(Click above link to listen to the live Shoutcast stream with iTunes or Winamp.)
Thanks to the support of the Makah Tribe
and Jonathan Scordino, Makah Tribal Marine Mammal Biologist, a hydrophone was
deployed in Neah Bay during spring, 2008. The hydrophone is located near the
end of the Pellet Plant dock just inside of the Bay in about 6 meters of water.
From this protected location we hope to be able to hear killer whales and other
underwater sound sources without expnbing the equipment to the high-energy wave
environment outside the Bay in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The current dual-hydrophone system began streaming live sound on July 7, 2008.
The hydrophones were wired up by Val Veirs and deployed under the dock by Scott
Veirs and Val Veirs in May, 2008. The stream is distributed by spacialnet.com
for a monthly fee and supported with DSL infrastructure installed by the Makah
Tribe.
Archived sounds from Neah Bay
These sounds are presented using a Flash-based player called Wimpy...
You can use the above "playlist" to access all archived files.
The Network was expanded from 2006-2012 with generous support from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Other major funding has come from the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), Beam Reach, and Cornell University (Chuck Greene).
We are working to diversify our sources of support and build resiliency into the network. If you would like to contribute financially, please consider making a donation:
You can also try to record the streams when you hear something that
interests you. We recommend Stream Ripper (free, open
source, all platforms). If you'd like to explore underwater listening even
further (including sound analysis and contributions to citizen science
projects), then consider taking on a Beam Reach
externship in bioacoustics.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you'd like to make
your recording available to the listening community by having us publish it on
this web site. In any case, please abide by the Creative Commons license
