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Intelligence www.sur? inecoastalintelligence.com

Sur? ine Coastal Intelligence delivers tions. This allows clients to understand and more.

a suite of coastal monitoring solutions sediment transport, surf amenity quality, Sur? ine Coastal Intelligence is part- built on the foundation of Sur? ine’s and hazard zones in unprecedented detail. nering with the City of Oceanside on global network of more than 1,200 • Beach and ocean participation: the RE:BEACH project to establish a coastal cameras. By combining com- SCI counts and classi? es people on the real-time coastal baseline ahead of ma- puter vision, AI, and advanced model- beach and in the water, producing reli- jor shoreline restoration efforts. Using ing, SCI transforms conventional video able estimates of attendance and usage AI-enabled smart cameras, SCI provides feeds into actionable datasets that help patterns. This helps quantify the eco- continuous data on shoreline position, municipalities, coastal engineers, and nomic value of beaches, plan for life- bathymetry, wave dynamics, and beach public safety agencies better understand, guard staf? ng, and assess recreational participation. This persistent monitoring manage, and protect their coastlines. trends over time. approach delivers insights at a fraction of

Conventional coastal monitoring of- • Vessel and traf? c monitoring: the cost of traditional surveys, supporting ten requires in-person ? eld surveys, By analyzing vessel movements near- erosion planning, surf amenity protection, expensive hardware, and operationally shore, SCI provides insights into small and long-term coastal resilience while burdensome deployments. As a result, boat traf? c, surf zone encroachment, creating a model for other municipalities.

many solutions have struggled to scale, leaving critical gaps in how we measure and understand our coastlines. With a single CCTV camera, coastal engineers and municipalities can access continu- ous data at 1Hz—capturing shoreline change, nearshore bathymetry, wave climatology, vessel traf? c, beach and ocean participation and more. The sys- tem is fully self-rectifying, requiring zero in-person ? eld work to calibrate, and delivers these insights at high tem- poral frequency for a fraction of the cost of traditional approaches.

Their services span several key domains: • Shoreline and erosion moni- toring: SCI cameras measure shoreline position continuously at 1Hz, providing near-real-time visibility into how storms, tides, and seasonal cycles impact erosion and accretion. Instead of waiting months for survey updates, clients can observe coastal change as it happens. • Bathymetry and wave dynam- ics: Using computer vision, our system detects and models nearshore bathymet- ric shifts, surf zone morphology, wave climatology, and breaking wave condi- www.marinetechnologynews.com 55