Our Products
Smart Buoys
Our Smart Buoy based technology is the result of years of testing and development in the world’s most demanding fisheries. With the help of these dedicated fishers, we have built an integrated solution that offers real time connectivity on and off the water anywhere, anytime. Whether setting a course for the next piece of gear to haul or looking a summary of the past season’s data, fishers trust Blue Ocean Gear to make their lives easier and more profitable.
Farallon Smart Buoys
Our core Farallon Smart Buoy is a depth-rated ruggedized hard plastic buoy designed to withstand the rigors of offshore fishing while transmitting in all conditions via Iridium satellite and radio. It is small and light enough to be stored inside a crab or lobster pot, but durable enough to be bounced off the deck or whipped around by 20 foot Arctic seas.
Integrates seamlessly with a wide range of gear: from traps to longlines, gillnets and even FADs, attaching as a trailer buoy
No on/off switch, just an automatic sensor that turns the buoy on when it hits the water
Smart Charger
Our wireless Smart Charger offers a convenient, fishermen-specific design to quickly recharge our Smart Buoys on board.
Easily-mounted and accommodates a rigged buoy
Battery lasts up to 6 months between charges depending on a customizable data frequency of once per day or last 2 weeks between charges at 15 minute data frequency
Charge time is 8 hours
Coming Soon: PlotterLink, accepting pre-orders
Our proprietary two-way PlotterLink vessel transceiver is an optional component of our system that provides an additional layer of communications and data access flexibility
Access your buoy data on any plotter without internet or cell service
PlotterLink enables fleets the ability to easily share data for applications like gear conflict or shared gear mapping
Compact box that is easily mounted on a mast or cabin-top with a single power and data cable
Software
Integrated solution allows you to track and monitor your gear through your plotter, phone
or PC.
Plotter Integration
Smart Buoy data is delivered directly to onboard plotters via internet connectivity such as cellular or satellite internet. If you do not have internet, ask us bout PlotterLink
Compatible with software and hardware plotters
Displays latest buoy location along with velocity, track lines and historical positioning on a highly customizable basis depending on plotter
On your Phone
Our Buoy Locator app provides an intuitive map as well as detailed coordinates and buoy status updates in the convenience of your phone.
Get customizable alerts if your buoy:
Moves outside of a designated radius
Resurfacing after a dive
Exits the water unexpectedly
On your PC
Our BlueVue data portal provides a flexible and dynamic view of our user’s Smart Buoy networks.
Access buoy location and environmental conditions
Dig deeper into the patterns of your gear over longer historical periods
How to set up your buoys
Answers to common questions
FAQ
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Battery life varies based on a number of factors including message frequency, ocean conditions and ambient temperature. We regularly achieve battery life in excess of 6 months for long-term deployments and find that even with the most frequent message rates monthly charging is more than enough.
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We are officially rated to 400m and have seen even better results in actual use.
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Data collected by our current Farallon Buoy includes lat/long coordinates, distance traveled, velocity, ambient water temperature and acceleration. We will be announcing several new features later this year.