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Wave-tide gauge off San Juan

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Shallow, underwater photo of a reef with various species of corals growing on the rocky substrate.
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Wave-tide gauge, pictured here on a coral reef amongst sea rods, brain corals, and sea fans, installed off Isla Verde in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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