In our May episode of SeaState, we chat about ocean observation with the new Executive Director of Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) Dr. Jake Kritzer, and Dr. John Trowbridge who is Principal Investigator of the Ocean Observatories Initiative. The Ocean Observatories Initiative is funded by the US National Science Foundation and operated and maintained by a partnership of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), the University of Washington, Oregon State University, and Rutgers University.