Track Drifting Buoys
Select a school or teacher to see where their buoy is drifting in the ocean currents.
You may also click the school's name to see photos of the deployment of their drifter.
Add additional parameters by scrolling to the bottom of this form.

Choose Your Drifter or View Examples of Ocean Drifter Tracks View Past Adopted drifters Ocean Schools Deployment Date Indian Ocean View Secondary School Mr. Hendrick Salmonds Cape Town, South Africa U.S. scientists: Dr. Meghan Cronin, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory Dr. Lisa Beal, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science February 19, 2013 - Present View photos, videos, and track drifter Serial#s: 101945 & 101938 Pacific Santa Catalina High School Christian Reilly Monterey, California Colegio Loyola-Santo Domingo Diana Alejandra Murcia Sterling Dominican Republic Istituto Istruzione Secondaria Superiore "Michele Fodera" Agrigento (I.I.I.S.S. "M. Fodera") Sicily Manno Antonino and Danille Erica September 2012 - Present View photos, videos, and track drifter Serial#: 118531 Indian Roosevelt High School Seattle WA USA Masiphlimelele High School Cape Town, South Africa Joxo Asanda 9th and 10th grades Hout Bay High Cape Town, South Africa Nicholas Matiza and Thomas Mtontsi 9th and 10th grades Sophumelela High Cape Town, South Africa Ms. Mlonyeni, Sivuyile Ndamane, and Thomas Mtontsi 9th and 10th grades Usasazo High Bulelwa Mbopa, Nompucuko Poswa, and Thomas Mtontsi 10th grade August 2012 - Present View photos, videos, and track drifter Serial#: 101634 and 109207 Ocean Drifter Buoy Number Deployment Date Indian Los Angeles Valley College, California Addu Atoll, Maldives 44216 November 2011 - Present Pacific Leilehua High School, Hawaii Waikiki Aquarium, Hawaii Marshall Islands High School, Republic of the Marshall Islands Majuro Co-op School, Republic of the Marshall Islands 36374 November 2011 - Present Atlantic Providence Englewood Charter School, Chicago, USA Faywood ABC School, Toronto, Canada 37125 November 2011 - Present Indian Okemos High School, Michigan, USA Quatre Bornes State Secondary School, Mauritius Belle Village State Secondary School, Mauritius University of Mauritius 83518 63923 81826 8182 May 2011 - Present Indian Bridge House College, Franschhoek, South Africa 70971 December 2010 - Present Indian Bryant Elementary School, Seattle, WA 71487 75302 November 2010 - Present Atlantic/Indian Bradley Hills Elementary School, Bethesda, Maryland Indwe Secondary School, Mossel Bay, South Africa Heidedal and Parkdene Primary Schools, George, Western Cape, South Africa 70969 70972 September 2010 - Present Pacific BLUE Ocean Film Festival - Drifter #2 - Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science, Monterey, California - Notre Dame High School, Salinas, California - Palau High School, Koror, Palau 39255 August 2010 - Present Pacific National Geographic: The JASON Project Adopted by students and teachers from: High Point, NC Camden, NJ Astoria, OR Philadelphia, PA Spokane, WA Leeds, ME Orlando, FL Kansas City, MO Wichita, KS Boulder, CO Coon Rapids, MN Webster Springs, WV Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 88587 88569 July 2010 - Present Pacific BLUE Ocean Film Festival - Drifter #1 Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science Monterey, California Notre Dame High School, Salinas, California Palau High School, Koror, Palau 88592 July 2010 - Present Atlantic Ahlf Jr. High School in Searcy, Arkansas, and Country Day School in Guanacaste, Costa Rica 93010 February 2010 - Present Atlantic Weather and Climate Scholars at the Davidson Institute United States 93008 February 2010 - Present Pacific Billings Senior High School Freshman Academy, USA Montana State University, USA Sino-Canada School, China Centralian Senior Secondary College, Australia 90404 January 13, 2010 - Present Atlantic Adams School - Castine, Maine St. Castin Elementary School - France* * March 2008 Atlantic Drifters 41956 Mar 12, 2008 - Present Atlantic Evanston High School's Drifter 32626 May 30, 2007 - Present Atlantic Jacob Tanenbaum, Elementary School Teacher, New York Seoul American High School, Korea 71044 Oct 10, 2008 - Present Atlantic Maryland Dept of Education University of Rhode Island 59844 Aug 25, 2008 -Present Select and option from "Maps or Measurements" to view a map of a drifter's track or measurements. Next, be sure to click “Sea Surface Temperature“ to view ocean temperature changes as your buoy drifts in cold or warm ocean currents. Finally, click on “View Results“ to see your results! [Note: Many drifters do not measure sea level pressure so this option may not work.]  View a Map or Measurements of your Drifter's Sea Surface Temperature! Maps or Measurements? Map showing measurements Map showing drifter track dates Table of measurements View track on Google Earth CSV Table of measurements View a Drifter Variable! Sea Surface Temperature Sea Level Pressure

