Station 42889 - Medusa - Mississippi Canyon 582

Station operated by Murphy Exploration & Production Company
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
28.394 N 89.465 W (28°23'40" N 89°27'54" W)

Water depth: 678 m

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Latest Satellite Wind Map for this Area

Ocean Current Data for 42889

	0046 GMT		0026 GMT		0006 GMT		2346 GMT		2326 GMT		2306 GMT		2246 GMT		2226 GMT
Depth m	Dir °	Speed cm/s	Dir °	Speed cm/s	Dir °	Speed cm/s	Dir °	Speed cm/s	Dir °	Speed cm/s	Dir °	Speed cm/s	Dir °	Speed cm/s	Dir °	Speed cm/s
117.3	298	5.0	298	7.6	293	8.4	-	-	284	8.5	265	8.7	258	6.6	242	7.0
117.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	287	7.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
147.3	270	28.8	269	25.5	272	24.0	-	-	260	22.4	240	18.8	239	16.2	240	18.2
147.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	270	24.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
177.3	257	26.4	258	25.4	256	23.6	-	-	262	22.1	249	23.9	250	23.2	242	22.6
177.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	256	23.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
207.3	258	24.8	260	24.4	260	25.1	-	-	266	22.4	262	22.5	252	24.1	244	24.3
207.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	259	26.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
237.3	254	17.8	255	17.4	254	19.5	-	-	260	16.9	268	18.3	261	20.9	267	22.0
237.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	255	20.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
267.3	252	12.1	259	11.4	260	12.4	-	-	270	11.9	270	13.4	270	15.6	273	17.5
267.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	263	12.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
297.3	261	9.4	275	8.6	272	9.4	-	-	277	10.2	290	10.1	282	12.5	276	14.7
297.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	272	8.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
327.3	261	11.6	265	12.1	268	13.4	-	-	259	13.6	273	12.3	268	14.3	269	15.8
327.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	261	12.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
357.3	256	16.2	260	15.7	266	17.3	-	-	258	16.5	266	15.4	268	16.2	268	17.4
357.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	262	16.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
387.3	241	12.3	248	12.0	251	13.1	-	-	243	13.1	247	12.9	250	14.6	251	13.9
387.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	244	11.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
417.3	230	18.5	230	16.9	230	16.7	-	-	228	16.4	227	16.1	230	17.7	232	16.9
417.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	228	16.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
447.3	223	14.8	224	14.1	225	15.1	-	-	225	14.5	227	15.5	230	16.5	233	15.7
447.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	227	14.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
477.3	222	10.3	221	8.5	228	9.6	-	-	242	8.1	231	9.6	231	11.1	228	10.6
477.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	239	8.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
507.3	217	3.5	225	2.8	227	1.8	-	-	258	2.9	237	4.3	230	5.2	243	5.4
507.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	265	3.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
537.3	-	0.0	-	0.0	-	0.0	-	-	180	0.1	180	0.1	-	0.0	-	0.0
537.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	225	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
567.3	-	0.0	-	0.0	-	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	-	0.0	-	0.0	-	0.0
567.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
597.3	124	3.0	177	2.1	171	1.8	-	-	211	2.9	224	4.3	222	4.0	200	3.0
597.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	200	2.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
627.3	133	2.1	150	2.4	155	1.4	-	-	222	2.8	237	4.2	246	4.7	228	3.1
627.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	165	2.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42889

Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:
1-day plot - ocean current 1-day plot 3-day plot - ocean current 3-day plot 5-day plot - ocean current 5-day plot

Description of Measurements

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Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.

Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for the current month, previous months, and previous years.

Raw ADCP data files are available for this station.

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