CoastalCOMS

SURFERS and beachgoers could soon check out the swell in Bargara and Agnes Water from the comfort of their own homes if a plan for 24-hour online camera monitoring goes ahead.

CoastalCOMS announced today that they have signed a deal with Big Orange Dot LLC to provide camera services and wave data processing for surf.Solspot.com. The resulting camera network will be the first ’sensing’ HD wave cameras in the US to process video and utilize video analysis for live measurements of surf heights and wave [...]

Using mobile tower systems and HD surveillance cameras CoastalCOMS broadcast live vision and breaking wave heights during the Annual Lifeguard National Championships earlier this month.

CoastalCOMS’ system for assessing wave break zone locations and measurement of breaking wave heights and periods is presented in a recently published paper by Chris Lane, General Manager of Research and Development, and his associates. Waves are measured across the surfzone using a digital video sequence, and, using low mounted video cameras installations the Wave [...]

Thermal and Infrared imaging systems allow for more than just ’seeing’ at night for security purposes, and we’ve taken one of our mobile camera towers for a roll on local beaches here in Southern California to illustrate the point.
Recently Bill Klink, Vice President of Flir’s security and surveillance business unit discussed the challenge of supporting [...]

HD analytics provide audiences with unique data from coastal cameras, targeted and delivered to devices and websites in real time.