Expandable Seafloor Observatory
OBSEA is a cabled seafloor observatory located 4 km off the Vilanova i la Geltru coast in a fishing protected area. It is connected to the coast by an energy and communications mixed cable (OceanOPS WMO number: 6103565).
- Provides an uninterrupted power supply to the scientific instruments.
- Offers a high bandwidth communication link.
- Real time data is available and problems encountered in battery powered systems are avoided.
- An optical Ethernet network that transmits data continuously to marine sensors connected to the observator.
LATEST NEWS
Official kick-off of the SMART-ME and AI4SEA projects at UPC
Published on 2026-01-28
On January 21st, the Facultat de Nàutica de Barcelona (UPC) hosted the kick-off meetings of two strategic marine research projects: SMART-ME and AI4SEA, both with a strong involvement of the SARTI-UPC research group.
OBSEA, IFCA and EGI: an open e-infrastructure for marine Science - supporting marine science together
Published on 2026-01-21
OBSEA’s daily operations and long-term scientific activities are made possible through an exceptional collaboration between OBSEA, IFCA and EGI. The long-standing collaboration developed through multiple initiatives
SARTI–UPC completes an oceanographic campaign with benthic landers
Published on 2025-12-12
SARTI–UPC has successfully completed its latest oceanographic campaign aboard the R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa, marking the final field operation of the year within the framework of the BITER and LIFE ECO-REST projects.
UPM Acoustics Master’s students visit SARTI–MAR OBSEA to learn about acoustic applications in the marine environment
Published on 2026-01-22
A group of students from the Master’s Degree in Acoustics at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) took part in a training visit to the OBSEA underwater observatory operated by the SARTI research group of the UPC.
First field test of the benthic crawler Rossia, integrated into OBSEA as part of the DIGI4ECO project
Published on 2025-11-24
On Wednesday, November 19th, we successfully carried out the first field test of the resident benthic crawler Rossia
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EUROPEAN PROJECTS
In the OBSEA we are collaborating with interoperability projects to provide the acquired data information using standard protocols.
MERLIN - Demostració de vehicles autònoms intel·ligents multipropòsit de llarga durada per a aplicacions marines
El projecte MERLIN se centra en el desenvolupament i demostració de vehicles de superfí...
ONGOING
Deep Discovery
El projecte Deep Discovery és una innovadora iniciativa educativa dissenyada per inspirar la pròxima generació a través de la ciència marina participativa, promovent ...
ONGOING
SunBio - Energia marina sostenible i respectuosa amb la naturalesa amb la florida paral·lela de la biodiversitat, la protecció i la vigilància
El desenvolupament de SUNBIO se centra en aconseguir la millora contínua i la sostenibil...
ONGOING
NATIONAL PROJECTS
ONGOING
AI4SEA
AI4SEA
AI4SEA és un projecte de recerca multidisciplinari centrat en el desenvolupament de sistemes intel·ligents amb intel·...
ONGOING
SMART-ME
SMART-ME
SMART-ME és un projecte coordinat de recerca que busca establir una nova estació d’observació marina en aigües pro...
CLOSED
GIRASOL II
GIRASOL II
El projecte, GIRASOL II, pretén investigar, desenvolupar i validar els nous conceptes i els millorats del bessó digita...
CLOSED
SLAGREEF
SLAGREEF
L'objectiu principal del projecte serà la fabricació d'esculls artificials per a biòtops marins utilitzant una impres...
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