Case Study: Ocean Live Monitoring Company achieves rapid two-hour cloud migration and scales to 142,434 viewers during Hurricane Ian with Wowza Video

Rapidly Migrating to a Cloud-Based Platform in an Environmental Emergency

A long-standing beach and ocean monitoring service streams live video from ~35 IP cameras synchronized with real-time wind and weather data to inform surfers, boaters, and the public. When Hurricane Ian hit, the site experienced a sudden 1,086.93% surge in viewers that its on-premises streaming infrastructure couldn’t handle, threatening stream quality and public-safety access to live conditions.

The company worked with Wowza to rapidly migrate from Wowza Streaming Engine to the cloud-based Wowza Video within two hours, scaling bandwidth and functionality to support the spike. The move streamed to an average of 36,608 people per day over four days (142,434 total viewers), improved playback quality and latency, enabled media redistribution and VOD clips, and left the team confident it can handle future traffic surges.