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