Cruise Planning

Pre-Cruise Information

This section contains information, links, and documents regarding contracting, scheduling, and science planning information for both the R/V Kilo Moana and R/V Ka’imikai-o-Kanaloa, as well as the UH Marine Center small boats. This section also contains information regarding shore-side facilities & resources usage, hazardous materials,laboratory safety, radioactive materials, pre-cruise forms and documents and more.

R/V Kilo Moana Orientation

This section presents and highlights important information from the R/V Kilo Moana Ship Orientation and Familiarization section of the Ship Safety Manual, revision 9. For R/V Kilo Moana specifications, layout, scientific equipment, and support equipment please visit this webpage here

R/V Ka`imikai-O-Kanaloa Orientation

This section presents and highlights important information from the R/V Ka’imikai-O-Kanaloa User Manual and other sources. For R/V Ka’imikai-O-Kanaloa specifications, layout, scientific equipment, and support equipment please visit this webpage here

Forms

This section contains important and commonly used forms in one place, to help when planning a cruise with the University of Hawaii. Available in this section are waiver forms, berthing forms, cruise planning forms, and policy form for both the R/V Kilo Moana and R/V Ka’imikai-O-Kanaloa.