Buoy Workshop

16th Buoy Workshop - March 23-26, 2026


 About Our Workshop Partners

The Florida Institute of Oceanography ensures sustained excellence in marine research and education through the advancement and availability of infrastructure, development of partnerships, and the enabling of outcomes that benefit the people of Florida. FIO serves as an enabler, facilitator and coordinator across academia, state and federal agencies, ocean science organizations and the private sector.

The College of Marine Science seeks to increase and apply fundamental knowledge of global ocean systems and human-ocean interactions through research, graduate education and community engagement. We create and disseminate knowledge about ocean physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and fisheries through observation, modeling, and theory. We aim to train a well-educated work force and to create a more scientifically-informed society. 
Pre-Workshop Event: ProteusDS Mooring Design Seminar and Workshop

ProteusDS Mooring Design Seminar

When designing and deploying moorings, it's easy to get lost in the details of all the components you need.

What's needed is purpose-built software to make it easy to find parts, arrange, them, and adjust them into a design. ProteusDS Oceanographic Designer is a free purpose-built software tool for oceanographic mooring design. Join face to face or virtually for a Mooring Design Seminar with ProteusDS Oceanographic Designer in partnership with MTS and the Buoy Workshop. We'll cover the details of the design process and go through working with the software to put together basic mooring designs. Use the live training session to ask questions on software use and collaborate with others in the oceanographic mooring sector. 

ProteusDS Community Mooring Workshop 

Learn pointers and skills for oceanographic mooring design with Proteus DS

Whether you're brand new to ProteusDS or a veteran user, join our open session on working with ProteusDS. We'll go over a few fundamentals of working with ProteusDS for mooring design, and then work together on troubleshooting projects. It's an opportunity to learn from expert DSA Ocean staff as well as other veteran ProteusDS users in the community. 

Seminar: Monday, March 23, 2026 12:30-2:30pm
Workshop: Monday, March 23, 2026 2:30-4:30pm
Where: USF, Student Life Center Room 2100

Express your interest in attending the Mooring Design Seminar and Workshop on the Registration Form.  


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2024 Workshop
2022 Workshop
2019 International Workshop, Hobart, Tasmania
Past Workshops (1996-2018)