Dubai Coastal Zone Monitoring Program

Dubai Municipality Demonstrates its Smart Environmental Monitoring System at GITEX 2017
11 October 2017 18:56:08 (GST)

Dubai Municipality continues to showcase its state-of-the-art applications and technologies at the GITEX Technology...

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The First of Its Kind: Dubai Municipality Opens The First “Night Swimming Beach” In The Region
08 August 2016 11:47:13 (GST)

Dubai Municipality has launched the first public beach in the region at Umm Suqeim dedicated to night swimming. It is considered the first of its kind in the world due to its smart and environmentally friendly design. The...

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Deira Offshore Station
04 August 2016 04:33:02 (GST)

The Deira Offshore Station is offline for routine servicing and upgrade. We apologise for any inconvenience whilst the work is being carried out.

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DUBAL ADCP
25 April 2016 11:30:19 (GST)

The DUBAL ADCP (wave and current meter) is back onlie reporting data to the website.

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Deira Offshore Buoy
12 April 2016 11:08:30 (GST)

The wave/current and water quality data is currently offline at Deira Offshore Buoy. We aim to have the data back online as soon as possible.

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DUBAL Station
15 March 2016 02:23:48 (GST)

The DUBAL ADCP station is recording internally due to a fault, we hope to have the station back online and reporting to the website as soon as possible.

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Al Mamzar Station
15 March 2016 02:22:30 (GST)

The Al Mamzar Tide Gauge and ADCP are back online and reporting to the website.

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Jebel Ali Tide Monitoring Station
04 March 2016 05:54:01 (GST)

The instrument has been returned after its calibration, data from the Jebel Ali Station is now back online.

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Deira Wave and Current Data
04 March 2016 05:51:50 (GST)

Waves and currents from Deira Station are now back online.

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Deira Water Quality
02 March 2016 17:21:49 (GST)

The Deira Water Quality data is back on the website in real-time.

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DUBAL ADCP
02 March 2016 17:21:00 (GST)

The Dubal ADCP is currently offline as we fix the equipment. Apologise for any inconvenience.

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Dubal and Jebel Ali Stations
10 January 2016 12:01:19 (GST)

The Jebel Ali Tide Gauge and DUBAL ADCP Buoy are both back online and reporting data to the website. Apologies for any inonvenince caused.

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Jebel Ali Offshore Station
02 January 2016 06:01:24 (GST)

The Jebel Ali Offshore Buoy station is currently offline. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Deira Offshore Station
02 January 2016 06:00:54 (GST)

The Deira Offshore station wave/current meter is currently offline. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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DUBAL Station
02 January 2016 06:00:20 (GST)

The DUBAL station is currently offline. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Jebel Ali Tide Monitoring Station
02 January 2016 05:59:45 (GST)

The Jebel Ali Tide Gauge insrument is out for annual calibration. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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DFC and Mina Seyahi Tide Gauges
16 November 2015 09:35:25 (GST)

The Dubai Festival City and Mina Seyahi tide gauges have been re-installed after factory calibration.

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Al Shindagha Tide Gauge
29 October 2015 10:07:32 (GST)

The Al Shindagha Tide Gauge has been removed for annual factory calibration. The sensor will be re-installed as soon as possible.

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Mina Seyahi Tide Gauge
27 October 2015 05:31:37 (GST)

The Mina Seyahi tide gauge has been removed for calibration. The sensor will be re-installed as soon as possible.

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DFC Tide Gauge
26 October 2015 12:39:36 (GST)

The DFC tide gauge has been removed for calibration. The sensor will be re-installed as soon as possible.

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Jebel Ali Tide Gauge
24 September 2015 08:16:17 (GST)

The Jebel Ali tide gauge is back online and reporting data to the website. 

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Icons updated
10 September 2015 06:57:23 (GST)

The website icons in the Interactive Map have been updated.

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Website icons
02 August 2015 09:30:09 (GST)

We are currenlty updating the icons on the homepage map. Data is available in the 'Recent Observations' section of the homepage. Apologies for any inconvenience. We hope to have the icons back up shorlty.

