LIShore - Data Access

Sites Currently Operational

Seaford Merrick Bay Park Stony Brook Health Sciences Center SBU Lot 40 (South P) Great South Bay at Smith Point Shinnecock Inlet Southampton Great South Bay at Lindenhurst Hudson Bay at Freeport Point Lookout/Jones Inlet East Rockaway Inlet Jamaica Bay at Inwood Rockaway Inlet

QUICKLY ACCESS REAL TIME DATA by clicking on a map location above
See the table below for additional information and options. Click on an instrument ID for more information about equipment type and location.
Click here for additional information on retrieving historical data.
Site Data collected Data set availability Real time data Historical data Instrument ID
Bay Park Tide, water temperature February 11, 2010 to present Available FTP L14
East Rockaway Inlet Tide March 16, 2004
to present 		Available X5
Freeport Tide March 12, 2004
to present		 Available X2
Inwood Tide March 16, 2004
to present 		Available X4
Lindenhurst Tide March 16, 2004
to present 		Available X6
MerrickTide, water temperature
July 9, 2010
to October 29, 2012.
(Replaced)FTPL15
February 21, 2014
to present		AvailableFTPL15B
PrecipitationAugust 6, 2010
to October 29, 2012		(Upgraded)FTPM3
WeatherFebruary 2014
to present		Available
Oceanside Water temperature, pressure, dissolved oxygen, pH, chlorophyll, turbidity June 12, 2020 to present Available FTP L20B
Point Lookout Weather, tide, water quality. March 12, 2004
to present 		Available

FTP

 X1
Webcam image taken every 15 minutes March 25, 2002
to July 25, 2005 		(upgraded)
Box or FTP
 L5
Webcam images (panoramic set) taken every 15 minutes September 14, 2007
to present 		Available L5
Rockaway Inlet Tide March 16, 2004
to present 		Available X3
Seaford Tide, water temperature January 28, 2011 to present Available FTP L16
Shinnecock Inlet Weather May 13, 1998
to present		 Available M1
Webcam image taken every 15 minutes August 19, 2002
to present 		Available
Box or FTP
 L1
Smith Point Bridge Tide, water temperature. April 7, 2000
to May 5, 2004 		(upgraded) P7
Tide, water temperature. March 10, 2004
to present		 Available L3B
Stony Brook University
Health Sciences Center		 Weather. Date
to Date 		Available HSC
Webcam image taken every 1 minute July 2013
to present		 Available HSC
Stony Brook University
Lot 40 (South P)		 Weather. Date
to Date 		Available L13
Webcam image taken every 1 minute 2017
to present		 Available L13
Stony Brook University
Southampton Marine Station		 Weather. Date
to Date 		Available L17
Webcam image taken every 1 minute April 2014
to present		 Available L17

Historical Sites

Instruments may be placed at a particular location for a limited period of time, then moved or disestablished for scientific, logistical, or financial reasons. Data from former sites can be accessed below or through Box.

Site Data collected Data set availability Historical data Instrument ID
Shinnecock Inlet Offshore waves April 29, 1998
to October 9, 2000 		Box or FTP A1
Inshore waves April 30, 1998
to April 25, 2000		 Box or FTP A2
Inlet current, tide, water temperature.. April 9, 1998
to January 18, 1999		 Box or FTP C1
Inlet current (horizontal profiler). December 15, 1999
to August 27, 2001		 Box or FTP C4
Ocean tide, water temperature April 29, 1998
to May 15, 2001		 Box or FTP P1
Bay tide, water temperature. April 1, 1998
to January 2002 		Box or FTP P2
Ponquogue Bridge Current, tide, water temperature. April 29, 1998
to August 25, 1999		 Box or FTP C2
Shinnecock Canal North Tide, water temperature. June 10, 1998
to August 26, 1999		 Box or FTP P5
Shinnecock Canal Current, tide, water temperature.

April 30, 1998
to August 5, 1999

 Box or FTP C3
Shinnecock Canal South Tide, water temperature.

April 30, 1998
to August 26, 1999

 Box or FTP P3
Quogue Canal Current, tide, water temperature. January 30, 1999
to August 26, 1999		 Box or FTP C5
Quogue Canal Tide, water temperature. May 1, 1998
to August 27, 1999		 Box or FTP P4
Moriches Coast Guard Tide, water temperature. April 6, 2000
to September 18, 2002 		Box or FTP P6
Fire Island Coast Guard Tide, water temperature April 7, 2000
to January 16, 2002 		Box or FTP P8
Point Lookout Waves: height, direction, period.

May 4, 2000
February 26, 2002

Box or FTP A4
Stony Brook Harbor Webcam.

2002
2011

Box L6