The Backyard Buoys All-Hands Meeting was held at the Quileute Oceanside Resort and Akalat Conference Center in La Push, Washington (WA) on February 19-20, 2025. Backyard Buoys brings together geographically, academically, institutionally, and culturally diverse groups of partners: 1) three U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Regional Associations, 2) Indigenous partners in each region, 3) a proven ocean wave buoy developer, and 4) educational partners.