The Beach Monitoring Facility uses different approaches to monitor and characterize coastal processes, with the ultimate goal of providing reliable data, expert advice, and best practices for sustainable and science-based management of the beaches of the Balearic Islands.
This facility also contributes to the state of the art in coastal research, coastal engineering, and beach sustainability through the study of physical processes related to morphodynamic variability, erosion and accretion processes, sediment transport and sediment balance, climate, marine climate effects and variability, as well as the characterization and trends of morphodynamic processes in the Balearic Islands, in the context of climate change.
The coastal zone is an open and complex system affected by a wide range of processes at different spatial and temporal scales
Systematic, sustained, and high-quality monitoring of wave conditions and beach morphology is crucial for understanding the morphodynamic processes that determine their evolution, analyzing the effects of climate change on coastal systems, and improving prediction models.
Access the coastal video-monitoring BEAMON Viewer
This user-friendly interactive web application displays images from beaches video-monitored by the ICTS SOCIB: Cala Millor, Muro, Playa de Palma, S’Amarador, and S'Arenal d'en Tem, in Mallorca, and Playa de Son Bou, in Menorca.
Check the images of the monitored beaches and the data on waves and currents
The beach monitoring platforms of the ICTS SOCIB provide historical and real-time images of the beaches, as well as data on waves and currents.
Beach Monitoring Facility in Figures in 2023
Key metrics that allow measuring the impact of the operational activity of the ICTS SOCIB's Beach Monitoring Facility
Collaboration Networks
The Beach Monitoring Facility of the ICTS SOCIB actively participates in competitive international, European, national, and regional projects to address the challenges of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). Additionally, it collaborates closely with companies, public administrations, and managers to promote a sustainable, science-based management of the marine and coastal resources of the Balearic Islands.