NOAA Shallow-Water Benthic Habitats

Benthic habitat maps for the nearshore waters of American-affiliated islands throughout the Pacific, including American Samoa, CNMI, Guam, Hawaiʻi, and Palau. NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) produced these maps to support coral reef research and management. Habitat regions were digitally identified using visual interpretation of orthorectified satellite imagery.

note: NOAA used a different classification scheme for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), which is shown here as an aggregated overlay.

resolution: 1/40 acre (100 m²) (NWHI only) or 1 acre (all others)

sources:

• American Samoa, CNMI, Guam
• Main Hawaiian Islands
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• Palau

services:

• WMS, WMS-C, WFS, KML