Wave Glider ocean robots to track sharks in northern California

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Static buoy being deployed (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Close up of one of the static buoys (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Wave Rider prior to deployment (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Wave Rider being deployed (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Static buoy being positioned for deployment (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Stanford team en route to network area (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Craft used in the deployment for the Stanford network (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Exploded view of Wave Rider (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Shark Net app showing tracking data (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Shark Net app includes image galleries (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Shark Net app sends an alert when a white shark passed within range of a data receiver (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Static buoy in position (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Detail of the underside of a static buoy (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Wave Glider robots are being deployed as part of an extensive marine life tracking network (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Wave Rider prior to deployment (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Wave Rider has a mission endurance of 400 days (Photo: Stanford University, Kip Evans)

Article Summary

If you’ve ever sat in a beach-side coffee house wondered if there was a white shark in the vicinity, then wonder no more because now there’s an app for that. A team of Stanford University researchers lead by Prof. Barbara Block is deploying a fleet of static buoys and Wave Glider robots to turn the waters off the coast of San Francisco into a huge Wi-Fi network to track tagged fish and animals. This will allow scientists to better understand sea life movements, but the project also includes offering a free app to the public that will allow them to track northern California white sharks on their tablets and smartphones.

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