South West
Coastal
Monitoring

Providing standard, repeatable, long-term coastal monitoring data for the South West coast of England.

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World Leading Data

We have been collecting coastal monitoring data for the South West Coast of England and making it freely available to all since 2006, making our dataset one of the most comprehensive coastal datasets in the world.

Our ethos is to collect high quality data once, and make it freely available to anyone with an interest in the coast, so that it can be used multiple times.

As part of the National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes of England, our Programme covers over 2,450 km of coast between Portland Bill in Dorset and the Welsh Border. We provide standard, repeatable, long-term and cost-effective monitoring to support coastal management. We are funded by Defra.

South West Coastal Monitoring (SWCM) is the new home of the South West Coastal Regional Coastal Monitoring Programme, formerly known as the Plymouth Coastal Observatory.

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