Oceanography

NOAA maintains a network of buoys, tidal stations and satellite measurements...

Weather forecasting services provided by institutions like NOAA and Scripps are the core of Bombora. Data provided by these agencies are essential to the operation of Bombora as well as many other surf and marine forecasters. This information, in addition to assisting surf forecasters, is vital … [Read more...]

Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)

We like to bring attention every once in a while to one of the many agencies that provide data to Bombora - here's a little information on our source for current tidal data (which differentiates us from other tide apps in that we provide ACTUAL tide readings): The Center for Operational … [Read more...]

C-MAN: The Coastal Marine Automated Network

An example of a C-MAN platform

The Coastal-Marine Automated Network (C-MAN) was established by the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) for the National Weather Service (NWS) in the early 1980’s. The development of C-MAN was in response to a need to maintain meteorological observations in U. S. coastal areas. Such observations, … [Read more...]