Coastal Field Instrumentation division is presently equipped with State of Art equipment as described:

• Directional Waverider Buoys- To measure wave characteristics using wave motion sensor based on a stabilized platform, accelerometers, and magnetic compass. Measures wave height for wave periods of 1.6 to 30s, accuracy 0.5% of the measured value, wave direction and water temperature. The collected wave data and GPS information are transmitted to a land based receiving station over a HF link and also on GSM network.
• Marine Acoustic Doppler Profilers- ADCPs with 4 and 5 beam solutions to measure Water velocity and direction across a water column. Wave parameters can also be measured using the 5th beam. Velocity Range is ±5 meter/second with an accuracy of ±0.5% of the measured value.   Profiling range is 50 meters.
• River Acoustic Doppler Profilers- For river discharges near coastal regions.
• Bathymetric Survey System- For collection of nearshore bathymetry data.
• Automatic Weather Station- For meteorological parameters collection like wind speed & Direction, relative humidity, rainfall etc.
• Impeller Current Meters- For point water velocity up to ±5 meter/second with direction.
• Pressure Tide Gauges- To measure Water level  upto 100 meters and has an internal data logger to store upto 90 days data.
• LISST- For suspended sediments data in sea and estuary.
• Water Sampler and Grab sampler-For suspended and bed sediment characterstics.
• Total station: For beach Survey and profiling.
• CTD Meter- For Salinity temperature and depth measurement.
• Acoustic Release with command unit- Used as ancillary equipment for safe retrieval of deployed instruments.

Coastal data centre has conducted field data collection campaigns for many sites, a few of them are listed here under.

• Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra.
• Anjarle, Ratnagiri Maharashtra.
• Satpati, Palghar, Maharashtra and Nani Danti-Moti Danti, Gujrat.
• Morbi, Gujrat.
• JagannathPuri, Odisha.
• Rajvardhan, Maharashtra.
• Okha , Gujarat.
• Aaravi, Anjarle and Guhaghar, Maharashtra.
• Versova and Marve, Maharashtra.
• Muthalapozhi, Kerala.
• ParadipPort, Odisha.

• J.A. Shimpi, S.G. Manjunatha, L.R. Ranganath (Retd.), K.B. Bobade, VivekSaxena, "Observation of Flow Pattern at Dahej in Gulf of Khambhat", 26th International Conference on "Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2021)", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat, under the aegis of The Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH), Pune, during 23-25 December 2021 at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat.
• K.B. Bobade, S.G. Manjunatha, "Characteristics and Frequency Analysis of Annual Maximum Rainfall at Surat, Gujarat, India", 26th International Conference on "Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO-2021)", organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat, under the aegis of The Indian Society for Hydraulics (ISH), Pune, during 23-25 December 2021 at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat.