Category Archives: PacIOOS Updates
New PacIOOS Wave Buoy off Kalaeloa Barbers Point, O‘ahu
Posted May 31, 2018PacIOOS deployed a new wave buoy off Kalaeloa Barbers Point on May 31, 2018. The buoy is located approximately 1.5 miles to the west of Kalaeloa Harbor on Oʻahu’s...
New Ocean Circulation Forecast for Kāneʻohe
Posted May 21, 2018PacIOOS’ Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) now provides a new high-resolution grid for Kāneʻohe (approximately 100-m resolution) and the surrounding area along Oʻahu’s windward shore (1.5-km resolution). The model...
2018 Executive Committee Meeting on Maui
Posted April 27, 2018The PacIOOS Executive Committee, a subset of the Governing Council, met on Maui for its annual meeting. On the first day, meeting participants discussed IOOS and PacIOOS programmatic updates,...
New Online Archive for PacIOOS Coastal Forecasts
Posted April 25, 2018In addition to the most recent PacIOOS wave run-up, six-day high sea level, and harbor surge forecasts, website users can now also view historical plots of the forecasts. The...
Animal Telemetry Network Workshop
Posted March 21, 2018Workshop Background The U.S. Animal Telemetry Network (ATN) is hosting a series of workshops to: 1) identify regional priorities for telemetry observations of aquatic species, including fishes, turtles, pinnipeds,...
New Pelekane Bay Water Quality Buoy
Posted March 09, 2018PacIOOS deployed a new water quality buoy in Pelekane Bay, on the west side of Hawaiʻi Island. The new buoy collects salinity, temperature, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, and chlorophyll measurements...
Surfline New PacIOOS Partner
Posted January 20, 2018Surfline/Wavetrak Inc. joins PacIOOS as a regional MOA partner. For over 30 years, Surfline/Wavetrak Inc. has connected people with the ocean. Starting with surfers and since expanding to offshore...
Hawai‘i Sea Level Rise Viewer
Posted January 19, 2018PacIOOS developed the Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Viewer as a companion to support the State of Hawaiʻi Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Report. The viewer provides easy access...
PacIOOS 5-Year Strategic Framework
Posted January 18, 2018The Governing Council has approved the new PacIOOS 5-year Strategic Framework. The document will provide PacIOOS staff, researchers, existing partners, potential collaborators, and funders with insight into PacIOOS’ desired...
Trilogy Excursions New PacIOOS Partner
Posted January 15, 2018Trilogy Excursions is our newest Hawaiʻi MOA partner. Since its start in 1973, Trilogy Excursions has been operating premium sailing catamaran tours on Maui and Lānaʻi. Family owned and...
