Very good question NE surfer. First we must know the data we are looking at. The reading you mention at buoy 44025 on the NDBC site is an overall significant wave height reading. This combines all of ...

A new monitoring program in the Bay State will collect near real-time information about the presence of endangered North Atlantic Right Whales off the Massachusetts coast. Earlier this year, ...

(WPRI) — If you rely on traditional buoys while navigating Northeast waters, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) wants to hear from you. As part of an effort to modernize how mariners navigate, USCG has ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

Sea lions basking in the sun on red-and-white buoys are often the first sight of wildlife as boaters set out to the open ocean from harbors dotting California’s coastline. The buoys, however, are not ...