Product profile
Spotter Platform
Spotter is Sofar Ocean’s solar-powered buoy for real-time wave, weather and sea-surface observations. It supports satellite connectivity, onboard storage a...
Facts
- Company
- Sofar Ocean
- Product type
- ocean_monitoring_buoy
- Status
- commercial
- Primary capability
- ocean monitoring buoy
- Website
- https://www.sofarocean.com/products/spotter
About Spotter Platform
Spotter is a solar-powered ocean buoy that measures wave height, period and direction alongside wind, temperature, pressure and position. Satellite communications transmit observations to Sofar’s cloud platform, while onboard storage preserves measurements during temporary link interruptions.
Smart Mooring extensions add subsurface temperature, pressure, current and water-quality sensors at selected depths. Operators configure sampling, view live conditions and export data through the Spotter dashboard and API. The platform supports offshore energy, marine operations, forecasting and environmental monitoring.
Market context
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Summary
Type: Sensor buoy
Core: Spotter
Function: Wave monitoring
Audience: Ocean teams
Specifications
- battery_capacity_mah
- 11,200 mAh mAh
- diameter_cm
- 42 cm cm
- weight_kg
- 5.3 kg without ballast chain kg
Operations
- Environment
- industrial and commercial operations
- Primary user
- commercial operators, technical teams
- Role
- ocean monitoring buoy
- Interaction model
- operator_supervised
- Mobility class
- ocean monitoring buoy
- Product detail
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Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Sofar Ocean introduces Spotter Scout uncrewed surface vehicle beta — 2026-04-29
- Sofar Ocean upgrades Spotter Dashboard for fleet operations — 2026-02-19
- MITRE and Sofar Ocean establish Bristlemouth testbed — 2025-03-13
- National Hurricane Center operationalises Sofar Spotter observations — 2024-09-18
- Spotter matches ADCP current measurements in 24-day field comparison — 2024-06-25
- Sofar Ocean signs five-year research agreement with Naval Oceanography — 2023-08-03
- Sofar Ocean releases Spotter Power Save Mode — 2023-05-12
- Ocean Exploration Trust deploys Spotter buoys across Pacific expeditions — 2023-03-15