• American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
• Shore and Beach, includes full-text online 1996-present and Table of Contents, 1933-present (updated annually)


• Bedford Oceanographic Databases (by Fisheries and Oceans, Canada) for areas in NW Atlantic: Hydrographic Climate, Ocean Data Inventory, Sea-Surface Temperature, and Coastal Time Series.


• Bodega Marine Laboratory - UC Davis.


• California Coastal Coalition (CalCoast) - A non-profit advocacy group comprised of 35 coastal cities; five counties; AMBAG, BEACON, SANDAG and SCAG; along with business associations and allied groups committed to restoring California's coast through sand replenishment, increasing the flow of natural sediment, wetlands recovery and improved water quality.


• California Coastal Commission
• Peter Douglas, Executive Director of the Coastal Commission spoke at WRCA's California Colloquium on Water on September 14, 2004. Watch the streaming video of his lecture.
• "California Coastal Commission Reform" This page, created and hosted by UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) Library, provides a succinct overview and links to relevant resources regarding the California Coastal Commission.


• California Coastal Sediment Management Workgroup (DWR) - Information on the various coastal sediment-related programs and projects of CSMW member agencies as well as meeting records and access to relevant documents. Visitors may also access detailed information on an innovative Coastal "Sediment Master Plan" (CSMP) designed to address the conservation, restoration and preservation of coastal sediment resources along the California coastline.


• California Wetlands Information System CERES
• Cal OCEAN A virtual library for the discovery of and access to ocean and coastal data and information.


• Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS)


• Chesapeake Bay U.S EPA Region 3


• Chesapeake Bay Program


• Coastal Engineering Archives University of Florida, Coastal & Oceanographic Engineering Dept.


• Coastal Marsh Project University of Maryland at College Park/NASA. Analyzes the surface condition (health) of coastal marshes and detects areas that are at risk for rapid loss of land area. Also includes an extensive list of links to other Coastal/Estuarine-Related Sites.


• Coastal Zone Foundation


• Elkhorn Slough Foundation


• Estuary Net Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, University of South Carolina


• Heal the Bay - To clean and protect Santa Monica Bay.


• International Council for Exploration of the Seas - ICES is the organisation that coordinates and promotes marine research in the North Atlantic. This includes adjacent seas such as the Baltic Sea and North Sea.


• Marine Observations National Weather Service, NOAA


• Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute


• Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary


• National Estuary Program U.S. EPA


• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Data Buoy Center National Weather Service
• National Marine Sanctuaries
• National Estuarine Research Reserves
• National Ocean Service
• National Oceanographic Data Center archives & provides public access to global oceanographic and coastal data, products, and information.
• Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) (Formerly Ocean and Lake Levels Division) -- The portal to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's vast collection of oceanographic and meteorological data (historical and real-time), predictions, and nowcasts and forecasts.
• Sea Grant - Sea Grant is NOAA’s primary university-based program in support of coastal resource use and conservation.
• Tides and Currents - NOAA Tides and Currents, managed by the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), is the portal to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's vast collection of oceanographic and meteorological data (historical and real-time), predictions, and nowcasts and forecasts.


• National Wetlands Inventory U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service


• Ocean Science and Engineering Office of Naval Research, Asian Office


• Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla, Calif.
• Center for Coastal Studies
• Coastal Data Information Program
• NEMO - Oceanographic Data Server
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives


• San Francisco Estuary Institute


• Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority - SCCWRP is a joint powers agency focusing on marine environmental research.


• Surfrider Foundation USA The non-profit Surfrider Foundation is dedicated to the protection, preservation and restoration of the world's oceans, waves and beaches.


• Tide and Current Predictor Harmonic tide and current speed predictor for the World Wide Web.


• Washington State - Shoreline Aerial Photographs


• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Woods Hole, Mass.

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