Real-time wave monitoring and sensing methods and systems

A method for real-time monitoring of wave conditions, comprising:

• receiving, from a buoy over a first wireless communication channel, information based on continuously monitoring one or more characteristics of the wave conditions;
• receiving, from a user device over a second wireless communication channel, user preferences;
• and
• transmitting, to the user device over the second wireless communication channel, a message based on the information and the user preferences in response to a user request,
• wherein a duration between the receiving the information and the receiving the user request is less than a predetermined value.

A method for real-time monitoring of wave conditions, comprising:

• transmitting, to a remote server, user preferences;
• transmitting, to the remote server, a user request;
• and
• receiving, from the remote server and in response to the user request, a message based on the user preferences and information corresponding to the wave conditions,
• wherein the information is based on continuously monitoring one or more characteristics of the wave conditions at a monitoring location,
• wherein the information is received at the remote server at a first time prior to transmitting the user request, and
• wherein a duration between the first time and transmitting the user request is less than a predetermined value.