Data Buoy Links

[swillmerchant]

Good morning all,
A few recent posts regarding pre-trip checklists and seaworthiness got me thinking about data sources before leaving port. Here are a few links to data buoy websites that may help in trip preparation. You can get forecasts, mobile apps, and real-time data, including wave height, wind speed, water temp., etc. Some regional sites are easier to navigate and more intuitive than others, but there's a lot of great info on these sites.
I hope this helps!
Doug

Alaska: http://www.aoos.org/aoos-data-resources/
Pacific Northwest: http://www.nanoos.org/education/theme_p ... ations.php
http://nvs.nanoos.org/Explorer
Central/Northern California: http://www.cencoos.org/
Southern California: http://www.sccoos.org/interactive-map/
Pacific Islands: http://oos.soest.hawaii.edu/pacioos/data_access/
Great Lakes: http://glos.us/data-access
Northeast Atlantic/New England: http://www.neracoos.org/datatools
Mid Atlantic: http://maracoos.org/web_products
Southeast Atlantic: http://secoora.org/data
Gulf of Mexico: http://gcoos.org/products/maps/stations/
http://gcoos.org/products/
Caribbean: http://www.caricoos.org/drupal/

 

[walldog]

Good morning all,
A few recent posts regarding pre-trip checklists and seaworthiness got me thinking about data sources before leaving port. Here are a few links to data buoy websites that may help in trip preparation. You can get forecasts, mobile apps, and real-time data, including wave height, wind speed, water temp., etc. Some regional sites are easier to navigate and more intuitive than others, but there's a lot of great info on these sites.
I hope this helps!
Doug

Alaska: http://www.aoos.org/aoos-data-resources/
Pacific Northwest: http://www.nanoos.org/education/theme_p ... ations.php
http://nvs.nanoos.org/Explorer
Central/Northern California: http://www.cencoos.org/
Southern California: http://www.sccoos.org/interactive-map/
Pacific Islands: http://oos.soest.hawaii.edu/pacioos/data_access/
Great Lakes: http://glos.us/data-access
Northeast Atlantic/New England: http://www.neracoos.org/datatools
Mid Atlantic: http://maracoos.org/web_products
Southeast Atlantic: http://secoora.org/data
Gulf of Mexico: http://gcoos.org/products/maps/stations/
http://gcoos.org/products/
Caribbean: http://www.caricoos.org/drupal/

Great list, many thanks.
I would like to add this one to list. It covers the Texas Gulf Coast ICW with a few more sites. Requires Flash though which does not work on Apple products.
http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/wiki/TCOON/HomePage
This one lists them by name and is compatible with Apple.
http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/stnlist/:active:tcoon:

Thanks again

 

[baz]

Great post... thanks for starting. 🙂

Here are some other useful ones I use before leaving the dock. It's for the PNW Puget Sound area and provides wind velocity and direction as measured by the WA ferry system.

http://i90.atmos.washington.edu/ferry/Ferryjs/mainframe1.htm

A more general one that requires some reading but covers a larger PNW area and is very specific.

http://www.atmos.washington.edu/data/marine_report.html

 

[baz]

...snip...
I would like to add this one to list. It covers the Texas Gulf Coast ICW with a few more sites. Requires Flash though which does not work on Apple products.
http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/wiki/TCOON/HomePage
This one lists them by name and is compatible with Apple.
http://lighthouse.tamucc.edu/stnlist/:active:tcoon:

Thanks again

Herb: Flash is only absent on the Apple iPhone and iPads (per Jobs edict). Apple Macs have no problem with using Flash though.