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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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An Ocean Scientist Explains... the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)

Sofar Ocean CEO Tim Janssen, PhD provides an in-depth explanation of the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII), a major maritime shipping decarbonization regulation.

Ocean Science

Updated algorithm improves accuracy of Spotter’s wind velocity measurements

The Spotter buoy's updated wind algorithm greatly improves the reliability of its estimates of wind velocity, particularly at high speeds.

Product Updates

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

Spotter 3's cellular-enabled High Data Rate (HDR) mode allows you to send 1000x more data at a fraction of the cost.

Ocean Science

Chronicling An Ocean Buoy’s 20,000 Mile Journey

The story of "Grandpa Spotter," an ocean buoy that traveled nearly 20,000 miles in the Pacific Ocean over the course of three plus years.

Customer Stories

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

Sofar’s marine weather forecasts and Spotter buoy data help The Ocean Cleanup understand metocean conditions and plastic drift patterns near the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world.

Ocean Science

How Buoy Observations of Wave Spectra Deepen Our Understanding of Hurricane Ian’s Dynamics

Hurricane Ian was one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever reach the U.S. Observations of wave spectra made by Spotter buoys in the Gulf of Mexico during Ian offer insights about storm wave magnitude, direction, and frequency.

Ocean Science

How Assimilating Wave Spectra Improves Ocean Weather Forecasts

Understanding the components of the wave spectrum and how the assimilation of real-time observations of wave spectra produce marine weather forecast improvements.

Ocean Science

Incorporating ECMWF Data to Produce Marine Weather API Improvements

A closer look at how ECMWF data enhances Sofar's global wave forecasting system and Marine Weather API.

Customer Stories

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

Backyard Buoys, an Indigenous community-led ocean observing project, has been awarded a $4.98 million cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator program.

Success Stories

What's New in Spotter 3?

An Ocean Scientist Explains... the Carbon Intensity Indicator (CII)

Updated algorithm improves accuracy of Spotter’s wind velocity measurements

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

Chronicling An Ocean Buoy’s 20,000 Mile Journey

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

How Buoy Observations of Wave Spectra Deepen Our Understanding of Hurricane Ian’s Dynamics

How Assimilating Wave Spectra Improves Ocean Weather Forecasts

Incorporating ECMWF Data to Produce Marine Weather API Improvements

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

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

The Center for Applied Coastal Research studies beach nourishment with a Spotter buoy

Spotter buoys deployed in South Australia to provide real time wave data for the Adelaide Metropolitan Coast

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)