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Deira Station Waves and Currents
03 June 2015 07:09:09 (GST)

The instrument that measures waves and currents at the Deira Offshore Station  has malfunctioned and is under repair, we apologise for the inconveniance and will return it to service as soon as possible.

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Deira Station Waves and Currents
03 June 2015 06:33:41 (GST)

The instrument that measures waves and currents at the Deira Offshore Station  has malfunctioned and is under repair, we apologise for the inconveniance and will return it to service as soon as possible.

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Al Mamzar ADCP
08 May 2015 10:53:44 (GST)

The Al Mamzar ADCP has been removed for troubleshooting. The instrument will be re-deployed as soon as possible.

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Deira Station
08 May 2015 10:52:42 (GST)

The Deira Offshore Buoy is operational with all sensors reporting to the website.

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Deira ADCP
07 April 2015 13:33:50 (GST)

The ADCP at Deira Offshore Buoy has been removed for fault finding. We apologise for any incovenience and will return it to service as soon as possible.

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Jebel Ali Buoy Station - Wind sensor
11 March 2015 05:31:34 (GST)

The Jebel Ali Buoy station wind sensor has been re-installed and is now reporting to the website. Wind speed, wind gust and wind direction data is being collected at 10-minute intervals at the two offshore stations (Jebel Ali and Palm Deira) and...

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Deira Meteorological Station
02 March 2015 08:02:43 (GST)

The wind sensor has been re-installed and is now providing wind speed, wind gust and wind direction data. The air pressure sensor has been removed for routine calibration and will be re-installed soon. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Jumeirah Beach Hotel Tide Gauge
14 February 2015 05:19:14 (GST)

The Jumeirah Beach Hotel tide gauge has been uninstalled for factory calibration. It will be returned to service as soon as possible.

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Jumeirah Open Beach Meteorological Station
11 February 2015 08:53:31 (GST)

Jumeirah Open Beach Meteorological Station is once again reporting weather data. We apologise for any inconvenience.

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JOB Meteorological Station and ADCP Station
10 February 2015 04:19:17 (GST)

The Weather Station and ADCP station at Jumeirah Open Beach are currently being reloctated due to development work in the area.  We apologise for any inconvenience.

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Jebel Ali Buoy -- Equipment out for routine calibraition
09 February 2015 04:42:43 (GST)

The air pressure sensor has been removed for routine factory calibration. We hope to have the unit back in a timely manner and re-installed. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Al Shindagha Station 2
27 January 2015 16:01:22 (GST)

This station is currently offline due to a technical issue that we hope to have resolved soon. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Al Mamzar Station 1
20 January 2015 11:16:28 (GST)

The Al Mamzar Station 1 is temporarily offline. We are investigation the problem. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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Jumeirah Beach Hotel Station 1
20 January 2015 11:03:23 (GST)

The Jumeiarh Beach Hotel Station 1 is currently offline, we are investigating the cause of the issue. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Jumeirah Open Beach Station 1
15 January 2015 11:37:04 (GST)

Jumeirah Open Beach Station 1 will temporarily be off line due to re-developement work being carried out in the area. We aplogise for the inconvenience.

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Camera Images
11 January 2015 04:50:10 (GST)

Some of the camera images are out dated, we are investigating why.

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Dubal and Deira Stations
16 December 2014 05:43:00 (GST)

The Dubal and Deira Stations are back online and reporting current and wave data to the website. The Deira air temperature and humidity probe was re-installed after returning from calibration. 

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DUBAL ADCP
04 December 2014 05:43:05 (GST)

DUBAL ADCP station is currently showing as offline, we are in the process of investigating. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Deira Buoy Air Temperature and Humidity
13 November 2014 17:57:10 (GST)

The Air Temperature and Humidity probe has been removed from the Deira Station for routine calibration.

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Tide Gauge Calibration
01 October 2014 13:03:40 (GST)

The Tide Gauges installed at Mina Seyahi, Dubai Festival City and at Al Shindagha have been removed from service for annual calibration. They will be returned to service as soon as possible.

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Equipment re-installation
07 August 2014 08:35:03 (GST)

The Air Pressure sensors have been returned after routine calibration and re-installed on the offshore buoys.

