Metocean Surveys
Integrated Meteorological and Oceanographic Data Collection for Offshore and Coastal Projects
Our Service
Acurise delivers specialised Metocean (Meteorological and Oceanographic) survey campaigns that characterise the wind, wave, current, tide, and water quality conditions at project sites across the Gulf, the Arabian Sea, and UAE coastal waters. Our metocean services support the full lifecycle of offshore and coastal engineering projects — from early-stage feasibility studies and environmental baseline assessments through to detailed design parameter derivation and operational safety planning.
Our metocean campaigns are designed to client specifications and international standards, deploying a range of in-situ measurement instruments and remote sensing technologies depending on the parameters required. Instrumentation includes directional wave buoys, Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs), tidal pressure gauges, meteorological stations, and water quality sondes, all operating on calibrated data loggers with remote transmission capabilities. Raw data is processed and analysed by our specialist team to produce design-ready metocean reports.
For offshore oil and gas operators, marine renewable energy developers, port expansion planners, and coastal protection engineers, Acurise provides the metocean data and analysis that transforms field observations into engineering design inputs, environmental impact evidence, and operational risk assessments.
What Is a Metocean Survey and Why Does Offshore Engineering Depend on It?
Metocean is a compound term covering the intersection of meteorology — the study of the atmosphere and its phenomena — and physical oceanography — the study of the physical properties and dynamic processes of the ocean. A metocean survey campaign measures and characterises the environmental forces that any offshore or coastal structure must be designed to withstand: waves, currents, tides, winds, storm surge, and their statistical extremes.
For offshore structures such as platforms, mooring systems, pipelines, and subsea cables, the metocean environment is the primary driver of structural load cases. Engineers need to know not just the typical conditions at a site, but the extreme conditions — the Significant Wave Height (Hs) and Associated Period (Tp) expected to occur once in 100 years, the extreme 10-minute mean wind speed at hub height, or the 10-year return period tidal current velocity. These design parameters are derived through statistical analysis of long-term measured and hindcast metocean records.
In the Gulf of Arabia, the metocean environment presents a distinctive combination of shallow water wave dynamics, strong tidal currents through the Strait of Hormuz, seasonal shamal wind events that generate short-period steep waves, and the thermal stratification of near-surface waters. Standard global oceanographic datasets often fail to capture the regional specificity of these conditions. Acurise conducts site-specific measurement campaigns that ground-truth global hindcast models with local observations, producing metocean reports that design engineers and insurers can rely upon.
Key Applications and Benefits
Directional wave measurement using surface buoys and ADCP wave inference methods
Current profiling using moored and vessel-mounted ADCP instruments
Tidal gauge installation and water level time-series collection
Meteorological station deployment for wind speed, direction, and atmospheric data
Extreme value statistical analysis for structural design parameter derivation
Metocean design basis reports for offshore oil and gas and renewable energy projects
Environmental baseline monitoring for EIA and permit applications
Operational metocean forecasting support for marine construction campaigns
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