This image from CORA captures historical maximum water levels for California’s San Francisco Bay area. Water-level observations were previously only available from a few locations, tide gauge ...

The U.S. Ocean Enterprise, a thriving ecosystem of businesses connected to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes monitoring, generates approximately $16.4 billion in revenue annually, according to NOAA's ...

Kelvin waves are difficult to see with the naked eye as they are large in scale, slow moving and don't break onshore like typical ocean waves. In this graphic, satellite radar altimetry measurements ...

Aerial view of Pensacola, Florida collected by NOAA aircraft on October 11, 2026. The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is collecting aerial damage assessment images of coastal areas in the aftermath of ...

Wave buoys are essential instruments in ocean observing and there are over 600 assets, including buoys like this, reporting wave data throughout IOOS. Wave information is important for weather ...