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Equipment calibration
09 May 2014 03:54:19 (GST)

The wind sensor at the Jebel Ali Offshore Station has been removed for routine calibration. We apologise for any inconvenience caused during this time.

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Equipment Calibration - Jebel Ali
30 March 2014 13:01:50 (GST)

Jebel Ali Offshore Buoy has equipment that has been removed for routine annual calibration. We hope to have the items re-installed as soon as possible. Thank you.

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Equipment return
02 January 2014 09:37:26 (GST)

Equipment is being re-installed at the following stations after their return from calibration. Jebel Ali Tide Gauge, Al Mamzar Tide Gauge and Jebel Ali Offshore Buoy Met Station.

We thank you for your patience. Happy New Year!

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Jebel Ali Sensors
12 December 2013 11:33:14 (GST)

The Jebel Ali Offshore station has had some items removed for periodic calibration, these include the air temperature, relative humidity and wind speed/direction sensors. We hope to heve them re-installed soon. Apologise for any inconvenience c...

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Jebel Ali & Al Mamzar Tide Gauges
08 November 2013 11:43:24 (GST)

The Jebel Ali and Al Mamzar tide gauges have been removed from site for calibration. The instruments will be re-installed as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Jebel Ali Offshore Buoy Equipment Calibration
07 November 2013 11:19:51 (GST)

The air temperature/humidity sensor and the wind speed and direction sensor have been removed from the station for calibration. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to have the sensors re-installed soon. The data currently displayed on the homepage...

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Jumeirah Open Beach Met Station
07 October 2013 11:38:11 (GST)

The Jumeirah Open Beach Meterological Station has been removed today (7th October) for calibration of all its sensors. We hope to have the unit back and re-installed soon. We apologise for any inconvenience.

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Equipment Calibration & Station Update
16 September 2013 12:24:22 (GST)

Equipment has to be calibrated every so often, the DFC, Jebel Ali, Al Shindagha and Mina Seyahi Tide Gauges have been removed for calibration. The sensors will be re-installed as soon as they are returned. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Deira Offshore Buoy Station
05 September 2013 09:55:17 (GST)

Some of the monitoring equipment at the Deira Station has been removed for calibration, erronous data will be displayed during this time for the Air Temperature and Humidity and no data will be displayed for wave and currents. We apologise for any...

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Deira Offshore Buoy Station
14 August 2013 07:25:22 (GST)

The Deira Offshore Buoy Station is under maintenance, no data will be transmitted or received during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to have the station operational as soon as possible. Many thanks

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Invalid Data - Deira Station
31 July 2013 05:25:28 (GST)

Please note that:

- Air temperature and humidity data at Deira Station is invalid as the probe has been removed for calibration.

- Turbidity readings at Deira Station are also invalid since there is no probe installed on the water...

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Hardware Status
21 July 2013 07:02:46 (GST)

Please note that the Deira Offshore Bouy air temperture and humidity data is not correct since the probe has been removed for calibration. Thank you for your patience.

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Hardware Status
21 July 2013 07:01:50 (GST)

Please note that the Deira Offshore Bouy air temperture and humidity data is not cowrrect since the probe has been removed for calibration. Thank you for your patience.

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Stations
07 July 2013 03:53:03 (GST)

All stations are operational including the HF Radar station that was down due to electrical refurbishment. Thank you for your patience and understanding. 

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H F Radar interruption
09 June 2013 08:12:23 (GST)

Due to maintenence on the electricty distribution system there will, unfortunately be no High Frequency Radar data for the next few days.

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Station Update
05 April 2013 07:05:13 (GST)

Stations are reporting as normal after recent repairs due to the storms. We thank you for your patience during this time.

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Station Update
06 March 2013 03:15:54 (GST)

Stations are gradually coming back online after the Shamals/storm's. We thank you for your patience and apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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stations down
14 January 2013 16:57:53 (GST)

Some of the real-time stations are experiencing equipment downtimes due to the recent and persistent bad weather. we hope to have them back online as soon as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Jebel Ali Offshore Station
11 January 2013 04:22:31 (GST)

The Jebel Ali Offshore Stations wave and current instrument is back online and providing wave and current information to the website for the offshore region of Jebel Ali. We apologise for any inconvenience the down time may have caused.

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Jebel Ali Offshore Wave and Currents Offline
26 December 2012 14:35:24 (GST)

The Jebel Ali Wave and Currents data is currently offline due to a technical issue. We hope to have it back online soon. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Station Update
05 December 2012 07:18:13 (GST)

The Jebel Ali Offshore ADCP is back online (after routine servicing) and is now providing real-time wave and current data to the website.

The Jumeirah Open Beach ADCP has been down for a few days due to a technical issue which has now...

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Deira Corniche Camera
30 November 2012 07:38:30 (GST)

The Deira Corniche images are now being uploaded to the website after being down for servicing. Apologies for any inconvenience.

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Camera station maintenance
21 November 2012 11:15:12 (GST)

The following camera stations are undergoing maintenance and so there will be no images from these stations, we apologise for any inconvenience and hope to have the stations back online as soon as possible. The stations that are offline are; - Deira...

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Burj Al Arab Cameras
14 November 2012 19:10:13 (GST)

We are experiencing an internet connection problem at the site so the camera images are not updating on the website. Telecommunication engineers have been notified and we hope to have a connection restored soon. Apologies for any inconvenience

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Data collection system back online
28 October 2012 10:53:59 (GST)

The data collection system is back online after the power was restored at the site of the system. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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Data collection system currently offline
26 October 2012 13:05:16 (GST)

The data collection system is currently offline due to a power issue at the site, being Eid weekend it has not been possible to get an electrical engineer to the site. This will affect the data collection for all stations except BAA Cameras, HF Radar,...

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Tide Gauges
24 October 2012 13:35:08 (GST)

The tide gauges at Jebel Ali and Al Mamzar Stations are currenly out for annual calibration. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to have them back online soon.

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Barometric pressure sensors
24 October 2012 13:30:33 (GST)

Barometric pressure sensors at Deira Offshore Buoy and Jebel Ali Offshore Buoy Stations are currently out for annual calibration. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to have them back online soon.

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Live Cameras
10 September 2012 04:41:30 (GST)

Dubai Marina live camera is under maintenance. The camera will be back online as soon as possible. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Station Maintenance
28 August 2012 03:20:29 (GST)

Jumeirah Beach Hotel ADCP will be back online today (Tuesday 28th August) after essential maintenance.

Jebel Ali Offshore Buoy ADCP is undergoing essential maintenance and will be offline for a short period of time.

We thank you...

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Dubai Municipality receives a Side Scan Sonar from HDR|HydroQual
23 July 2012 08:37:40 (GST)

Dubai Municipality Coastal and Waterways Management Section...

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Dubai Municipality and Unique Maritime Group Demonstrated a Live Multibeam Survey during the fifth M
22 November 2011 08:01:35 (GST)

The fifth Middle East Hydrographic User Conference was hold during 13^th to 16^th of November 2011 at Le Meridien Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Unique Maritime Group (UMG) showcased various tailor made solutions and products...

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Coastal Development Guidelines for Dubai Coast
09 June 2011 09:05:20 (GST)

Coastal Zone and Waterways Management Section at the Environment Department at Dubai Municipality had recently issued the Coastal Development Guidelines for Dubai Coast. This manual is intended to be a general guideline and will provide...

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Stations and conditions icons
13 October 2010 03:51:13 (GST)

The various stations have been added on the map along with the wind, waves, currents and air temperature icons as shown below. The weather conditions can be controlled by the radio buttons.

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Radio Button controls
13 October 2010 03:50:52 (GST)

These buttons act as a control for the display of the wind, waves, currents and air temperature icons on the map. Only one of the weather conditions can be displayed at a given time and the radio buttons allow the user to toggle between them.

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Interactive Map
13 October 2010 03:46:24 (GST)

The Interactive map is now showing the date for wind, waves, currents and temperature. It has been redesigned to include an expanded view and increased functionality. Below is a image of the overall interactive map page. Extra text is now being added...

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