Monterey Bay area:
- California State University, Monterey Bay
- Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System (CeNCOOS)
- Elkhorn Slough Foundation
- Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
- Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University
- Marine Advanced Technology Education Center (MATE)
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
- Monterey Bay Crescent Ocean Consortium
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Naval Postgraduate School Department of Oceanography
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center
- University of California, Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences
Other ocean research institutes:
- Alfred Wegener Institute
- Cawthron Institute
- College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Studies at Oregon State University
- Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography
- The French Institute of Research and Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER)
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution (HBOI)
- Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- Old Dominion University's Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
- Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
- Scripps Institution Of Oceanography
- University of Hawaii, School of Ocean & Earth Science & Technology (SOEST)
- University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
- University of Washington School of Oceanography
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Federal agencies:
- JPL Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX)
- JPL Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center
- National Committee for CODATA
- National Geophysical Data Center
- National Marine Sanctuaries
- National Science Foundation
- NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
- NOAA/PMEL TOGA-TAO Home Page
- SeaWIFS Project (ocean color data)
Ocean technology:
- Marine Technology Society (MTS)
- University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center
- World Submarine Invitational
Ocean conservation:
Miscellaneous: