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Ocean Science
September 11, 2026
Closing the Current and Acoustic Monitoring Gaps in Offshore Construction
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Announcements
September 8, 2026
Press Release: Koch Shipping and Sofar Ocean Expand Agreement
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Announcements
September 2, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Mayank Chauhan
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Events & Webinars
August 14, 2026
The Wayfinder Podcast Episode 5: How pilots make go/no-go calls in adverse weather with Captain Joost Mulder, Maritime Pilot at the Port of Rotterdam
Spotter Platform
White Papers
July 31, 2026
White Paper: The Impact of El Niño on Port Infrastructure and Operations
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Customer Stories
July 29, 2026
How Aqualink built the world's largest real-time coral reef monitoring network
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Announcements
July 20, 2026
The Wayfinder Podcast Episode 4: Operational Efficiency, Weather Risk, and Compliance with Peter Søbygge of Uni-Tankers
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Announcements
July 15, 2026
Press Release: NYK Rolls Out Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder to Tanker Fleet After PCTC Success
Spotter Platform
Customer Stories
July 13, 2026
Spotter Deployed During Exercise Balikatan 2026
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Ocean Science
July 6, 2026
Extreme Weather, El Niño 2026
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Announcements
July 2, 2026
Press Release: Uni-Tankers selects Sofar Ocean’s Wayfinder to sharpen voyage decision-making across its fleet
Wayfinder
Announcements
June 24, 2026
Meet the Team: Q&A with Captain Ketan Bhatia
Spotter Platform
Product
June 23, 2026
Dispatches from Spotter deployments in the world's most extreme ocean environments
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Events & Webinars
June 17, 2026
Webinar: Through the Eye of a Super Typhoon: How Saipan's Community-Stewarded Spotter Network Is Reshaping Coastal Resilience
Spotter Platform
Customer Stories
June 16, 2026
How real-time wave data replaced manual port closures at Chile's exposed oil terminals
Wayfinder
Announcements
June 16, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Shahin Anjum
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Product
June 11, 2026
Realised savings depend on execution, not just optimisation
Spotter Platform
Customer Stories
June 9, 2026
How a coral nursery in Kāneʻohe Bay turned a single Spotter into a community resource
Wayfinder
June 1, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Drew Gustafson
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Product
June 1, 2026
How Spotter Scout Is Engineered for Months at Sea
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Events & Webinars
May 26, 2026
The Wayfinder Podcast Episode 3: Weather-related cargo claims with David Richards of Shearwater Law
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Announcements
May 20, 2026
Women in Maritime: Meet Natsu Miyazaki
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Product
May 20, 2026
How a Drone Protocol Found Its Way Into a Buoy Platform
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Announcements
May 18, 2026
Women in Maritime: Meet Maya Zimmerman
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Announcements
May 17, 2026
Women in Maritime: Meet Christel Pullens
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Events & Webinars
May 11, 2026
The Wayfinder Podcast Episode 2: Bunkering in a disrupted market with AB Naga of Sing Fuels
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Product
May 8, 2026
Introducing Wayfinder Data Health
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Product
May 8, 2026
Vessel Onboarding in Wayfinder: A Faster Path from Setup to First Voyage
Wayfinder
Announcements
May 4, 2026
Meet the Team: Q&A with Paul Van Vessem
Spotter Platform
Product
April 29, 2026
Webinar: A First Look at Spotter Scout — Trusted Ocean Sensing, Now Mobile
Wayfinder
Announcements
April 27, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Caleb Buchler
Wayfinder
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Events & Webinars
April 20, 2026
The Wayfinder Podcast Episode 1: Navigating Uncertainty with Jessica Topal
Spotter Platform
Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
Customer Stories
April 20, 2026
Monitoring the Gulf's Most Remote Coral Reef, 100 Miles From Shore
Spotter Platform
Product
April 17, 2026
Introducing Spotter Scout: A Spotter You Can Position
Spotter Platform
Announcements
April 15, 2026
Press Release: Sofar Ocean Extends Spotter Platform to Deep Water with New Uncrewed Surface Vehicle
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Customer Stories
April 13, 2026
Dropping Buoys Into Cyclones: How Queensland Monitors 7,000 km of Coastline
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Announcements
April 10, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Koushik Reddy
Spotter Platform
Customer Stories
April 7, 2026
SPREP deploys Spotter networks in Kiribati and Samoa to strengthen coastal resilience
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Announcements
April 2, 2026
The Ultimate Guide to Marine Protected Areas
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Product
March 31, 2026
Building the Economic Case for Protecting the Thermal Dome
Wayfinder
Announcements
March 30, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Stephen Gomes
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Announcements
March 23, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Mike Maturin-DiDomizio
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Product
March 19, 2026
How Wayfinder measures voyage optimization gains
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Announcements
March 15, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Jessica Topal
Wayfinder
Announcements
March 10, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Sahil Chanjt
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Announcements
March 4, 2026
Meet the Routers: Q&A with Dhruv Anand
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Events & Webinars
March 3, 2026
Webinar: How MPAs Are Protecting Vast Territories with Real-Time Sensor Networks
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Product
February 25, 2026
Sails, rotors, and smarter routes: Using Wayfinder to maximise wind-assisted propulsion
Spotter Platform
Product
February 19, 2026
Spotter Dashboard: 2026 Updates
Wayfinder
Stormy ocean conditions faced by vessel operators
Announcements
February 18, 2026
Meet the Team: Q&A with Gijs Harmens
Stormy ocean conditions faced by vessel operators
Announcements
February 11, 2026
Meet the Team: Q&A with Russell Claessens
Wayfinder
cargo ship navigating rough seas without vessel monitoring
Product
February 5, 2026
From Physics to Practice: A Performance Model That Works Where Others Don’t
Spotter Platform
Field technician carrying Spotter ocean buoy for hand deployment from coastal dock with harbor infrastructure in background
Product
January 23, 2026
Coastal Resilience with Spotter: A Practical 101 Guide
Spotter Platform
Product
January 16, 2026
What is sensor fusion and how does it help close the ocean data gap?
Spotter Platform
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Announcements
January 13, 2026
Spotter Platform: 2025 Highlights
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Product
December 3, 2025
How to assess the impact of wind-assisted propulsion on vessel performance
Spotter Platform
Announcements
December 3, 2025
NOAA and Sofar are advancing marine weather forecasting to improve safety at sea
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Events & Webinars
November 13, 2025
Webinar: From Data to Resilience – How ARII Uses the Spotter Platform to Protect Coastal Communities
Product
October 23, 2025
How the Wayfinder Voyage Simulator works
Announcements
October 17, 2025
Sofar Ocean and collaborators win NOPP Excellence in Partnering award for advancements in hurricane forecasting
Events & Webinars
October 15, 2025
Webinar: Introducing Wayfinder Voyage Simulator
Product
October 1, 2025
Introducing Wayfinder Voyage Simulator — Intelligent Voyage Planning in Seconds
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Events & Webinars
September 3, 2025
Webinar: How real-time acoustic monitoring is transforming marine mammal protection
Spotter Platform
Customer Stories
June 23, 2025
New Acoustic Monitoring Project Introduces Pioneering Blue Tech to Help Protect Humpback Whales Near San Francisco Bay
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
June 18, 2025
Webinar: Building South Africa’s real-time coastal observation network with SAEON & STS
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Product
May 22, 2025
Wayfinder delivers 5% average fuel savings across two key iron ore routes (Baltic Dry Index C5 and C14) in Q1 2025
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Events & Webinars
May 1, 2025
Webinar: Connected Reefs: How Aqualink, Whalefall, and Reef Renewal Bonaire Use Real-Time Data to Protect Coral Ecosystems
Peer-Reviewed Research
Ocean Science
April 23, 2025
Commentary: AI Merged With Human Knowledge Produces the Best Possible Weather Forecasts
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Events & Webinars
April 8, 2025
Webinar: How Berge Bulk maximizes the performance of wind-assisted vessels using Sofar’s Wayfinder voyage optimization
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
March 26, 2025
Webinar: Simplifying subsurface current measurement with the Spotter Platform and Aanderaa Doppler Current Sensor
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Customer Stories
March 26, 2025
How the Quileute Tribe and Quinault Indian Nation use the Spotter Platform to collect real-time data and enhance coastal resilience
