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What's New in Spotter 3?

The third generation of our Spotter platform features an array of exciting upgrades, including a barometer, increased onboard compute power, cellular telemetry, efficiency enhancements, and more.

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Swell Chasing: Tracking a Wave From the North Pacific to Mavericks

In April 2022, a large wave unexpectedly wiped out the lineup at Mavericks, a world-renowned surf spot in Northern California. Our Spotter buoy near the break captured compelling data about the origin and nature of the massive swell.

Ocean Science

How Sofar Forecasts Improve Ocean Swell Predictions

An in-depth look at how the observations made by our Spotter buoy network strengthen ocean swell predictions.

Ocean Science

Improving Wave Forecasts Using Satellite Altimeter Data Assimilation

We achieved a first in the weather forecasting field: operationalizing a global forecast model that assimilates both spectral wave data from buoys and wave height observations from satellites.

Ocean Science

How Wayfinder Helps Vessels Avoid Storms

In this Wayfinder example, we show how our dynamic voyage guidance system proactively guides vessels away from storms.

Customer Stories

How Mørenot Uses Spotter Buoys to Promote Safe Aquaculture Operations

A closer look at how Mørenot utilizes Spotter buoys to make ocean data-driven decisions that increase operational efficiency.

Ocean Science

Data Assimilation Part II: Improving the Wave Forecast of a North Atlantic Storm

In part two of our two-part data assimilation series, we put our methodology to the test in a real-world storm scenario in the North Atlantic.

Ocean Science

Data Assimilation Part I: Bringing Ocean Observations Into Wave Forecasts

Part one of our two-part series exploring data assimilation, a critical technique that improves the accuracy of Sofar's forecasts.

Customer Stories

Backyard Buoys: Bringing Spotters to Indigenous Communities on the Front Lines of Climate Change

The Backyard Buoys project is a community-led ocean observing effort that unlocks key ocean insights for Indigenous communities in the Pacific Islands, Washington coast, and Alaska.

Ocean Science

Spotter network captures big waves during TC Cody & shock waves during the Hunga Tonga Eruption

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Customer Stories

How The Ocean Cleanup Uses Sofar’s Metocean Data to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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Customer Stories

Backyard Buoys Awarded $4.98M Cooperative Agreement With National Science Foundation to Improve Ocean Data Access For Indigenous Communities

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Customer Stories

How Mørenot Uses Spotter Buoys to Promote Safe Aquaculture Operations

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Ocean Trends

What's New in Spotter 3?

Swell Chasing: Tracking a Wave From the North Pacific to Mavericks

How Sofar Forecasts Improve Ocean Swell Predictions

Improving Wave Forecasts Using Satellite Altimeter Data Assimilation

How Wayfinder Helps Vessels Avoid Storms

How Mørenot Uses Spotter Buoys to Promote Safe Aquaculture Operations

Data Assimilation Part II: Improving the Wave Forecast of a North Atlantic Storm

Data Assimilation Part I: Bringing Ocean Observations Into Wave Forecasts

Backyard Buoys: Bringing Spotters to Indigenous Communities on the Front Lines of Climate Change

Spotter network captures big waves during TC Cody & shock waves during the Hunga Tonga Eruption

How The Ocean Cleanup Uses Sofar’s Metocean Data to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Backyard Buoys Awarded $4.98M Cooperative Agreement With National Science Foundation to Improve Ocean Data Access For Indigenous Communities

How Mørenot Uses Spotter Buoys to Promote Safe Aquaculture Operations

Send More Ocean Data for Less Using High Data Rate (HDR) Mode

Ocean Intelligence getting the attention it deserves - thrilled to announce our Series B!

Troubleshooting at Sea - Debugging Remote Arm Cortex-M Devices without Physical Access

Data Access: Dashboard, API & SD Card

Spotter Data Modes

Webinar: Scaling Real-time Ocean Observation Networks Using Agile Sensor Platforms

How to Reduce a Vessel's Carbon Intensity

Decarbonizing the Shipping Industry: the Role of the IMO

Everything You Need To Know About The Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)