Welcome to the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) website!
The Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS) is one of eleven regional observing programs around the country that are supporting the emergence of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS). For more information on IOOS, please visit ocean.us.
The intent of the PacIOOS is to create an effective partnership of data providers and users who will work together to develop, disseminate, evaluate and apply new ocean data and information products designed specifically to address the needs of the communities, businesses and resources that call the Pacific home.
The PacIOOS region is defined as the Commonwealth and Territories of the United States in the Pacific and the Freely Associated States in the Pacific:
- American Samoa
- the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
- the Federated States of Micronesia
- Guam
- Hawai‘i
- the Republic of the Marshall Islands
- the Republic of Palau
- Wake Island
- Johnston Atoll
- Howland and Baker Island
- Palmyra Island
- Jarvis Island
Click on an area or name in the map, or on a linked name in the list above, for more information about that region.
The capabilities of the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System are being demonstrated through the Hawai‘i Ocean Observing System (HiOOS) pilot project which focuses on the main Hawaiian Islands.
