Ocean Glider Surveying Off Southeast Coast and Marine Protected Areas

The University of South Florida’s Teledyne Webb Research Slocum Glider was deployed off the Atlantic coast of Florida to detect hotspots of reef fish activity in and around marine protected areas. The regional-scale nowcast/forecast ocean modeling system developed by the OMG group at NCSU will assist the glider’s navigation as it travels north along the Atlantic continental shelf, heading as far north as South Carolina.

real-time glider location