» National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management (RIKZ)    Information about wave climates in the Dutch part of the North Sea.    http://www.golfklimaat.nl/index.cfm?taal=en

» Nederlands Instituut voor Oecologisch Onderzoek(NIOO)    The Netherlands Institute of Ecology.    http://www.nioo.knaw.nl/

» Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee (NIOZ)    Netherlands Institute for Sea Research    http://www.nioz.nl/

» Netherlands Centre for Coastal Research (NCK)    A platform for coastal research co-operation between Dutch institutes focusing on research into the physical processes in the coastal zone, including waves, currents, transport processes and the influence of biota on the morphological processes.    http://www.nck-web.org/

» University of Groningen    Department of Marine Biology researches into macroalgae, microalgae, marine zoology and coral reef ecology.    http://www.rug.nl/biologie/onderzoek/onderzoekGroepen/marieneBiologie/index?lang=en

» University of Utrecht    Coastal Research Group - work includes strategic research in physical geography with special focus on coastal sediment processes and morphological changes in the nearshore zone. Activities include surveying, monitoring and numerical modeling of coastal an    http://www.coastalresearch.nl/