What this site helps you do
Use the home page to scan live buoy readings, open the buoy map and compare station metrics like wind speed, wave height, wave period and pressure.
Use region pages to narrow the view to areas such as Florida, California, Hawaii or the Gulf of Mexico. These pages improve internal navigation and make it easier to reach detailed buoy pages relevant to a route.
Use the camera feed to browse cached buoy images more efficiently while reducing repeated requests to NOAA on each page load.