SmartBay Glider

Infrastructure
(short name)

Smartbay
(SMARTGLIDER)

Installation
(short name)

SMARTGLIDER
(SMARTGLIDER)

Location

Location: Spiddal, Galway, Ireland (West Coast)

Coordinates/Routes

53.22730°N - 9.26620°W

Bottom depth

100

Legal name of organisation

Marine Insitute

Country

Ireland

Contact

conall.omalley@marine.ie

Description: The Smartbay Glider is a Teledyne Webb Slocum G3 Glider capable of operating to a maximum depth of 1000m. The glider used to efficiently collect oceanographic data. All data is transferred to the MI via Iridium communications.