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A coastal beach scene with a sandy beach and the silhouette of people walking along the water's edge with a cliff, trees, and the sun setting in the distance.

15 tips for planning your best day at the beach, NOAA-style

15 tips for planning your best day at the beach, NOAA-style

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Ocean & Coasts

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VIDEO: What is geodesy?

VIDEO: What is geodesy?

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Building community resilience through CALM

July 10, 2026

A row of people looking at a bluff

Florida partners supercharge teacher workshop at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas Reserve

July 10, 2026

View of the transition between hammock, marsh and the Tolomato River at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Protecting the living waters of the Channel Islands from marine debris

July 7, 2026

A group of people are silhouetted by the sunset as they look across a scenic island across the water.

The 20th anniversary of the NOAA Marine Debris Program

July 6, 2026

Photo of public participants in NOAA’s Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project sort debris items and record data at Nukoli’i Beach, Hawaii. June 2024 (Credit: Kauai Surfrider)

Adopt a Drifter Program grows this summer

June 26, 2026

Teacher at Sea Susan Dee deploys a drifter buoy.

New digital Sea Grant platform expands aquaculture education across the Southeast U.S.

June 24, 2026

A small boat on an inlet in Alaska harvesting kelp from a kelp farm. Orange buoys dot the water surface. Green mountains are in the distance.

For educators: The tides resource collection

June 22, 2026

A diagram of the earth orbited by the moon, illustrating the elements that impact tidal bulges including tidal force, the earth's rotation, and the gravitational pull of the moon.

Sea turtles

June 15, 2026

Loggerhead Turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle exclusion device (TED)

Dive into the Ocean Literacy Principles with NOAA resource collections

June 8, 2026

June is National Ocean Month! The ocean is the defining feature on our blue planet. All life, including our own, exists because of the ocean.

A graphic depicting ocean exploration, including a diver with a flashlight, a sunken ship, a NOAA vessel, a school of fish, a deep sea anglerfish, and a satellite in the sky. Text: World Ocean Month, NOAA Education

New educational resource kit brings Arctic Report Card to K-16 audiences

May 29, 2026

Bow of boat, scientists, crew and school children playing on the boat.