Hello,
I’m running a personal seafloor exploration project off Northern California, initially between San Francisco and Monterey. The short version: there’s a lot of public high-resolution bathymetry off this coast pointing to structures nobody has gone and looked at - geology, charted obstructions, likely wrecks. I’ve hired a marine GIS analyst to systematically triage it into a list of precise, unexplored, ROV-reachable targets. Once that’s in hand, I’m chartering a boat and going to look at them, target by target.
I’m looking for people with an ROV to fly on those targets. Could be an ongoing partnership or just a day here and there when a weather window opens.
Flexible on vehicle - BlueROV2, Chasing, Deep Trekker, anything that reaches depth with a decent camera. Real plus if you’ve worked off a boat, dealt with clump weights or tether management in current, or your ROV carries a scanning sonar.
What I cover: the boat, the logistics, the planning, the targets. What you get: first looks at genuinely unexplored sites, shared credit on anything found, and usable footage - with the obvious caveats that exact site locations stay private and we coordinate any public release together.
Weather-dependent, mostly May-October, weekdays preferred but open to weekends. Northern California local strongly preferred, since these are short-notice, flat-morning trips.
If flying an ROV over unexplored bottom sounds like a good day, get in touch!