NOAA's National Ocean Service
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NOAA's National Ocean Service
NOAA’s National Ocean Service
America’s leader in coastal and ocean science, technology, and management.
tides and currents
nautical charts
career profiles
harmful algal
blooms
sea
level
rise
Education
Resources
Refreshed benthic habitat data mapping tool
The revamped platform boasts enhanced functionality to discover, access, and download data while leveraging resources and efforts with other NOAA offices.
COASTAL SCIENCE
New NOAA data reveals strength of the U.S. marine economy
From 2021-2024, the marine economy added over 500,000 jobs and total wages grew by 32%.
MARINE ECONOMY
Colossal coral in the Mariana Islands is largest of its kind
The 14,500-square-foot
Porites rus
, a species of stony coral, is wider than the length of four school buses and could be more than 2,050 years old.
COASTAL SCIENCE
Hurricane glider coordination: A 2025 retrospective
During the 2025 field season, NOAA and partners flew 79 glider missions across coastal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of America to inform hurricane forecasting.
Charting the Arctic
In 2025, NOAA Ship
Fairweather
went farther north than ever before to help establish new maritime traffic routes, safety zones, and use areas in the U.S. Arctic waters.
New atlas informs potential Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in the Gulf of Alaska
The atlas identifies 77 locations in 10 study areas with the potential to support multiple commercial seaweed and shellfish aquaculture operations in Alaska state waters.
Around the
Ocean Service
A purposeful dive in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
SANCTUARIES
Study uncovers multidecadal drivers of Louisiana’s shrimp distributions
COASTAL SCIENCE
Office of Coast Survey: 2025 year in review
CHARTING
NOAA and partners evaluate vital Wisconsin wetlands to reduce flood risk
COASTAL MANAGEMENT
NOAA’s National Ocean Service
America’s leader in coastal and ocean science, technology, and management.
tides and currents
nautical charts
career profiles
harmful algal
blooms
sea
level
rise
Education
Resources
Refreshed benthic habitat data mapping tool
The revamped platform boasts enhanced functionality to discover, access, and download data while leveraging resources and efforts with other NOAA offices.
COASTAL SCIENCE
New NOAA data reveals strength of the U.S. marine economy
From 2021-2024, the marine economy added over 500,000 jobs and total wages grew by 32%.
MARINE ECONOMY
Colossal coral in the Mariana Islands is largest of its kind
The 14,500-square-foot
Porites rus
, a species of stony coral, is wider than the length of four school buses and could be more than 2,050 years old.
COASTAL SCIENCE
Hurricane glider coordination: A 2025 retrospective
During the 2025 field season, NOAA and partners flew 79 glider missions across coastal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of America to inform hurricane forecasting.
Charting the Arctic
In 2025, NOAA Ship
Fairweather
went farther north than ever before to help establish new maritime traffic routes, safety zones, and use areas in the U.S. Arctic waters.
New atlas informs potential Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in the Gulf of Alaska
The atlas identifies 77 locations in 10 study areas with the potential to support multiple commercial seaweed and shellfish aquaculture operations in Alaska state waters.
Around the
Ocean Service
A purposeful dive in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
SANCTUARIES
Study uncovers multidecadal drivers of Louisiana’s shrimp distributions
COASTAL SCIENCE
Office of Coast Survey: 2025 year in review
CHARTING
NOAA and partners evaluate vital Wisconsin wetlands to reduce flood risk
COASTAL MANAGEMENT