Smart Buoy Installation off Mala

Through a partnership with Sofar Ocean, aqualink, and with the help of Reef Dancer we installed Maui's first spotter buoy and smart mooring. This buoy will monitor, collect, and transmit data on the conditions (surface and bottom temperature, wind speed and direction, wave height and direction, etc) of the surrounding ocean every 30 minutes. The data is open-source and available for review here. Hopefully using it to better understand what happens to the coral during heat stress events. Check out the short film documenting our process below!

Installed under DLNR permit number: MA - 21 - 15

Special thanks to everyone who made this expedition possible:

Sofar Ocean, Aqualink, Reef Dancer, Chris Cilfone, Julia Cordi, Lauren Fritz, Michael Donohoe, Matt Cockey, Jon Spenser