PacIOOS

06/01/2026

Our May newsletter is now available on the PacIOOS website!

Visit https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/newsletter/
to Read and Join our Monthly Newsletter

Highlights include:

Join PacIOOS at outreach events in June!

Learn how to use the new Maui Economic Recovery Commission Permit Lookup Tool

Get the latest wave data from the Waimea Bay, O'ahu buoy

Congratulate Diego Johansen on his new position as Community-Based Monitoring Facilitator with Hawai'i DLNR DAR

Register to join the Science is Cool conference, featuring Hawai'i - based curriculum and resources

Register to attend the Sofar Ocean webinar and learn how the Backyard Buoys in Saipan recorded data during Super Typhoon Sinlaku!

05/28/2026

Register for the Sofar Ocean webinar to hear how the Saipan Spotter Buoys recorded data during Typhoon Sinlaku!

https://www.sofarocean.com/posts/webinar-through-the-eye-of-a-super-typhoon-how-saipans-community-stewarded-buoys-are-reshaping-coastal-resilience?utm_campaign=40167863-2026-03-Spotter-USV&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_kAZyAqrn7cWiUN2LT4taFNUy7p7E4IG73AOv6m8NWLzOmkGbUDBXdyMRisgA3ljPVwpMzbWgy7CF7jcVGyMbJVI7zPw&_hsmi=420964157&utm_content=420964157&utm_source=hs_email

To access the data, download the free app at https://backyardbuoys.org/data/

05/15/2026

Hear from local researchers and partners about water quality, reef health, and impacts to marine life and people after the fire. Learn about what’s in you water and fish. Join the conversation on recovery and resilience
May 27 5:30-7:30
Lahaina Civic Center
Pupils and refreshments will be provided!

05/12/2026

Backyard Buoys will be part of an ocean research exhibit at the Anchorage Museum in Alaska from May 15, 2026 to May 15, 2027!

Opening this Friday, May 15, the Anchorage Museum will have an awesome new display about marine science and community observing in Alaska. It will be up for a year, so go check it out!

The exhibit was primarily funded and organized by NPRB and features several AOOS-supported projects, such as harmful algal bloom monitoring, Backyard Buoys, gliders, and moorings.

AOOS announcement: https://aoos.org/aoos-programs-featured-in-new-anchorage-museum-exhibit/

NPRB announcement: https://nprb.org/arctic-marine-science-exhibit-opening/

Museum website: https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits/arctic-marine-science-sikuliaq-to-shore/

Photo: Brendan Smith/NPRB

UAF College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences
R/V Sikuliaq

05/07/2026

The Wave-Driven Flooding with Sea Level Rise viewer for East Babeldaob, Palau is now available as a beta version on the PacIOOS website!

Developed by the PacIOOS Wave-driven Coastal Processes Research group (WaveCPR) at the request of the Palau National Weather Service, this interactive tool enables users to assess projected coastal flooding along the eastern coastline of Babeldaob under different combinations of sea level rise (SLR), wave conditions, and mangrove coverage.

This effort was made possible through strong collaboration with partners in the Republic of Palau. We gratefully acknowledge the Palau Automated Land and Resources Information System (Palaris Palau) for providing high-resolution topobathymetric data, and David Idip (PALARIS) for coordination and support.

We also thank the Palau National Weather Service for their continued collaboration, and the Coral Reef Research Foundation(CRRF) for their guidance and assistance in identifying vulnerable coastal areas and supporting validation efforts.

Special thanks to Xavier Erbai Matsutaro, National Climate Change Coordinator at the Office of Climate Change, Government of Palau, for his strong support and valuable guidance. The viewer remains under active development, and content and features may continue to evolve.

To explore the tool, visit https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/shoreline/slr-eastpalau/

Feedback and suggestions are welcome at [email protected]

Images: Wave-Driven Flooding with Sea Level Rise viewer
Model Domain along East Babeldaob

05/06/2026

The Waimea Bay buoy is back online!

Moored approximately 4 miles offshore Waimea Bay on the North Shore of O'ahu, the buoy transmits wave height, direction and period every half hour.

Check out the wave data at https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/waves/buoy-waimea/

The Waimea Bay wave buoy is owned and managed by PacIOOS. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) provided the initial funding to purchase this buoy. Data are managed by the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Long-term partnerships between PacIOOS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and CDIP enable data streaming into the PacIOOS website and PacIOOS Voyager.

05/06/2026

A great ocean research fellowship opportunity!

05/05/2026

Our April newsletter is now available on the PacIOOS website!

Visit https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Aloha-from-PacIOOS-.html?soid=1105866148764&aid=SDRqlCVefZw
to Read and Join our Monthly Newsletter

Highlights include:

A beta version of the Palau Wave-Driven Flooding with Sea Level Rise Viewer is now live! Your feedback is appreciated- check it out on our website: https://www.pacioos.hawaii.edu/shoreline/slr-eastpalau/

Read about the Deep Ocean Research and Imaging System Workshop at Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology - HIMB, in partnership with Ocean Discovery League, and Blue Robotics

Deputy Director Mia Comeros attended and presented at the Guam Conference on Island Sustainability

Alaska Ocean Observing System and PacIOOS partnered to share the Backyard Buoys project with students in Alaska at the Sitka Sound Science Center

Welcome new ocean technician Kate Feloy!

PacIOOS has been recertified for another 5 years!

Learn how you can support IOOS' request for FY27 funding
https://ioosassociation.org/how-you-can-help-ioos/

05/04/2026

Backyard Buoys Community Stewardship in Taholah, Washington!

Backyard Buoy Training in Taholah

Backyard Buoys members from the University of Washington led a training session at the Quinault Division of Natural Resources in Taholah, Washington, on March 13, 2026.

Quinault Indian Nation community members learned more about the wave buoy, data collection, and mooring strategy.

The hands-on training led to many comments on how deploying a Backyard Buoys wave buoy seemed similar to other fishing practices, just different applications of using lines, weights, buoys, splicing, and anchoring.

We look forward to continued operations led by the community!

View the Quinault North Data on the NANOOS Visualization System (NVS) at:
https://nvs.nanoos.org/Explorer?action=oiw:fixed_platform:BB_QuinaultNorth:observations:A1_BarPress



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