Unlocking ocean data
for science, society, and industry.
Connecting the world's oceans to power a more sustainable future.
Sofar Ocean is the leading ocean intelligence platform, closing the data gap for better predictability and outcomes. We’ve built the world’s largest real-time ocean network, turning billions of measurements into insights trusted by scientists, governments, and shipping fleets. Our technology makes the ocean more predictable and sustainable, helping customers save costs, cut emissions, and unlock insights that were once out of reach.
The ocean covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface, yet we know very little about it.
Sofar is changing that by unlocking ocean data at scale.
Real-Time Voyage Intelligence
Wayfinder
A voyage optimization platform using high-accuracy ocean weather forecasts to reduce fuel and emissions for maritime shipping.
UP TO
50%
forecast improvement over existing models
WITHIN
0.5kts
speed predictionaccuracy for most vessels
AVERAGE
4-8%
fuel and emissions savings
WITHIN
2% MT
fuel predictionaccuracy
All-in-one solution for real-time ocean data
Spotter Platform
An extensible ocean sensing platform accelerating marine research and powering sustainable commercial solutions.
Always Connected
SATELLITE & CELLULAR NETWORK
Your data streams continuously from anywhere on Earth. No retrieval missions. No data gaps. No waiting.
Access Data Your Way
DASHBOARD TO API
Check conditions in real-time on our dashboard. Build custom integrations with our REST API. Download raw data anytime.
Control from Anywhere
REMOTE CONFIGURATION
Update sampling rates. Adjut alert thresholds. Download firm updates. All without leaving your desk.
Weather Dashboard
Propelling ocean insights with the world's largest privately-owned network of marine weather sensors
Our interactive Weather Dashboard showcases the real-time data collected by our global, free-drifting network of ocean sensors, known as Spotters.
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Testimonies
Customers Moving Sustainability Forward
Wayfinder
"With My Digital Fleet™, we are building the most comprehensive platform for managing risk and achieving efficiency across four critical aspects of shipping: Environmental, Operational, Machinery, and Structural. Our partnership with Sofar Ocean and Wayfinder solves the voyage optimization challenge by combining unparalleled marine weather forecasts with accurate vessel performance models to give Operators control over safety, earnings, and CII."
Global Head of Global Solutions, ABS
Paul Sells
Wayfinder
"Eagle Bulk has a track record for leveraging data to make the best decisions. Sofar Ocean’s real-time sensor-derived ocean data allows our onboard and shoreside teams to dynamically optimize speed and routing decisions with safety, cost, and emissions benefits."
Director of Fleet Performance, Eagle Bulk
Jonathan Dowsett
Wayfinder
"Star Bulk has been focusing on voyage optimization for several years to minimize our costs and reduce emissions, and we are always on the look-out for new products that use advanced technologies. What we like about Sofar’s services is that they use a large network of ocean weather sensors to improve the accuracy of weather forecasting, and we expect that this should allow us to further optimize our fleet’s routes and speeds."
Energy Efficiency Director, Star Bulk
George Mantalos
Wayfinder
"Wayfinder allows us to increase vessel utilization and efficiency, ensuring that we balance profitability with emissions reduction objectives. By using Wayfinder's data and voyage optimization, we've seen efficiency gains in the range of 4.5% on dedicated voyages, which translates into as many as 14 additional sailing days per year per vessel.”
CEO, Berge Bulk
James Marshall
Wayfinder
"We expect that Wayfinder, which utilizes cutting-edge technologies such as Sofar’s global network of ocean sensors and data-driven Vessel Performance Models, will greatly contribute to the efficient operation of MOL Group’s Fleet."
Chief Digital & Info Officer, MOL Group
Ryusuke Kimura
Spotter Platform
“We decided to use the Spotter wave buoys as part of the MASRI project for multiple reasons. The buoys are very affordable, small, lightweight and easy to maintain. The mooring is also convenient to deploy and affordable. The Spotter buoy measures the most important parameters such as spectra wave conditions, sea surface temperature and local wind, which no other buoys can. The real-time access and included dashboard and API are very useful to keep an eye on the data. These advantages allowed us to deploy multiple buoys instead of one more expensive traditional buoy."
Branch Director, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology
Ivan Ivanov
Spotter Platform
“Most moored buoys in the Great Lakes require significant time and financial investment, a highly qualified team of technicians, scientists, and engineers, as well as mid-size vessels for deployments and retrievals. For this reason, several labs turned to small, lightweight, and relatively easy-to-deploy options, like Sofar Ocean’s Spotter buoy.”
Communications Specialist, Great Lakes Observing System
David Fitch
Spotter Platform
“The purchase and operating cost of the Spotter is much lower than the large buoy so we are now using it as our primary offshore wave data source. We have purchased a second Spotter to allow them to be regularly swapped over while moorings are checked and biofouling removed.”
Engineering Advisor, Lyttelton Port Company
Neil McLennan
Spotter Platform
“With its proven reliability, accuracy and well-established scientific credentials the Spotter buoy from Sofar Ocean provides the Brazilian Navy with the ability to operate at high-latitude regions that receive very little sunlight, while providing 2-way communication via its built-in satellite modem.”
Captain, Brazilian Navy
Capt. Tobias Ramalho
