2021 Aloha Cabled Observatory-Research Experience for Undergraduates Cruise

ROV Lu'ukai being recovered on the back deck of research vessel Kilo Moana.

There has been a change to the cruise schedule. The new cruise dates are May 29–June 2. Updated dive times will be posted soon.

Livestreamed Test Dive. From May 29–June 2, 2021, dives will be livestreamed from the University of Hawai‘i (UH) research vessel Kilo Moana using the UH remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Luʻukai. A team of UH researchers and students from across the country will guide the ROV at the ALOHA Cabled Observatory—the deepest cabled observatory in the world—located 60 miles north of Oahu, Hawai‘i. Video from the ROV will be live-streamed from nearly 3 miles below the surface of the ocean. Viewers can watch the livestream from Luʻukai (click here). During the Saturday, May 29 test dive, the ROV will reach the ocean floor approximately 45 minutes after the dive begins.