Current Lab

Announcing the new Current Lab API with a demonstration video! If your company is operating on the water, this service gives you the power to integrate currents/wind/wave data into your existing workflow.
api.current-lab.com

The 3 goals of the Current Lab API are:
1. Hyperlocal resolution (up to 50x finer than standard models)
2. Unmatched accuracy
3. Effortless integration

In the 5 minute demo, I show how to download ocean model data and run a drift trajectory forecast. The beta version of the drift model has already saved users tens of thousands of dollars by locating lost unmanned vehicles and even a kitesurfing board.

Contact me for a demo, to discuss your use case, or to inquire about custom features.

https://youtu.be/-d67Nx5_gWQ

Current Lab API introduction demo Introducing the Current Lab API https://api.current-lab.com/ Shows how to download NetCDF and GRIB ocean current files and run the new drift trajectory model.

It’s already time to reserve your spot for a Newport Bermuda Race Package! Our customers won first place across 4 classes in the last Newport Bermuda Race thanks, in part, to Current Lab’s accurate mapping of the Gulf Stream and a critical counter-clockwise eddy south of the Stream!

With this package, you’ll get 2 separate proprietary ocean GRIB files — the open ocean Gulf Stream currents and the hyperlocal coastal currents for the start of the race. In addition, we send out oceanographic analysis PDF documents in the weeks leading up to the race to explain the datasets, the scientific theory, and the models’ uncertainty levels.

Sign up here: https://www.current-lab.com/shop/p/newport-bermuda-2024

I’m working on the data package for next week’s offshore race from Marion, MA to Bermuda. There’s a 200 km diameter Gulf Stream eddy parked along the “rhumb line” that the competitors will be following. This eddy has strong counter-clockwise currents and can provide a 3 knot speed boost if you sail through the western side, but misjudging its location by less than 1 degree of longitude will lead to sailing directly against the current as well as choppier waves.

If you’re competing in this event, you can sign up here for the analysis report PDF and the ocean current GRIB files: https://buy.stripe.com/eVa15B0Cdc371I428e