The Pacific Coast Ocean Observing System of the California current Large Marine Ecosystem (PaCOOS) offers quarterly summaries of the climatic and ecological observing-related activities along the CA Current.
Maps show daily averages of ocean surface currents off the Oregon coast. Measured with a radio transmitter and receiver, using the SeaSonde, these currents are made by CODAR Ocean Sensors.
Maps of beaches in the Puget Sound Region that are closed to harvesting of shellfish because of biotoxin levels. The Washington State Biotoxin Program monitors biotoxins in molluscan shellfish, closing harvest areas when high levels pose a threat to public health.