Excellent Weekend for Seeing Your Waves! As you've heard from us by now, the Pleasure Point Street Fair is this weekend on Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm. Come by and visit us for free goodies, AMAZING DEALS on WaveClocks, and the fun of the street fair. For those of you not able to join us in Santa Cruz, we will have a big post street fair sale on ETSY so you can get your great deal and we'll throw some goodies in the box for you. Enjoy your first weekend of summer. Go outside and play!!!

For those of you unable to make the street fair, we'll have a follow up sale on our ETSY site.  We'll be announcing the special via our Newsletter, our Twitter feed, and on Facebook.  Be sure to follow us below. We're teaming up with our friends at Wet Feet Photography to get some of Bryan's great photos on special edition WaveClocks.  Come by the street fair to check them out in person. Check out Wet Feet Photography!

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A day to celebrate our oceans! Summer arrives today for the northern hemisphere with the solstice, the longest day of the year. Even though it's on a Monday, a day when many of us are stuck starting our work week, the early light and long evenings provide plenty of time for us to get our and play. So your orders for the day are ... GET OUT AND PLAY. On top of the wonder of summer it is also International Surfing Day. Started in conjunction with Surfrider, it is a day to celebrate the surfing life and sustainability in the use of ocean resources. Check out what's going on here are the Surfrider Website. Above all, try to take some time today to reflect on how you relate to the ocean and what you can do to help with the study, preservation, and healthy enjoyment of what it has to offer everyone. We're gearing up for the Street Fair coming on Saturday. Another great local celebration of Summer. Please stay tuned for specials and deals on your WaveClock either on ETSY or in person at the Pleasure Point Street Fair!

Summer 2016 Comes Alive!

The Summer Comes Alive! June 25th marks the 4th Annual Pleasure Point Street Fairin Santa Cruz. The event has been growing year after year with great local art, music, skate contests, food, and local brews.  Come join us at the WaveClock booth!  Mention you're a member of our newsletter for special discounts on our newest WaveClocks. See the new vertical wooden WaveClocks and some special products worked up with local artists. Below is an amazing story of a crazy surf contest near Sydney. Check out some of the terrifying wipeouts. Also, the Ocean Observatories Initiative is in full swing with over 80% of the data being collected at seven locations being streamed real-time. Finally, we have worked up some perspectives on last winter, big storms, and sea level rise. What does it all mean for the coast? An exciting development from the WaveClock team are the Vertical WaveClocks.  Perfectly suited for a wall hanging or even sitting on your desk. You'll see the real-time updates coming in from the ocean and know exactly what's happening out there when it matters ... NOW!  Check out the latest on ETSY. Please send your feedback at info@thewaveclock.com. Share the latest with your friends! Share Tweet Forward

CAPE FEAR! The Cape Fear surf contest on Monday brought some of the wild men of surfing to the Sydney coast in 20 ft waves. A big storm prompted a surf contest at Cape Solander - a secret break off Kamay Botany Bay National Park - one of the heaviest waves in the world. After a number of heavy wipeouts, and three surfers reportedly being taken to hospital, the competition was called off. Check out the insane photos here! Real-Time Ocean Observations The National Science Foundation announced that data are coming in real-time from the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a collection of ocean sensors in seven separate arrays. Oceanographers have the chance to test whether the technologically complex and scientifically unprecedented project produces the anticipated wealth of data. Read more at Scientific American. What's Happening at the Beach? Over 120 million people live on the coast in the United States alone,. Worldwide that number tops out at near 3 billion people! That’s a lot of people that are directly affected by anything going on in our oceans. It’s certainly natural that we should be thinking about things like big El Niños, extended hurricane seasons, and sea-level rise. Check out our coastal summary on the National Geographic Ocean View Blog.

Check out this video. We've been having fun getting some local footage of calm dawns with our new drone.  Stay tuned for exciting science that will be accompanying soon. Real-Time Ocean Updates Latest News Find Your WaveClock