Capture & Identify Underwater Sound

Spotter Sound

Starting at $17,355

Add an AI-enabled hydrophone to your Spotter Platform to monitor underwater sound with always-on listening to detect vessels and marine mammals in real time. Process data at the edge using built-in AI models or deploy your own algorithms for custom detection needs.

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What is the Spotter Platform?

Spotter is a modular, rapidly deployable marine sensing platform that delivers real-time surface and subsurface ocean data to power better decisions.

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What is Spotter Sound?

A turnkey solution for real-time underwater acoustic monitoring. Ships globally, deploys quickly, and transmits sound data instantly.

Underwater view of a surface float connected by cables and a quiet chain anchored to the seabed for noise suppression.
Yellow buoy with solar panels on its slanted top and a metallic base.

Spotter Buoy

Hub for power and communication. Measures waves, wind, and pressure in real time.

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Coiled yellow cable with one end extending upward and a blue strap securing the coil.

Smart Mooring

Intelligent cable extending real-time data collection underwater.

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Black cylindrical device with four screws around a central circular opening on one end.

Hydrophone

Monitors underwater acoustics with always-on listening and edge processing for real-time detection.

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Slim, cylindrical device with a central metallic section featuring multiple small sensors and black tapered ends.

Add More Sensors

Enhance Spotter Sound with additional sensors, such as:

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Spotter Sound in Action

Watch how Spotter Sound captures underwater acoustics in real time.

Underwater Sound Library

Real acoustic intelligence from real deployments. Explore what Spotter Sound captures across the world's oceans.

Colorful spectrogram displaying sound frequencies with stronger intensity near the bottom in red and yellow spikes extending upward through green and blue background.

Whale, Shackles & Waves

Humpback whale moans & tonal calls over ocean waves.
Colorful heat map gradient with blue at the top transitioning through green and yellow to red at the bottom.

Fast-Moving Vessel

Ship engine approaches, passes overhead, fades away.
Spectrogram showing two distinct dolphin ping sound patterns in yellow against a green-blue background.

Dolphin Pings & Whistles

Dolphin whistles with vessel noise and sonar pings.
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Access Real-Time Sound Data

View real-time & historical observations, set alerts, and leverage the Sofar API to ingest data into custom dashboards and applications.

Data dashboard titled Rover SPOT-0558 showing subsurface sound pressure level and spectrogram charts, estimated wave spectrum, location map, wind speed and direction, significant wave height, sea surface temperature, barometric pressure, and current sensor measurements dated 22 March 2025, 12:45 AM PDT.JSON data snippet showing latitude, longitude, timestamp, sensor position, units in dB re µPa², and nested values arrays for band number, frequency, and 25th percentile sound levels.
Real-Time Alerts
Set custom thresholds on acoustic metrics and receive instant notifications.
Historical Analysis
Review data over time to identify patterns, trends, and seasonal variations.
API Data Integration
Stream acoustic measurements directly into your applications with JSON-formatted data.

Supercharge Spotter Sound with Onboard AI

Remotely deploy, train, and update full-size detection and classification algorithms.

Dashboard from Hydrotwin showing acoustic analysis with detection graphs for dolphin, vessel, and sonar signals over a week.

HydroTWIN™ event detection models and dashboards available

Real-Time Edge Processing
Process acoustic data on the device, sending only key detections to save bandwidth

Smart Event Detection
Auto-detect marine mammals, vessels, and custom sounds with instant alerts

Flexible AI Deployment
Remotely upload custom algorithms or activate HydroTWIN™’s pre-loaded detection models

Spotter Sound In Action

Monitor Marine Mammals

Bayquest’s SeaSounds Project leverages Spotter Sound to continuously monitor the impact of vessel interactions on whale vocalization and behavior off the coast of San Francisco.

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Man wearing a blue vest with a marine logo steering a boat with navigation equipment visible and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

Detect Unauthorized Vessels

Spotter Sound detects illegal vessel activity in real time, enabling rapid response and maritime enforcement.

Fishing boat named LUARCA on calm water at dusk with two people on board.

Construction Noise Compliance

Spotter Sound monitors noise from pile driving, dredging, and other offshore construction in real time to streamline environmental compliance.

A dredging barge with a crane releasing sediment into the water, creating a large cloud of disturbed sediment.