The hurricane season kicked off on Thursday, June 1st and is now officially underway in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Our data buoys are back in the water to record the entire season. With support from the University of Maine’s Physical Oceanography Group and Commercial Divers Inc., CARICOOS staff performed the annual maintenance for the Ponce, San Juan, St. John, and Vieques buoys last May in order to ensure its timely completion before the start of the season. CARICOOS buoys provide users with real time data pertaining meteorological and oceanographic conditions in the US Caribbean, while also providing valuable means to validate and fine-tune weather and ocean models. To view the latest conditions and forecasts, visit www.caricoos.org.