Spotter Platform
Announcements
March 13, 2025
Press Release: MITRE Collaborates with Sofar Ocean to Develop New Bristlemouth Connectivity Standard for Marine Technology
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Product
March 8, 2025
How Wayfinder outperforms traditional weather routing & voyage optimization providers
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Customer Stories
February 27, 2025
How Dorian LPG achieves 9% average fuel savings with Wayfinder
Ocean Science
February 12, 2025
How Sofar uses data assimilation to deliver the most accurate real-time marine weather intelligence
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Product
January 31, 2025
2024 Wayfinder Voyage Optimization Savings Report
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Product
January 29, 2025
Wayfinder delivers 4.8% average fuel savings across two key iron ore routes (Baltic Dry Index C5 and C14) in Q4 2024
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Events & Webinars
January 28, 2025
Webinar: How the University of Texas uses the Spotter Platform to accelerate hypoxia research and protect coral reefs in the Gulf 
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Ocean Science
January 15, 2025
Why the Weather Act Reauthorization is critical for advancing forecasting and building climate resilience in the U.S.
Spotter Platform
Customer Stories
December 18, 2024
How Boskalis uses the Spotter Platform to measure real-time subsurface ocean currents and assess site workability
Spotter Platform
Product
December 13, 2024
ADCP Alternative: The Spotter Platform lowers the cost and complexity of measuring subsurface ocean currents
Spotter Platform
White Papers
December 6, 2024
White paper: How to lower the cost and complexity of collecting subsurface ocean data at scale
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
November 12, 2024
Webinar: Air-deploying wave buoys ahead of hurricanes to collect real-time data and protect coastal communities
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
November 8, 2024
Webinar: Expanding Spotter’s subsurface sensing suite with a Hydrophone and Dissolved Oxygen Sensor
Wayfinder
Announcements
November 7, 2024
U.S. Navy pilots Sofar’s Wayfinder to enhance safe routing at sea
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Product
October 31, 2024
Wayfinder delivers 5.5% average fuel savings on key iron ore routes (Baltic Dry Index C5 and C14) in Q3 2024
Spotter Platform
Announcements
September 18, 2024
Press Release: National Hurricane Center taps data from Sofar’s ocean sensor network to support extreme weather warning systems
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
September 9, 2024
Sofar at OCEANS 2024 Halifax
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Events & Webinars
August 21, 2024
Webinar: How Coastal Carolina University uses real-time ocean data to enhance coastal monitoring and climate resilience
Wayfinder
Announcements
August 13, 2024
Press Release: Berge Bulk adopts Sofar's Wayfinder across fleet to bolster decarbonization strategy
Spotter Platform
Product
August 7, 2024
Video: Simplifying Subsurface Current Measurement with the Spotter Platform
Wayfinder
Customer Stories
July 31, 2024
Global shipping leader MOL Group deploys Wayfinder across fleet to cut emissions
Wayfinder
Announcements
July 30, 2024
Press Release: MOL Group Introduces Sofar's Wayfinder Dynamic Voyage Optimization Platform
Wayfinder
Product
July 29, 2024
Wayfinder delivers 5% average fuel savings across two key iron ore routes (Baltic Dry Index C5 and C14) in Q2 2024
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
July 25, 2024
Webinar: Building Australia’s national network of Spotter buoys to unlock real-time coastal data at scale
Spotter Platform
Customer Stories
July 17, 2024
How researchers use the Spotter Platform to collect real-time data and protect the Poor Knights Islands
Spotter Platform
Product
June 25, 2024
Spotter Platform delivers highly accurate measurements of subsurface currents in field comparison with ADCP
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
June 13, 2024
Webinar: Exploring, Monitoring, and Protecting Coral Reefs with Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
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Product
June 5, 2024
Video: How the flexible Spotter Platform lowers the cost and complexity of collecting ocean data
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Events & Webinars
May 29, 2024
Dockside Chat: Building an actionable maritime decarbonization strategy with Berge Bulk and Sofar Ocean
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Events & Webinars
September 16, 2026
Webinar: Introducing the Next Generation of Spotter Sound
Most underwater acoustic data goes unseen until the recorder is pulled. Get the first look at the next generation of Spotter Sound, the solar-powered hydrophone that detects vessels and marine mammals in real time.
