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High Frequency Radar Transmit Antenna, Photo credit John Largier

Sea Surface Currents & Waves

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Sea Surface Current Observations

High Frequency Radar stations located on the shore produce hourly maps of the currents around Bodega Head

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Wave Measurements

Wave height and direction estimates derived from High Frequency Radar measurements

-Currently Offline-

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Bodega Bay Currents Movie

Download and view an animated sequence of hourly maps of the currents near Bodega Head
Decade of Current Data

A Decade of Data - Using Radar to Understand Our Ocean

An exploration of a decade of sea surface current data

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High Frequency Radar User Tools

Matlab routines to perform QA/QC on high frequency radar (HFR) data and calculate temporal and spatial statistics.

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California-Wide Current Map

A coast-wide map of sea surface currents.