Welcome to the Central Coast Water Quality Monitoring Viewer!


The SIMoN Water Quality Monitoring Viewer is a Google Maps application that provides the locations, measurement types, and data access information for water quality monitoring programs in the region. It can be used to locate sampling sites, data sets, or coordinate sampling activities. This is a beta version of the viewer that requires further development, testing, validation, and feedback. Contact Bridget Hoover at (831) 647-4217 or bridget.hoover@noaa.gov for questions, comments, or assistance.

To use the map:

  1. Select monitoring locations by either the programs/projects or analytes (measured parameters) of interest and hit the Submit button to display.
  2. The map and data grid are populated based on your selections. Select individual sites by either clicking symbols on the map or in the data grid. The data grid can be sorted by clicking the column headers.
  3. Individual site details are displayed on the panel at the left including monitoring program/project names, contact information, web locations, and analytes measured at that location.
  4. View monitoring locations using the Open Street View button located on the details panel below the zoom map. Click the blue line next to the marker to bring up a streetview nearest to the monitoring site.
  5. To download a spreadsheet with site, program, and monitoring information for the current site selection; click the download to Excel button located on the data grid.