Directivity characteristics of the ocean noise field, including the effects of surface activity of the wind, were investigated. The results of this investigation suggest that the noise field in the ocean due to over all surface activity is primarily anisotropic. A comparison of experimental with theoretical covariance curves indicates directivity function of the formS(θ) = cosnθ(in which the angle θ is measured from the vertical), characterizing the radiative processes at the surface withnlargely in the neighborhood of two or three, except for low wind speed, wherenapproaches unity.