Custom Buoy Design
Making Great Ideas Float Since 1973
Backed by over 40 years of experience in product design and manufacturing, Tidal Marine/Northwest Plastics transforms your ideas into reality. With a highly specialized technical team and a state-of-the-art 40,000 square foot manufacturing facility, Tidal can design and manufacture custom buoys, floats, fenders, floating barriers, towers, and structures to your exact specifications. Whether you need design assistance or full product development and manufacturing services, we are here to help.
Smart Ideas Supported by Smarter Software
Creating a product that floats is easy; ensuring it remains stable in various environmental conditions, withstands break forces, and is manageable for transport, installation, and maintenance is more complex. Our product development team leverages advanced design and analytic software like SolidWorks Simulation, Ansys Aqwa, and COMSOL Multiphysics to thoroughly evaluate designs from every angle, considering newtons, hydrodynamic forces, load conditions, and more.
Your Idea is Our Specialty
- The first roto-molded navigational buoy for the Canadian Coast Guard.
- The largest one-piece navigation buoy—foam-filled with recyclable polystyrene.
- Analytics buoys designed for the harshest offshore marine conditions, featuring moon-pools, large battery storage, and various sensitive analytic equipment.
- One-piece and modular compensation buoys designed to securely anchor aquaculture operations and reduce equipment failure risks.
