We are a Dutch company, based in Delft. Since 1996, we have been developing, manufacturing and marketing the WaveGuide. This high quality radar system monitors waves, tide and water levels. It is compact, robust and easy to install.

We are proud of the fact that our professional systems have gained industry-wide trust and recognition. Our client base is made up of oil companies, offshore wind farm operators, port operators, governments, shipping companies and international project developers.

One of our valued customers is the Dutch Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat). After a thorough evaluation spanning several years they adopted the WaveGuide System as the water level and wave height sensor in their primary measuring network. For wave height Rijkswaterstaat uses the SWAP program, which meets the strict standards of oil and gas companies (IOGP).

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Applications

The vertical motions of ocean and river surfaces have a tremendous influence on many aspects of our work. A diverse range of industries rely on accurate information of the ocean surface to accomplish their activities. These vary from offshore platforms to harbour management, ocean transport and wind farms.

Wave, tide and level data are crucial for safe working conditions, operational efficiency and durability of installations.

Radac’s WaveGuide is globally used in:
offshore wind farms
offshore oil and gas
harbours and coastal environments
shipping
river monitoring

Products

Since 1996, Radac has been developing, manufacturing and marketing the WaveGuide: a very accurate radar level gauge to measure environmental data in offshore, maritime and marine environments. Leading companies all over the world rely on our systems.

Benefits
Maintenance-free
Easy installation
Suitable for all weather conditions
Low power consumption
Explosion-proof certified (as an option)
Excellent price/performance ratio
The WaveGuide radar measures the distance to the water surface several times per second. Proven is that in all wind and wave conditions the standard deviation for water level is only 1 cm. The device consists of a radar (based on Honeywell Enraf core technology) and a server. Mounted high above the water and without any moving parts there is no need for preventive maintenance or cleaning. (Re-)calibration is never required due to the long-term stable zero reference. The system is compact, robust and easy to install. It is suited to accurately measure wave heights and tides, up to the most extreme conditions.

The WaveGuide Server facilitates commissioning, remote servicing, data collection, data processing, presentation and logging. The server communicates with the radar via a serial link (RS232/RS485). The system is based on a low power processor, does not have any moving parts and can synchronise to UTC-time.

Data can be distributed through its two extra serial ports as well as via network packets. The user can configure the data sets (raw data, spectra, parameters) using the subscription interface. Radio, gsm, gprs and satellite modems are supported.

Raw data, spectra and parameters can be requested and are presented within the web-browser. A selection of the most recent data is presented on the lcd display of the WaveGuide Server.

All of our systems are suitable for marine use. However depending upon the type of functionality required by the user, all four installations have unique qualities specific to the system itself:

Wave direction monitoring
Wave height and tide monitoring
OnBoard monitoring
Water level monitoring