The Department of Transport has been notified by Hydro Survey on behalf of Uisce Éireann that hydrographic and metocean survey operations will be undertaken in support of the South Cork Strategic Modelling Study.
These surveys will take place along the South Coast of Co Cork, between the approaches to Oysterhaven and Glandore. Operations were scheduled to commence on Monday 24 August and are expected to be complete by 2 November, subject to weather and operational constraints.
The survey operations will comprise of the deployment, periodic servicing and recovery of 10 fixed-bed (seabed-mounted) acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCPs).
Each deployment is marked by a surface marker float on a riser line and remains in position for 35 days. There will also be vessel based 13-hour tidal cycle surveys at 10 stations, undertaken on both spring and neap tides, comprising vessel mounted current profiler and water column profiling.
During these operations, the survey vessels will remain on or close to a fixed position for a continuous period of approximately 13
hours.
Surveys will be conducted by the Lady Kathleen (callsign EIXT2) Titan (callsign EIA3020). Both vessels will maintain a continuous listening watch on VHF Channel 16 and will transmit on AIS throughout operations.
Maps and coordinates of the survey areas, as well as contact details, can be found in Marine Notice No 41 of 2026 attached below.
