R/V John H. Martin routinely transports scientists out for day trips in the surrounding Monterey Bay area working as far north as San Francisco. There is ample deck space for CTD deployments/recoveries and gear stowage/work space as seen below in deck photos.

The Underway Data Acquisition System (UDAS) logs and displays data for temperature, conductivity (SeaBird Thermosalinoraph) turbidity, and fluorometry (Wetlabs) in real-time.