Text Size


Dial-a-Buoy877-BUOY BAY

You are here

Home » About

News

When Will the Migratory Rockfish Arrive in the Bay?

Nov 26, 2013

Every year in the late fall, migratory striped bass (Morone saxatilis)—rockfish—make a trip into the Chesapeake Bay on the way from their summer home off New England to their winter grounds off the capes of Virginia and North Carolina.

Read more

New VCU Rice Rivers Center Buoy Delivers Data from James River via CBIBS

Nov 19, 2013

Through a unique partnership with the Virginia Commonwealth University, real-time data from a new buoy in the James River is now available via the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System.

Read more

First Landing Buoy Redeployed, Features New Equipment

Oct 21, 2013

In partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office’s CBIBS team today completed a full-buoy replacement of the CBIBS First Landing buoy.

First Landing buoy with Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel in the background

Read more

Ten Years Later: Memories and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Isabel

Sep 23, 2013

Ten years have passed since Hurricane Isabel tracked through the Chesapeake region with high winds and high water levels. Isabel made landfall near Drum Inlet, North Carolina, around 1 p.m. Thursday, September 18, as a category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds.

Read more

Summertime Dissolved Oxygen Levels—What Do They Mean for Fish…and Fishermen?

Jul 29, 2013

CBIBS buoys track dissolved oxygen—“DO”—levels. Having adequate DO is essential for all species that live in the Bay; like humans, the Bay’s living resources—like fish and crabs—need oxygen. Different species can tolerate different levels of oxygen, but scientists generally agree that the Bay’s aquatic species can survive with at least 5 milligrams of oxygen per liter. 

Read more

New Modem Provides More-Reliable Data from Bottom Sensor at Gooses Reef

Apr 25, 2013

Additional data from the Gooses Reef CBIBS buoy location is once again available, thanks to deployment of a new acoustic modem that relays water-quality information from the bottom of the Bay to the main buoy.

Parameters tracked there—roughly 37.5 feet below the surface—are:

Read more

Overview on Graphing CBIBS Data Now Available

Apr 17, 2013

In addition to providing real-time data on current conditions out on the Chesapeake, through this website, you can also make graphs to help you track trends in any of the parameters observed by CBIBS buoys. This can be done using the quick graph feature on any of the individual buoys' pages or the Data Snapshot page, or by creating a custom graph using the Data Graphing Tool.

Read more

What Do Water Temps Mean for Spring Rockfish Season?

Apr 16, 2013

Saturday, April 20, 5:01 a.m.: It’s a date and time many Chesapeake-area anglers have had written in pen on their calendars for a long time.

Read more

You're Right: It Is Cold Out There!

Apr 4, 2013

Early spring is a time of big changes on the Chesapeake Bay. One of the key indicators of the transition from winter to spring is water temperatures, which can warm rapidly, thanks in part to the sun’s higher angle.

Read more

Update on Annapolis Wind Readings

Mar 22, 2013

In recent weeks, the Annapolis CBIBS buoy has occasionally reported wind readings that do not appear to be reliable. For the most part, data from the buoy on wind speed and wind gusts are on target, but in high-wind scenarios, errant “spikes” have been observed. For example, a few readings from the winter storm that moved through the Chesapeake area on March 6 do not appear to be accurate.

Read more

Pages