Category Archives: Buoys & Moorings

The coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) specializes in wave measurement, swell modeling and forecasting, and the analysis of environmental data. The program maintains a number of buoys along the west coast of the United States including a number along California. They can be access using here: CDIP Wave buoys

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has created a climatology series for their longest deployed mooring. M1 climatology

The National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) through NOAA maintains a network of ocean buoys along the west coast of the United States. These buoys provide various measurements including weather observations and sea surface temperature observations. These observations help both atmospheric and oceanographic models. The data may be access here: NDBC Buoys

The longest continuous wave record along the coast of California is the Pt. Reyes CDIP buoy.