The Backyard Buoys All-Hands Meeting was held at the Kaimana Beach Hotel in Waikīkī, Hawai‘i on February 6-7, 2024. 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.