https://github.com/gauteh/sfy

🌊 A lightweight wave buoy for near-shore deployments.
https://github.com/gauteh/sfy

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🌊 A lightweight wave buoy for near-shore deployments.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/gauteh/sfy
• Owner: gauteh
• License: mit
• Created: 2021-09-24T08:55:05.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-06T16:34:04.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-06T17:43:19.704Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: blues-io, drift, hardware, meteorology, ocean, oceanography, rust, science, waves
• Language: Rust
• Homepage: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/42/2/JTECH-D-23-0170.1.xml
• Size: 26 MB
• Stars: 47
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 39
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
[![sfy-data](https://github.com/gauteh/sfy/actions/workflows/sfy-data.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/gauteh/sfy/actions/workflows/sfy-data.yml)

[![sfy-buoy](https://github.com/gauteh/sfy/actions/workflows/sfy-buoy.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/gauteh/sfy/actions/workflows/sfy-buoy.yml)

[![sfy-processing](https://github.com/gauteh/sfy/actions/workflows/sfy-processing.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/gauteh/sfy/actions/workflows/sfy-processing.yml)



# The small friendly buoy

    

        

            

        

        

* [sfy-buoy](sfy-buoy/) - the firmware for the wave buoy.

* [sfy-drifter](sfy-drifter/) - a minimal, modem & gps, only drifter buoy.

* [hardware and build-tutorial](hardware/Hardware.md) - hardware and assembly instructions.

* [sfy-data](sfy-data/) - the server scraping or receiving data from deployed

    buoys.

* [sfy-processing](sfy-processing/) - python libraries and tools for reading and post-processing received data.

* [sfy-dashboard](sfy-dashboard/) - web interface for displaying latest position

    and overview of buoys.

        

    

The buoys deployed in the surf on the coast of Norway:

[![Wave buoys in the surf zone at Jæren](http://img.youtube.com/vi/qK1Di7pjYFI/0.jpg)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK1Di7pjYFI "Wave buoys in the surf zone at Jæren")

For more information and attribution, please refer to:

* [Hope, Gaute, et al., 2025, SFY—A Lightweight, High-Frequency, and Phase-Resolving Wave Buoy for Coastal Waters,  J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 42, 133–154](https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/atot/42/2/JTECH-D-23-0170.1.xml)

* [Seldal, Torunn Irene, M. Sc. thesis, 2023, _SFY: A free-drifting wave buoy for measuring surf waves_](https://bora.uib.no/bora-xmlui/handle/11250/3072146)

# Press

* [met.no - Drømmen om monsterbølgene](https://www.met.no/nyhetsarkiv/drommen-om-monsterbolgene)

* [surf-norge.no - Professor Bølges betraktninger](https://surf-norge.no/intervju/professor_bolge/)

* [met.no - Morgendagens fiskere utdanner seg til en framtid med store endringer](https://www.met.no/nyhetsarkiv/morgendagens-fiskere-utdanner-seg-til-en-framtid-med-store-endringer) | [UiT](https://uit.no/nyheter/artikkel?p_document_id=847731)

* [met.no - Surfer rundt i verden for å måle hvordan bølger bryter](https://www.met.no/nyhetsarkiv/surfer-rundt-i-verden-for-a-male-hvordan-bolger-bryter)

# Acknowledgements

This work is inspired by the [OpenMetBuoy-v2021a](https://github.com/jerabaul29/OpenMetBuoy-v2021a), see [Rabault et. al. (2022)](https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/3/110).