The latest information on sea levels and high tides is available from the NOAA's National Ocean Service.

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From big-city Montreal to the Atlantic-facing Nova Scotia capital of Halifax, the 1, 346km Ocean service is an almost 24-hour trip.

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At least two of its six tsunami-sensing buoys stationed in the Pacific Ocean were out of service on the day the notorious Indian Ocean tsunami erupted last December.

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Minutes after the earthquake, Indian Ocean Regional Tsunami Service Providers of Australia, India and Indonesia issued bulletins with detailed information and threat evaluations.

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The Indian Ocean Regional Tsunami Service Providers of Australia, India and Indonesia are monitoring the event and issuing tsunami advisories to the National Tsunami Warning Centres of the Indian Ocean region.

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So I asked how to get back to the Ocean Club to wait out the service delay, and they told me to take the shuttle bus.

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The reconstituted Bureau of Ocean Energy Management would prefer not to keep answering the the overlooked oversights of the old Minerals Management Service.

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