Examples of Ocean Drifter Tracks

Hide/Expand to view sample results Select a drifter number, then click on "View Results" to see the location of these sample drifters. Select WMO ID of Drifter Pacific Atlantic Indian 51934 62928 23675 32817 31703 56541

Past Adopted drifters

Hide/Expand the list Drifter Deployment Date Adams School - Castine, Maine St. Castin Elementary School - France* 4 drifters: 1. Mar 12, 2008 - May 1, 2008 2. Mar 13, 2008 - Oct 11, 2008 3. Mar 12, 2008 - Apr 15, 2008 Plainfield Elementary School St. Pius X School and Big Spring Middle School May 10, 2007 - May 6, 2009 Castlerock Middle School May 10, 2007 - July 31, 2009 Congressional School, Virginia, USA Elsies River High School, South Africa May 10, 2007 - August 15, 2009 Grace B. Luhrs University Ele. School University of Toronto Lab School Feb 12, 2008 - June 29, 2009 Grandview Elementary School, Chambersburg, PA Université Nancy 2, Nancy, France Nov 18, 2008 - August 13, 2009 Thunderbolt Elementary Marine Science Academy Thunderbolt, Georgia 88591 88593 June 9, 2009 - July 9, 2009 June 9, 2009 - August 10, 2009 Key Biscayne Community School Searles Elementary School Cabello School's Drifter Mar 12, 2008 - May 1, 2008 October 2007 Pacific Drifters 71195 71185 71192 71200 1. Oct 22, 2007 - November 3, 2009 2. Oct 22, 2007 - Apr 1, 2008 3. Oct 22, 2007 - Jan 10, 2008 4. Oct 22, 2007 - September 15, 2009 Waynesboro High School, Pennsylvania St. Matthew's College, Argentina Oct 22, 2007 - Jun 4, 2008 Westerly School Bay Village Ohio Oct 22, 2007 - December 23, 2009 Evanston High School's Drifter May 30, 2007 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Southside Middle School Shippensburg University May 10, 2007 - Nov 12, 2007 Burlington Elementary May 10, 2007 - Aug 22, 2007 Northland College, Kaikohe, NZ May 10, 2007 - Jul 2, 2007 Smithtown High School May 10, 2007 - May 16, 2007 Riviera Beach Maritime Academy Geelong Grammar School Feb 12, 2007 - Aug 10, 2007 Nancy Grayson Elementary School Bathurst Elementary School, Australia Feb 11, 2007 - Aug 19, 2008 DBCP global drifter 1250 Sep 18, 2005 - Feb 21, 2007 Greenbrier Intermediate Farnsworth Middle School's Drifter Aug 18, 2005 - Dec 5, 2005 Mary Cook's Drifter Greencastle-Antrim High School Viviana Zamorano's Drifter American Samoa Community College Novi Meadows School