Who We Are



CoastalOceanVision, Inc. was founded by a group of ten scientists, engineers and technicians at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who spent several years as a team designing and building advanced underwater measurement and observation systems. Together we created equipment to operate in some of the harshest environments on the planet from the crushing pressures of the deep ocean to the bitter cold of the Arctic. Our experience in exploring the farthest edges of the aquatic world is well established.

Our Products

For scientists who wish to study the behavior of aquatic environments over time at a given location, we created our stationary instrumentation platforms that can observe spatial volumes of water roughly 50m x 50m x 20m in size. By simultaneously measuring dozens of parameters, we can determine such phenomena as the carbon flux into and out of the spatial volume driven by internal waves, as well as other data all accessible over the Internet in real-time. To study the behavior of demersal fish, we have a stereo observation and tracking product that is typically deployed near reefs. For non-stationary applications we created a light-weight towed vehicle that can quickly be deployed and operated by just two individuals to generate environmental profiles while traversing the water.

With its variety of products, CoastalOceanVision helps scientists, educators and industry find the best tools for the job to better understand what factors affect the aquatic habitats they study or the food supplies they produce or collect through environment measurement, data presentation and automatic classification. As concerns grow about future ocean food supply, public health and safety at beaches, and the threat of reservoir drinking water contamination, CoastalOceanVision addresses these issues with products that help people analyze aquatic attributes accurately and rapidly. As new challenges arise, we will quickly respond with new products that are committed to help the needs of society.