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Topic: Buoys

This page lists all NOAA.gov content that has been tagged "buoys."
Scuba diver installing or inspecting a mooring anchor on the ocean floor
NOAA installs mooring buoys in its national marine sanctuaries
June 11, 2025
Focus areas:
Sanctuaries
Topics:
sanctuaries
buoys
boating safety
coral reefs
Scuba diver installing or inspecting a mooring anchor on the ocean floor
Boat crew preparing weather buoys at front of boat in lake Michigan
Buoys on patrol help Lake Michigan boaters keep safe on the water
May 21, 2025
Focus areas:
Sanctuaries
Topics:
sanctuaries
buoys
Great Lakes
safety
Boat crew preparing weather buoys at front of boat in lake Michigan
Three people wearing life preservers standing with large spherical yellow buoys on a boat in the ocean
Buoyed by the Mission: The People and Work Behind Your Florida Keys Mooring Buoys
March 31, 2025
Focus areas:
Sanctuaries
Programs:
Heritage
Topics:
heritage
history
Heritage stories
sanctuaries
buoys
Three people wearing life preservers standing with large spherical yellow buoys on a boat in the ocean
Photo showing NOAA DART buoy floating in the water.
Biden-Harris Administration invests $30M to improve tsunami ocean-observing system through Investing in America agenda
May 17, 2024
Focus areas:
Weather
Topics:
tsunamis
buoys
measurements and observations
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Inflation Reduction Act
Photo showing NOAA DART buoy floating in the water.
Buoy deployment.
Photo story: So how do you maintain a huge weather buoy network?
April 14, 2022
Focus areas:
Weather
Topics:
buoys
Buoy deployment.
A NOAA buoy floats in the ocean with a vessel nearby.
That lone buoy out there in the ocean? Let us introduce you
June 2, 2021
Focus areas:
Ocean & Coasts
Research
Topics:
buoys
A NOAA buoy floats in the ocean with a vessel nearby.
NOAA and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners of the Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Prize.
Ocean observing prize solicits designs for tomorrow’s storm tracking technology
October 19, 2020
Focus areas:
Ocean & Coasts
Topics:
buoys
NOAA and the U.S. Department of Energy announced the winners of the Powering the Blue Economy Ocean Observing Prize.
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