The Wave Glider is an unmanned surface vehicle that can act as a communications gateway for subsea sensors, making real-time seismic telemetry possible. It can address challenges across the lifecycle of systems design—from initial deployment to real-time monitoring and system availability.

The Wave Glider can fulfill different roles in a system architecture including:

• Towing (subsea sensor deployment)
• Data harvesting
• Real-time monitoring and data transfer
• System availability and maintenance

Beyond seismic monitoring and tsunami warnings, Wave Gliders act as communications gateways for subsea sensor data across a range of applications, including:

• Fish and marine mammal monitoring
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) data transfer
• Pipeline or wellhead sensor data harvesting
• Defense applications