Exploration and Education Winner: SeaSee

SeaSee App shows us what the world would look like if the oceans were drained of water, using bathymetric (seafloor depth) data to generate 3D views. This app allows you to explore the ocean floor, from shipwrecks to marine habitats.
“If our app helps inspire a few young people to find out more and become scientists, engineers or oceanographers then it will have done its job.” – SeaSee team
Public Safety and Integrating Multiple Datasets Winner: SeaStatus

SeaStatus delivers personalized marine weather data to anyone with an internet-connected mobile device. This app translates super complex datasets into a simple interface, and helps mariners navigate safely.
“With incredible weather, nautical communities and access to everything the Pacific Ocean has to offer, the impetus for this app was to empower [Southern Californians] to take advantage of what they have.” – SeaStatus team
Fishing Winner: FishAngler

FishAngler enables anglers (aka recreational fishermen, of which there are over 45 million in the US) to log fishing experiences, discover new spots, and access NOAA and USGS weather and water data. This app could be a platform to crowdsource fish catch data, which would help fisheries managers, the scientific community, and the fishing community to better understand and protect fish stocks.
“I got bored being retired and I wanted to bring technology to the fishing industry and build something unique that captures one's fishing memories across family generations!” – FishAngler team
Ocean Acidification Winner: SOpHIE

SOpHIE was designed to serve those working in aquaculture, fisheries, and coastal monitoring, by delivering daily metrics of ocean acidification.This app lets users know if a site that matters to them is at risk from ocean acidification.
“Having SOpHIE to take publicly available data and transform it, to create completely new data and offer some kind of interpretation will hopefully go a long way in addressing the needs of stakeholders.” – SOpHIE team
Shipping and Trade Winner: Navisea

Navisea is designed for planning and tracking ocean voyages, and includes data on traffic, ports, docks, navigation, and weather. This app can make navigation tools accessible to smaller vessels and marry data from the economic-focused shipping industry with the environmental-focused government and NGO datasets.
“There's no reason that we can't begin to develop practices in the shipping industry that take environmental factors into further account.” – Navisea team
Judges Award Winner: Chile es Mar

Chile es Mar aims to bridge the information gap between science, fishermen, and seafood consumers. The app connects local catch data from artisanal fishers with seafood purchasers, and promotes fair compensation for local, sustainable, and traceable seafood. The developers hope is to export this model to support small-scale fishing communities in other Latin countries.
“We bridged four different sectors: from artisan fishermen to consumers and from scientists to chefs in one place.” – Chile es Mar team
Conservation Winner: Endangered Waves

Endangered Waves can empower and incentivize surfers (there are 24 million worldwide) to monitor the health of their coastlines through crowdsourced data. Surfers can use this app to create crowdsourced data to identify and then reduce hazards in their local surf breaks. In the US, tourism and recreation comprise 72% of employment in the ocean economy and 31% of its gross value. Creating apps that cater to this market isn’t indulgent, it’s good business sense.
“We have relied on a number of great partners to get where we are today...so it really is the story of the surfing and technology communities coming together to create a tool to protect what we love.” - Endangered Waves team