The roadmap: where DataShoal is headed
DataShoal grows along two lines: what we can say about a bay, and how many bays we can say it about. A walk through the four-phase roadmap, what's shipped and what's underway.
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A science team for every shellfish farm
Scattered coastal data,
made clear and actionable for shellfish farmers.
Coastal waters have never been better measured. Buoys, tide gauges, and water-quality stations feed a huge stream of data. However, due to the volume and complexity, it’s not accessible to the small farms that need it most.
DataShoal brings those streams together, checks every reading against the same standards oceanographers use, and turns the result into a plain-language weekly picture for growers and clean, ready-to-use datasets for researchers. Our pilot product is a “State of the Bay” report, delivered weekly by email and available by subscription. The rollout is phased: California’s Humboldt, Tomales, and Morro bays are live today, Washington’s Salish Sea growing regions are in progress, with more to follow. We describe conditions first; forecasting comes next.
The bays
All bays →Phase 1: three California bays, live and reporting weekly.
Phase 2 is expanding to Washington marine regions.
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Humboldt Bay
California’s largest oyster-growing region, on the North Coast, with a dense network of public monitoring stations.
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Tomales Bay
A long, narrow Marin County estuary fed by Lagunitas Creek, with a tight cluster of shellfish farms and an active harmful-algae watch.
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Morro Bay
A compact Central Coast estuary at the southern edge of the project, anchored by NOAA tide and weather stations.
Recent posts
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Many sources, one standard
A tide gauge, an offshore buoy, a river sensor, and a sampling station don't agree on format, schedule, units, or quality flags. How we bring two dozen public feeds onto common footing, so a number in the weekly read means the same thing wherever it came from.
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Introducing DataShoal: a clear read on the water you farm
What the bay pages show today, which monitoring stations feed them, and where the gaps still are.
cross-bay launch methodology
Interested in learning more?
The weekly report
State of the Bay, for Humboldt, Tomales, and Morro bays, delivered weekly by email. See the sample, then subscribe.
Collaboration and coverage
Get in touch about collaboration or expanding coverage to your area.