Is your satellite data cloudy? one day it's perfect, the next your sensors see nothing near shore.

Good news: bob environmental turns your apple watch into an ocean sensor. no new hardware.

Download Bob environmental today and help fill the gap!
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One Morning. Two Coasts. Two Swimmers. One Network.

Here's what the swim tracks actually show: Seattle logged a 1.3°F gradient across the swim, but Florida's coast was nearly uniform with a 0.3°F gradient.

#ScienceByBob #Bobbers

what's the water temperature at your local beach right now?

no idea?

yeah, same. and our founder has a phd in oceanography.

the nearshore is basically a scientific blind spot. the instruments are expensive, offshore, and not where you are.

#ScienceByBob

📣 this saturday is the international coastal cleanup!!!

bob environmental exists because the nearshore is one of the least monitored parts of the ocean. every swim we log adds to that picture.

links to get incolved are in the thread below.
#Bobbers #CitizenScience #oceanconservancy #ScienceByBob

Bob 2.1.0 is here.

This update is full feedback to features with new water lock control, a sonar ping when you start sampling, and your data is protected even if your battery dies.

Update through the app store and get back in the water #ScienceByBob

Today we are kicking off swimmer stories! 🎉

Our first one's from founder Dr. Kim Martini.
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Her Bob Environmental data showed the water warmed up 4°F between the outbound leg and the way home.

got your own swim story? tag us using #sciencebybob to be featured!

Our Tini Scientific team made a Tini tiny crossword out of our own brand 🧩💓

Only five words, no pencil required ❗

Solve the clues and then find the answers on the last image 👉

The ocean is powerful and largely unmeasured. Bob is a piece of solving that puzzle 😆
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the real question: how does your swim data get to us?

short answer: it doesn't, unless you send it.

bob logs conditions via your watch sensors, you review your summary, then choose whether to submit. your data, your call.
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kinda chic to just be swimming and effortlessly mapping your coastline

that's the whole idea behind bob environmental. it's not tracking you, it's swimmers logging their own swims, and together showing where people are in the water.

The map only exists because the people already do!
#ScienceByBob

national beach day was sunday, labor day weekend is the last big beach weekend of summer. ❗

a few reminders before everyone heads out. be safe, look out for each other and if you're wearing an apple watch, make sure you log some data! 😉🌊

#ScienceByBob

Bob vs. Buoy 🌊

Official buoys and monitoring stations do real work, but one went offline this summer right when a tini swimmer was at the beach. Her watch still had a reading 💪

Bob doesn't replace the buoy network...it just shows up when and where buoys can't 👀

#ScienceByBob #Bobbers #BobVsBuoy

Friday swim story: A post hot yoga class ocean dip turns into usable science!

Grace swam along the coast at JAX Beach, using landmarks to stay on course.

Her data showed us that the water temperature was a few degrees cooler than just days ago.

log your swim this weekend #ScienceByBob #Bobbers