Provide critical NOAA information to the maritime community (commercial and recreational mariners, port authorities) and the federal, state, and local emergency management community to support informed timely decisions on a daily basis.
Mission Statement
To provide present and future oceanographic, meteorological, and hydrologic information (observations, analyses, forecasts, alerts) from NOAA along with bathymetric data for U.S. coastal areas to support public safety, coastal preparedness, response, and precision marine navigation.
Strategy
Provide near-real-time NOAA information from NOS, NWS, and NESDIS via Open Geospatial Consortium compliant web mapping services and an interactive map viewer.