Where our ocean data comes from
Every number on this site starts at one of these instruments. This page shows each one, its last reading and its recent history, and nothing predicted.
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Sensor
Pick a sensor on the map or in the list.
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Satellite
Satellite products draw on the map above. Each shows when its newest pass was.
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Everything on this page was measured. Nothing here is a forecast.
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These are models, not instruments, and we use them on Ocean now: CDIP MOP nearshore wave model, Open-Meteo marine and weather, NOAA tide tables (predictions), NWS forecasts, our own ratings and the two automated dive forecasters.
Ocean now Forecasts against what happened
Not yet read by us: HF radar surface currents, buoy 46240.
Sources
Buoy, tide and weather data are NOAA public-domain observations. Water sensors and weekly samples come from CeNCOOS, SCCOOS and CalHABMAP, the hydrophone from MBARI. Each sensor card links to its operator.