Section 1
Chapter 1: The Challenge of Observing While at Sea
Chapter 2: From the Coast to the Depths of the High Seas: An Orientation
Chapter 3: Wind-Generated Waves and Breakers

Section 2
Chapter 4: More on Waves
Chapter 5: The Coriolis Effect and the Ekman Spiral
Chapter 6: Wind-Driven Surface Circulation
Chapter 7: Tides and Tidal Currents

Section 3
Chapter 8: A Little Meterology
Chapter 9: Plankton, Nutrients, Productivity, and the Color of the Sea

Section 4
Chapter 10: Secchi Disk Oceanography
Chapter 11: Seen on the High Seas
Chapter 12: Whales, Dolphins, and other Mammals of the Sea

Section 5
Chapter 13: Turtles of the High Seas
Chapter 14: Fisheries and the Law of the Sea
Chapter 15: Seabirds

Section 6
Chapter 16: The Fascination of Coral Reefs
Chapter 17: Stars for Gazing and Navigation
Chapter 18: Pollution

Section 7
Chapter 19: Oceanography from the Beach
Chapter 20: What about Estuaries?