netH₂O Smart Buoy for Ports, Marinas & Waterways

Real-time water quality and metocean data for ports, marinas, canals and waterways, from the netH₂O smart buoy.

The netH₂O smart buoy provides environmental monitoring for ports, marinas, canals, water basins, lakes, and inland waterways. The base platform includes temperature measurement and wave/current estimation, with automatic data upload to operators and stakeholders; add netH₂O sensor packs for the water-quality parameters your site needs.

Choose the buoy that fits your site: the compact B100-5 for sheltered marinas and basins, the air-freightable B200-10 for rapid or remote deployment, or the professional B770 for exposed harbour entrances and offshore port areas. Every model shares the same sensor packs and connects to the Sensorica Data Platform.

Applications Across Ports, Marinas & Waterways

Ports & Harbour Management

Continuous environmental monitoring for operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.

Water quality: dissolved oxygen, conductivity/salinity, chlorophyll-a and turbidity via netH₂O sensor packs
Navigation safety: wave and current conditions at harbour entrances
Compliance: continuous documentation of water-quality parameters for reporting
Early warning: alerts when conditions exceed defined thresholds

Deploy buoys across port areas to build a monitoring network with real-time alerts.

Marina Operations & Yacht Harbours

Support guest safety, environmental stewardship, and operational efficiency.

Berth conditions: real-time wave and surge data at berths or marina zones
Water quality: monitor for contamination events
Situational awareness: combine buoy data with weather feeds
Guest services: share real-time water conditions and forecasts

Vessel-transit tracking via AI acoustic triangulation is available as a custom configuration on request.

Canals & Inland Waterways

Address the monitoring challenges of inland waterways.

Flow conditions: current speed and direction in canals and rivers
Navigation: track changes that affect transit
Quality trends: detect pollution events and track water-quality trends
Lock operations: support scheduling with real-time data

Lakes & Water Basins

Essential monitoring for lakes, reservoirs, and artificial basins.

Recreational safety: conditions for swimming, boating, and water sports
Water-supply management: quality parameters in drinking-water reservoirs
Environmental protection: detect algal and cyanobacteria blooms, track oxygen and temperature
Level monitoring: early warning of water-level changes

Super-Resolution Wave Forecasts & Hindcasts — Sensorica Data Platform (SDP)

netH₂O buoys connect to the Sensorica Data Platform (SDP) by Sensorica LTD, which adds super-resolution wave forecasts and hindcasts for complex coastlines — powered by Sensorica's AI wave models — to your in-situ measurements. For ports, marinas, and waterways this supports navigation-safety forecasting at entrances and berths, dredging and operations planning, and hindcast reconstruction for harbour design, resolving high-resolution wave fields for structurally complex, nearshore coastlines where standard models lose accuracy.

Need bathymetry and dredging intelligence as well? AI depth and dredging analytics for ports are available separately through the Sensorica Data Platform.

netH₂O Advantages for Maritime Facilities

Easy deployment with minimal infrastructure
Long autonomy — up to 60 Ah / 768 Wh on the B770, low maintenance
Modular — add sensor packs as monitoring needs grow
Real-time data via web and mobile
Cost-effective versus traditional methods
Scalable network — single units or monitoring arrays

The Products Behind This Application

This application is built on the netH₂O smart buoy range and its sensor packs:

Buoys

netH₂O B770 — professional / offshore
netH₂O B200-10 — air-freightable
netH₂O B100-5 — compact

Sensor packs

See the full netH₂O range.

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netH₂O Smart Buoy for Ports, Marinas & Waterways