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 to the operation of international shipping, marine safety, and global [...]

The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) collects, analyzes and distributes historical and real-time observations and predictions of water levels, coastal currents and other meteorological and oceanographic data.

C-MAN station data typically include barometric pressure, wind direction, speed and gust, and air temperature; however, some C-MAN stations are designed to also measure sea water temperature, water level, waves, relative humidity, precipitation, and visibility.