Current Speeds at the Hog Island Oyster Company
This submission contains two current-speed datasets collected in January 2024 in the Humboldt Bay channel near the Hog Island Oyster Farm in northern California. One current speed dataset was collected near the Hog Island Oyster Farm pier in the Humboldt Bay channel and the other dataset was collected in the middle of the channel. A Nortek Eco Acoustic Wave and Current profiler (ADCP) was used, which measures horizontal water velocity throughout the lower half of the water column. Additionally, the ADCP only measures currents up to about 1.6 m/s depending on the tilt of the device. Above that the current speeds are labeled as "nan". The data will be useful for turbine or current energy converter companies who may want to install devices in the Humboldt Bay channel.
Two current speed collection sites:
1. Pier Site - at the Hog Island Oyster Farm pier (40.793941, -124.192461).
2. Channel Site - mid-channel in Humboldt Bay (40.793676, -124.191227).
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AB - This submission contains two current-speed datasets collected in January 2024 in the Humboldt Bay channel near the Hog Island Oyster Farm in northern California. One current speed dataset was collected near the Hog Island Oyster Farm pier in the Humboldt Bay channel and the other dataset was collected in the middle of the channel. A Nortek Eco Acoustic Wave and Current profiler (ADCP) was used, which measures horizontal water velocity throughout the lower half of the water column. Additionally, the ADCP only measures currents up to about 1.6 m/s depending on the tilt of the device. Above that the current speeds are labeled as "nan". The data will be useful for turbine or current energy converter companies who may want to install devices in the Humboldt Bay channel.
Two current speed collection sites:
1. Pier Site - at the Hog Island Oyster Farm pier (40.793941, -124.192461).
2. Channel Site - mid-channel in Humboldt Bay (40.793676, -124.191227).
AU - Branch, Ruth
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - MHK
KW - Marine
KW - Hydrokinetic
KW - energy
KW - power
KW - ADCP
KW - Acoustic Wave and Current profiler
KW - Nortek Eco ADCP
KW - current speeds
KW - Hog Island Oyster Farm
KW - CA
KW - California
KW - Humboldt Bay channel
LA - English
DA - 2025/11/10
PY - 2025
PB - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
T1 - Current Speeds at the Hog Island Oyster Company
UR - https://data.openei.org/submissions/8570
ER -
Branch, Ruth. Current Speeds at the Hog Island Oyster Company. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 10 November, 2025, MHKDR. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/663.
Branch, R. (2025). Current Speeds at the Hog Island Oyster Company. [Data set]. MHKDR. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/663
Branch, Ruth. Current Speeds at the Hog Island Oyster Company. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, November, 10, 2025. Distributed by MHKDR. https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/663
@misc{OEDI_Dataset_8570,
title = {Current Speeds at the Hog Island Oyster Company},
author = {Branch, Ruth},
abstractNote = {This submission contains two current-speed datasets collected in January 2024 in the Humboldt Bay channel near the Hog Island Oyster Farm in northern California. One current speed dataset was collected near the Hog Island Oyster Farm pier in the Humboldt Bay channel and the other dataset was collected in the middle of the channel. A Nortek Eco Acoustic Wave and Current profiler (ADCP) was used, which measures horizontal water velocity throughout the lower half of the water column. Additionally, the ADCP only measures currents up to about 1.6 m/s depending on the tilt of the device. Above that the current speeds are labeled as "nan". The data will be useful for turbine or current energy converter companies who may want to install devices in the Humboldt Bay channel.
Two current speed collection sites:
1. Pier Site - at the Hog Island Oyster Farm pier (40.793941, -124.192461).
2. Channel Site - mid-channel in Humboldt Bay (40.793676, -124.191227).
},
url = {https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/663},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {MHKDR, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/663},
note = {Accessed: 2026-07-07}
}
Details
Data from Nov 10, 2025
Last updated Nov 24, 2025
Submitted Nov 11, 2025
Organization
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Contact
Ruth Branch
Authors
Original Source
https://mhkdr.openei.org/submissions/663Research Areas
Keywords
MHK, Marine, Hydrokinetic, energy, power, ADCP, Acoustic Wave and Current profiler, Nortek Eco ADCP, current speeds, Hog Island Oyster Farm, CA, California, Humboldt Bay channelDOE Project Details
Project Name Power generation at kelp & oyster farms from low velocity currents
Project Lead Carrie Schmaus
Project Number FY25 AOP 2.2.5.607
