With the assistance of Force Marine, Inc., PacIOOS successfully conducted a mooring and acoustic release swap at the Hilo wave buoy. The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) helped PacIOOS to re-deploy the mooring and wave buoy at Barberʻs Point and swap the wave buoy in Kāneʻohe Bay. 

Data streaming is made possible through long-term partnerships between PacIOOS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. View near real-time wave data and information on the PacIOOS website and Voyager. 

PacIOOS enthusiastically celebrated the 110th Birthday of the Waikīkī Aquarium on March 19th. We got to eat some cake, listen to great music, and engage aquarium guests. Through interactive games and activities, the PacIOOS team shared information on sharks. Kids and adults had fun learning about tiger shark tagging and tracking, how sharks breathe, threats to sharks, how sharks swim, shark teeth, and much more. 

PacIOOS joined representatives from each region of the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS�) as they braced the cold in Washington, D.C. to attend the annual IOOS Association meeting. Discussions focused on increasing the degree of coastal preparedness, response, recovery and resiliency for past, present, and future situations. A working collaboration within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Ocean Service (NOS) is key to improving observations, predictions, forecasting, and hazard response for coastal conditions. The informative meeting left collaborators hopeful and determined to succeed.

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