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Product
May 17, 2024
What is EU ETS and how does it affect the maritime shipping industry?
Analysis
Spotter Platform
Ocean Science
May 17, 2024
Spotter Platform outperforms peer wave buoys in independent field comparison
Spotter Platform
Peer-Reviewed Research
Ocean Science
May 7, 2024
Footprint of the air-sea momentum transfer saturation observed by ocean wave buoy network in extreme tropical cyclones
Spotter Platform
In the News
May 4, 2024
Buoys to help increase safety and understand erosion
Wayfinder
Product
May 3, 2024
Dry bulk snapshot: Wayfinder generates >4.5% average fuel savings across two key iron ore routes (BDI C5 and C14) in Q1 2024
Spotter Platform
In the News
May 1, 2024
Subsistence hunters measure wave height and use an app to predict conditions at sea
Spotter Platform
Peer-Reviewed Research
Ocean Science
April 17, 2024
Continuous peak period estimates from discrete surface-wave spectra
Spotter Platform
Product
April 4, 2024
Spotter Platform adds current meter integration to further expand subsurface sensing capabilities
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
March 19, 2024
Webinar: How Sofar Ocean is unlocking the next generation of flexible subsurface sensing
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In the News
February 26, 2024
Better, Faster, Sooner: Voyage optimization goes digital
Spotter Platform
Peer-Reviewed Research
Ocean Science
February 14, 2024
Evaluation of ICESat-2 Significant Wave Height Data with Buoy Observations in the Great Lakes and Application in Examination of Wave Model Predictions
Peer-Reviewed Research
Ocean Science
January 30, 2024
Performance of moored GPS wave buoys
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
January 8, 2024
Webinar: How Ocergy improves operational design and maintenance at floating offshore wind sites using the Spotter platform
Peer-Reviewed Research
Ocean Science
December 1, 2023
Proxy Observations of Surface Wind from a Globally Distributed Network of Wave Buoys
Ocean Science
November 16, 2023
Harnessing Innovation: Reauthorize the Weather Act for a Resilient Future
Announcements
November 14, 2023
Press Release: Bristlemouth Announces Accelerator Program for Emerging Ocean Technology
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
November 14, 2023
Webinar: Aerial Deployment of Spotter Buoys During the 2022 and 2023 Hurricane Seasons
Spotter Platform
Events & Webinars
October 30, 2023
Webinar: Sofar Smart Mooring - Improving the reliability and flexibility of subsurface ocean sensing
Wayfinder
In the News
October 23, 2023
Wayfinder delivers 8% total equivalent fuel savings on Brazil-China (BDI C14) voyages arriving in early October
Wayfinder
Product
October 20, 2023
Dry bulk snapshot: Wayfinder delivers 8% total equivalent fuel savings on Brazil-China (BDI C14) voyages arriving in early October
Spotter Platform
Ocean Science
October 9, 2023
Estimating Directional Wave Spectra Properties in Non-Breaking Waves from a UAS-Mounted Multi-beam Lidar
Peer-Reviewed Research
Ocean Science
October 3, 2023
Constraining chaos: Enforcing dynamical invariants in the training of reservoir computers
Spotter Platform
In the News
October 2, 2023
What was different about the latest Advanced Naval Technology Exercise
Wayfinder
In the News
September 25, 2023
Sofar Ocean's Superior Weather Forecasts Minimize Voyage Costs
Spotter Platform
White Papers
September 19, 2023
White paper: Why deploying a network of marine sensing systems is the key to collecting ocean data at scale
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