Bahamas Program Calendar

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Nov 24

 

25 Last day of finals 26 College housing closes at 2PM 27 28 Thanksgiving 29 First night of Hanukkah 30

Dec 1
High tide: 5:01 PM
Low tide:
11:08 AM

2 High tide: 5:38 AM
Low tide: 12:02 PM
Day: Arrive in Ft. Lauderdale
3 High tide: 6:30 AM
Low tide: 12:56 PM
AM: Charter flight to San Salvador
PM: GRC Dock
Eve: Orientation
4 High tide: 7:21 AM
Low tide: 1:48 PM
AM: Beach trenching
PM: Dump reef
Eve: Key-out specimens
5 High tide: 8:11 AM
Low tide: 2:39 PM
AM: North Point
PM: Storr's Lake
Eve: Carbonate Mineralogies
6 High tide: 9:01 AM
Low tide: 3:30 PM
AM: Patch Reefs
PM: Grotto Beach
Eve: Meteoric & Marine Diagenesis
7 High tide: 9:51 AM
Low tide: 4:21 PM
AM: Graham's Harbor
PM: Pigeon Creek
Eve: Discussion

8 High tide: 10:41 AM
Low tide: 5:12 PM
AM: Cockburn Town Fossil Reef
PM:
Fernandez Bay
Eve: Reefs Thru Time

9 High tide: 11:33 AM
Low tide: 6:05 PM
AM: Sandy Point
PM: The Gulf
Eve: Off
10 High tide: 12:25 PM
Low tide:
6:04 AM
Day: Research projects
Eve: Exam study
11 High tide: 1:19 PM
Low tide: 7:04 AM
AM:
Research projects
PM: Study for exam
Eve: Exam
12 High tide: 2:12 PM
Low tide:
8:05 AM
Day:
Research projects
Eve: Work on projects
13 High tide: 3:04 PM
Low tide:
9:05 AM
Day: Research projects
Eve: Work on projects
14 High tide: 4:41 PM
Low tide: 10:01 AM
Day: Research projects
Eve: Work on projects

15 High tide: 4:41 PM
Low tide: 10:51 AM
Day: Work on projects
Eve: Program dinner

16 High tide: 5:25 PM
Low tide: 11:37 PM
AM: Finish presentations
PM: Oral presentations
Eve: Pack
17 High tide: 5:56 AM
Low tide: 12:20 PM
Day: Return to Ft. Lauderdale
18 High tide: 6:36 AM
Low tide: 1:02 PM
19 High tide: 7:16 AM
Low tide: 1:43 PM
20 High tide: 7:56 AM
Low tide: 2:24 PM
21 High tide: 8:37 AM
Low tide: 3:09 PM

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23 24 25 Christmas Day 26 27 28

29

 

30 31 Jan 1 New Year's Day 2 3 Winter term classes begin 4

Calendar is subject to change based on weather conditions in the field and other relevant information.

Typical daily routine on San Salvador
7:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Group gathers to prepare gear and load truck
8:45 AM Group departs for field site
12:00 PM Lunch in the field or at GRC cafeteria
5:00 PM Return from field
5:30 PM Dinner at GRC cafeteria
7:00 PM Group meets in lab for discussion, lecture, and/or work
~9:30 PM Free time

Snack bar on GRC campus is open from 8:00 AM - 11:00 PM