Test, validate, innovate
SmartBay is Ireland’s only underwater cabled observatory facilitating marine monitoring and marine technology testing and validation
The real-time data from the SmartBay subsea cabled observatory in Spiddal, co. Galway can be viewed here. The data currently includes a live video stream, the depth of the observatory node, the sea temperature and salinity, and estimates of the chlorophyll and turbidity levels in the water which give an indication of the volume of phytoplankton and other particles, such as sediment, in the water. Wave data from the data buoy is also available to view in real-time.
The SmartBay observatory is an underwater cabled observatory sub-sea sensor hosting platform (node) that is hooked to a fiber optic data and power cable. The sub-sea sensor hosting platform is capable of providing electrical power and high speed communications to scientific instruments from R&D projects or sensor developers. The platform includes a suite of permanently deployed instruments accessibility to a live data feed.
Explore the SmartBay Observatory in this virtual tour. You’ll discover more about the partners of SmartBay and the location of An Spidéal, before diving into Galway Bay to visualise the SmartBay underwater cabled observatory.
