13 days at sea
• **ALL-FEMALE PANDEMIC CRUISE 2007SR ARTICLE**
• CalCOFI 2007SR• 13-27 July 2020 (Mon-Mon; 15 DAS)  •  RV Sally Ride
    75 stations completed (9 SCCOOS) in 15 days at sea
• CalCOFI 2005SH  *CANCELED due to COVID-19*
• CalCOFI 2001RL • 04-27 Jan 2020 (Sat-Mon; 24 DAS)  •  FSV Reuben Lasker
    104 stations completed (9 SCCOOS) in 24 days at sea
• CalCOFI 1911OC • 04-19 Nov 2019 (Mon-Tue; 16 DAS)  •  RV Oceanus
  RV Oceanus completed 75 stations (9 SCCOOS) in 16 days at sea
• CalCOFI 1907BH • 11-26 Jul 2019 (Thu-Fri; 16 DAS)  •  RV Bold Horizon
  RV Bold Horizon completed 70 stations (8 SCCOOS) in 16 days at sea
• CalCOFI 1904RL • Leg 1: 02-18 Apr 2019 (Tue-Thu; 17 DAS) •  RV Reuben Lasker
  FSV Reuben Lasker completed 69 stations (8 SCCOOS) in 17 days at sea
• CalCOFI 1901RL 1902RL   • 6-13 Feb 2019 (Wed-Wed; 8 DAS)•  RV Reuben Lasker
  Delayed and abbreviated due to government shutdown(s). The abbreviated winter CalCOFI occupied 29 of 31 scheduled stations, surveying stations on Lines 90 & 80 out to 100; 83 & 87 out to 55, & Santa Barbara Basin (82.47) in the 8 days at sea. No Preliminary Plots this cruise due to lack of spatial coverage.

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Recent Trends

Recent California Current Ecosystem Data Reports from CalCOFI and Affiliates

• State of the California Current: Live Supplement Link
• 2018 Report:
  • State Of The California Current 2017–18: Still Not Quite Normal In The North And Getting Interesting In The South. Andrew R. Thompson, Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Andrew Leising, Brian K. Wells, John L. Largier ,Jennifer L. Fisher, Kym Jacobson, Samantha Zeman, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Roxanne R. Robertson, Francisco P. Chavez, Mati Kahru, Ralf Goericke, Sam Mcclatchie, Clare E. Peabody, Timothy R. Baumgartner, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Richard D. Brodeur, Elizabeth A. Daly, Cheryl A. Morgan, Toby D. Auth, Brian J. Burke, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Julia Coates, Ryan Schoenbaum, Laura Rogers-Bennett, Robert M. Suryan, Jane Dolliver, Stephanie Loredo, Jeannette E. Zamon, Stephanie R. Schneider, Richard T. Golightly, Pete Warzybok, Jaime Jahncke, Jarrod A. Santora, Sarah Ann Thompson, William Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin

• 2017 Report:
  • State of the California Current 2016-2017: Still Anything but “Normal” in the North. Brian K.Wells, Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox,Andrew Leising, Nathan Mantua, Jarrod A. Santora, Jennifer Fisher,William.T. Peterson, Eric Bjorkstedt, Roxanne R. Robertson, Francisco  P. Chavez, Ralf Goericke, Raphael Kudela, Clarissa Anderson, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Richard D. Brodeur, Elizabeth A. Daly, Cheryl A. Morgan, Toby D.Auth, John C. Field, Keith Sakuma, Sam McClatchie, Andrew R.Thompson, Edward D.Weber, William Watson, Robert M. Suryan,  Julia Parrish, Jane Dolliver, Stephanie Loredo, Jessica M. Porquez, Jeannette E. Zamon, Stephanie R. Schneider, Richard T. Golightly, Pete Warzybok, Russell Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, William Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin, John A. Hildebrand, Amanda J. Debich, and Bruce Thayre

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El Niño and La Niña

The graphic below is a reproduction from an article in which researchers at SIO are corroborating these predictions with observations. 

El Niño is an abnormal warming phase in the Pacific Ocean Sea Surface Temperature (SST), while the abnormal cooling is known as La Niña - these shifts are part of the El Niño Southern Oscillation or ENSO.  The current ENSO phase is often quantized by a deviation from normally observed SST using the Oceanic Niño Index or ONI. While El Niño and its counterpart cooling phase La Niña are still being researched, the seasonal effects are becoming well understood with long term data sets.

Using the table below from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center in conjunction with the CalCOFI database - can offer information on how the environment has reacted in response to the different phases and intensities of the ENSO. 

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