CeNCOOS - Water Quality

Coastal Water Quality

Heal-the-bay Beach Water Quality by County

California State "Safe to Swim?" Map portal

Real-Time Ocean Shore Stations

CeNCOOS provides funding for the operation of many of these stations, which are run in coordination with our partner institutions.

CSU Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) water quality
- Temperature, salinity, pH and turbidity info from across the CeNCOOS region
- View and download these data files through the CeNCOOS get data page

Visit individual California State University (CSU) campuses water quality websites:

Trinidad
HSU Humboldt Bay
- Dock B (real-time; near Eureka Marina)
- South Bay (not real-time)
SFSU Tiburon
SFSU Carquinez
Moss Landing Harbor Small Boats Pier
Moss Landing Marine Lab Seawater Intake Station (~20 m depth, ~200 m offshore of Moss Landing Harbor mouth)
Granite Canyon Station (south of Monterey, CA)
Morro Bay
San Luis Bay

Visit individual University of California campuses shore station websites:

UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab (Horseshoe Cove)
UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab, Fort Point (near Golden Gate Br.)

Ocean Buoys

Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO) - buoys measuring nitrate, oxygen, chlorophyll and salinity in Elkhorn Slough and nearshore Monterey Bay

Mobile Observations

CeNCOOS provides funding for collecting and/or making available these data, in coordination with our partner institutions.

Moss Landing Marine Labs (MLML) Underway Data Aquisition System (UDAS)
- Temperature, salinity, chlorophyll and nutrient data and graphics for vessels owned and operated by MLML personnel. View the data

- Cruises are mainly from the central California region and extend from 2001-08 (but data are continuing to be added as they become available)

Other Regional Water Quality Information

Heal-the-Bay Beach Report Card

California Water Quality Monitoring Council's "Safe to Swim?" portal (monthly)

US Geological Survey (USGS) - freshwater stations (real-time)

California Environmental Data Exchange Network (CEDEN)
- freshwater stations (daily to monthly updates)

Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (CCAMP)
- from Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara

Water Recreation Safety Info (bacteria levels etc.) by County

Marin:

County EHS (weekly info)

Contra-Costa:

USGS Freshwater Sites (real-time)

Alameda:

County EHS (weekly info)
USGS Freshwater Sites (real-time)

San Francisco:

Public Utilities - beach water quality (weekly info)
Heal-the-Bay (monthly info)

San Mateo:

County EHS (weekly info)
Heal-the-Bay (monthly info)

Santa Cruz:

County EHS (weekly info)
Heal-the-Bay (monthly info)
CCAMP (infrequent)
CIMT plankton sampling blog(weekly)

Monterey:

County EHS (weekly info)
Heal-the-Bay (monthly info)
CCAMP (infrequent)

San Luis Obispo: