Developed by a partnership between the Marine Exchange of the San Francisco
Bay Region, the National Ocean Service and the Office of Spill Prevention
and Response, P.O.R.T.S. is a 24 hour-a-day program which measures the
currents, depth, salinity and wind in San Francisco and Suisun Bays.
Me asurements are taken every six (6) minutes, available by telephone
or computer website. This data is particularly important to the safety
of merchant shipping, recreational boaters, ferry boats, wind surfers
and the whole range of users of the bays. More details can be found
in the PORTS White Paper (pdf).
Data is accessible via phone line at (866)
727-6787 or at the P.O.R.T.S.
website. Access and information are at no charge to the user.
The Marine Exchange maintains the sytem's measurement and reporting
network.The P.O.R.T.S. Maintenance Status
page shows the status of the system and the progress of improvements.
NEW:
Bay shipping faces danger lack
of funding threatens high-tech system used to safely guide vessels.
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