Ocean and coastal tools, sanctuary permits, charts and images

Tides and currents

• Real-time tide data - Access current water levels from approximately 200 active water level stations
• Tides online | Great Lakes Online - Choose tide stations by state and location to view local tide information
• Sea levels - sea level trend map around the world
• PORTS® - information for mariners to navigate safely in and around U.S. ports
• NowCOAST - mapping portal linking to thousands of real-time coastal observations and NOAA forecasts
• See a complete list of Tides and Currents data
• Historical hurricane tracks - data-driven interactive map tool

Coastal zone management tools

• FastFacts - current data and information on important indicators for coastal zone health
• DigitalCoast - data, tools, and training communities need to address coastal issues
• Data dashboard - elevation, land cover, weather, climate & hazards, imagery, economic & demographic data and more

• Marine Cadastre National Viewer - NOAA lidar, imagery, or land cover data

• Data Access Viewer - ocean planning data

Response and restoration tools

• Oil spill response / planning
• Chemical spill response / planning
• Environmental assessment tools
• Maps and spatial data
• CoRIS: Coral Reef Information System
• NOAA Deep-Sea Coral & Sponge Map Portal

National Marine Sanctuaries

• Learn about permits for sanctuaries
• Visit a National Marine Sanctuary
• Read the "Earth is Blue" magazine
• Sanctuary education resources
• Contact a National Marine Sanctuary or the headquarters office

Ocean and Coastal Hazards

• Coastal hazards
• Hurricanes
• Beach dangers
• Harmful algal blooms
• Hypoxia
• Disaster Response Center
• Marine Debris
• Oil and chemical spills

Nautical Charts

• Paper nautical charts - printed on-demand by NOAA-certified agents
• PDF nautical charts - digital formats
• U.S. Chart No. 1 (Chart Symbols) - more than 100 pages of information about nautical chart symbols
• Weekly Chart Updates map
• NOAA Custom Chart Version 1.0 - choose  your own chart scale and location

Training and capacity building

• Digital Coast Academy
• Coastal response and restoration training 

Imagery, podcasts, video and more

• NOAA emergency response imagery
• Infographics
• Historical hurricane tracks
• Ocean videos
• NOAA Ocean podcasts
• NOAA Ocean Today - kiosk, videos & webinars 

Contact NOAA Ocean and Coasts

• Email to report an error or ask a question
• Email Constituent Affairs
• Email Public Affairs or call 202-603-9372