2007 December 15 (Day 30)
Weather: Fine but Cloudy
Site: C0002 (NT3-01) (33°18’ N, 136°38’ E)
Science Operations on Deck: Borehole condition had been bad since last night, which did not improve in spite of repeated washing and reaming. Stop coring at 1057 meters below seafloor, started pulling-out-of-hole.

Science Operations in Labs: Scientists of expedition 315 and 316 had a meeting for discussing about core processing flow of the next hole (Hole C0002C) and schedule of the site summary report of Site C0002. Continued to complete core processing and measurements.