Flotation Technologies are the recognised leader in manufacturing syntactic foam oceanographic buoys specifically designed for ADCP’s. Models available cover shallow water deployments to 6000m deployments with various buoyancies and sizes to meet all applications. All buoys are fitted with a high strength corrosion resistant mooring frame for the attachment of mooring hardware. Low drag ADCP buoys for high current areas are also available. For bottom mounted ADCP’s and instruments, Flotation Technologies manufacture a range of Trawl Resistant Bottom Mounts where the instrument is fully protected from trawling operations and mishaps. Various models are available from shallow water diver maintained bottom mounts to deeper water models where an acoustic release is fitted to allow safe recovery of the instrument and bottom mount.

To aid in the safe recovery of your valuable instruments and moorings, UVS can supply a full range of Novatech Designs Ltd Radio Beacons and Xenon Flashers. Models are available for a variety of sub-surface applications where they are attached to underwater equipment such as oceanographic instrument packages. When the equipment is recovered to the surface the Radio Beacon and Xenon Flasher turn on automatically to provide a radio signal and a visual signal to ensure prompt location of the instrument package. Other subsea applications include mounting on ROV’s, diving bells, manned submersibles, tourist submarines and crab pots. Surface applications include drift studies, oil spill tracking, search and rescue marking and equipment location and warning applications. click here for more information