NOAA's CoastWatch Program provides near real-time oceanographic satellite data to Federal, State, and local marine scientists, coastal resource managers, and the general public, covering all coastal regions of the U.S. The CoastWatch East Coast Node, located at NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office, provides data and value-added products specifically for the east coast from Maine to Florida. For more information on other regional Nodes or coverage areas, please visit the NOAA CoastWatch Central Operations website.

Featured Image MODIS Chl-a, April 16-18, 2009

Launch the CoastWatch Earth Data Access Client to browse datasets (Java 5.0 Update 6 plugin required) or access data directly via OPeNDAP or data download.

SeaWiFS data availability will terminate 17 March 2009 more info ...

Weekly composite of AVHRR SST can now be accessed through the Live Access Server