Smart Mooring

Smart Mooring is the underwater extension of our Spotter buoy. It anchors Spotter to the seafloor and expands its sensing capabilities beneath the surface.

The resources below are crowdsourced from the Sofar community, experts, and colleagues around the world. Thank you to everyone who has generously helped and/or shared their experience.

Disclaimer: Sofar maintains these resources as living documents and they do not function as official technical support or product documentation. Specifications, product information, and other information is subject to change and the latest information may not be available in these resources.

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Specification Sheets

Spotter and Smart Mooring Specification Sheet

Mooring Design

Mooring Design and Best Practices for Smart Mooring

Assembly

Attaching In-Line Buoyancy

Attaching Surface Float

Included and Recommended Mooring Hardware

Servicing and Assembling Sensor Nodes [SM v3, August 2022-present]

Sensors and Payloads

Accessing and Interpreting Smart Mooring Data