They meaured chemical nutrients and conductivity along the coastline of the bay. Another group (by the ladder) tracked the drogue deployments by radar and mapped them and the currents on a computer. Four people offshore on a small boat deployed the drogues and used GPS to measure their speed and direction.

The water has odd lighting due to large amounts of freshwater input into the bay, which alters the water's index of refraction.	Mounting the radar on top of the ladder