Welcome
Welcome to the page for the Southwest Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme (previously Plymouth Coastal Observatory). The Programme provides a consistent regional approach to coastal process monitoring, providing information of the development of strategic shoreline management plans, coastal defence strategies and operational management of coastal protection and flood defence.
The Programme is managed on behalf of the Coastal Groups, in partnership with the maritime Local Authorities and the Environment Agency. The Programme is funded by Defra, with Teignbridge District Council acting as the lead authority. For further information:
Please feel free to visit our website http://southwest.coastalmonitoring.org/
Programme Background
Organisation
Data collection is co-ordinated at South West Coastal Monitoring, on behalf of the Programme partners.
Learn more about South West Coastal Monitoring
Meet the team at South West Coastal Monitoring
Project Management Team
A team has been set up to oversee the day-to-day management of the Regional Monitoring Programme, and to implement the proposals of the Project Board.
Data Management Team
The team at South West Coastal Monitoring manage all the data collected by the Programme, including topographic and bathymetric survey data, LiDAR, aerial photography and ecological mapping. The team also provides analysis of the data and reports for the maritime Local Authority partners.
Data are fully quality-controlled by South West Coastal Monitoring before being archived and uploaded to the website's Data Catalogue and Map Viewer, where they are freely available to interested parties.
South West Coastal Monitoring team are:
| Ruth Adams | Programme Manager |
| Emerald Siggery | Team Leader |
| Jonathan Bailey | Coastal Process Scientist – South Cornwall |
| Phoebe Cole | Coastal Process Scientist - Coastal Assets |
| Tom Darley | Coastal Process Scientist – GIS Lead |
| Cecily Eaton | Coastal Process Scientist - Coastal Assets |
| Myah Horsford | Coastal Process Scientist – South Devon |
| Isabel Kelly | Coastal Process Scientist – North Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Josie-Alice Kirby | Coastal Process Scientist – South Devon and Dorset |
| Lee Skittrall | Contracts and Programme Officer |
| Dr Mark Wiggins | Coastal Process Scientist - North Devon, Somerset and the Severn Estuary |
Enquiries for the SWCM team can be sent to:
Coastal.Observatory@plymouth.ac.ukPartners
The following organisations are the Southwest Strategic Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme's partners.
Contact us
To report a missing or damaged Waverider buoy, please phone Fugro GB Marine Limited on: 07810 697357
If you would like further information about Southwest Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme, please use the contact details provided or use our contact form to directly message Southwest Regional Coastal Monitoring.
South West Coastal Monitoring
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AA
+44 (0)1752 586155
coastal.observatory@plymouth.ac.uk
@OfficialSWCM
@PlymouthCoastalObservatory
@south.west.coastal.monitoring
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@SouthWestCoastalMonitoring
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