MIKCo Recommended Websites
These web links are supplied as a public service.
LOCAL WEATHER
- NOAA Weather Forecast
- NOAA Coastal Waters Forecast
- NOAA Forecast Discussion
- Tide Charts - Portland Harbor
- Portland Weather Buoy - Station 44007
- Doppler Radar
- Today's US Water Vapor
- Today’s Front Chart
- Current Surface Analysis
- Mt Washington Summit Conditions
- Portland Buoy – Station 44007
- Ocean Weather Inc – current marine data
CLIMATE CHANGE
US Government
- NOAA: Arctic Report Card 2018
- NASA: Global Climate Change, Vital Signs of the Planet
- NOAA: National Centers for Environmental Information
- NOAA Climate Service
- US Global Change Research Program
- NASA: Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- DOE Office of international Affairs, Climate Action Plan
International
Academic Non-Governmental
- Columbia University: The Earth Institute
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
News and Books
STATE OF MAINE
- Department of Marine Resources Species Information
- Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
- Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI)
- University of Maine: School of Marine Sciences
THINGS TO DO AROUND THE GULF OF MAINE
- Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine
- Admiral Peary’s Eagle Island in Casco Bay
- Peary-MacMillan Artic Museum
- Lucky Catch Cruises: Maine Lobstering Tours
- Portland Schooner Co: Windjammer Sailing Trips
- Casco Bay Lines Cruises
- Mt Washington Observatory
GENERAL KAYAKING
- Paddling Planet – an international aggregator of sea kayaking blogs
- Qajak USA: American Chapter of the Greenland Kayak Association
- Osher Map Library, University of Southern Maine
- Romany Productions
- SurfRider Foundation
KAYAKS & GEAR
- Nigel Dennis Kayaks - Sea Kayaking UK
- Celtic Paddles
- Kokatat Gear
- North Water Safety Gear
- Northwest River Supply (NRS)
JAPAN TSUNAMI PICTURES AND VIDEOS
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