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Station 42897 - Development Driller 1 - Green Canyon 858

Owned and maintained by Cobalt Energy Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
27.116 N 90.847 W (27°6'56" N 90°50'49" W)

Water depth: 1719.07 m

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Ocean Current Data for 42897

Unit of Measure:   Time Zone:   
    1:56 am CST    1:36 am CST    1:16 am CST   12:56 am CST   12:36 am CST   12:16 am CST   11:56 pm CST   11:36 pm CST
Depth
ft
   Dir
°
Speed
kts
   Dir
°
Speed
kts
   Dir
°
Speed
kts
   Dir
°
Speed
kts
   Dir
°
Speed
kts
   Dir
°
Speed
kts
   Dir
°
Speed
kts
   Dir
°
Speed
kts
184.1     297 0.52    298 0.48    296 0.48    292 0.53    289 0.61    283 0.62    276 0.54    279 0.79
236.5     302 0.61    298 0.61    303 0.59    304 0.62    303 0.66    302 0.64    300 0.69    304 0.82
289.0     329 0.42    328 0.40    334 0.37    340 0.41    335 0.43    332 0.46    322 0.44    313 0.43
341.5     298 0.30    299 0.28    296 0.32    309 0.30    304 0.28    297 0.30    300 0.26    302 0.32
394.0     289 0.23    292 0.24    287 0.29    299 0.30    293 0.25    288 0.23    289 0.22    297 0.21
446.5     300 0.29    286 0.28    281 0.31    284 0.35    281 0.33    276 0.34    277 0.30    283 0.28
499.0     302 0.18    291 0.19    294 0.23    292 0.23    283 0.24    283 0.30    278 0.28    282 0.24
551.5     316 0.18    302 0.21    310 0.22    306 0.22    291 0.29    286 0.27    288 0.24    281 0.24
604.0     289 0.18    271 0.17    273 0.16    275 0.15    265 0.20    265 0.19    264 0.20    253 0.21
656.5     285 0.17    262 0.19    262 0.16    260 0.16    255 0.16    263 0.19    252 0.17    254 0.17
709.0     260 0.16    249 0.13    251 0.15    245 0.13    252 0.15    249 0.17    242 0.16    233 0.15
761.5     223 0.14    228 0.16    222 0.15    215 0.12    228 0.12    225 0.16    198 0.09    214 0.08
814.0     218 0.12    223 0.15    226 0.10    208 0.10    204 0.06    219 0.09    212 0.05    212 0.05
866.5     244 0.17    241 0.17    242 0.17    237 0.17    244 0.14    238 0.17    225 0.12    230 0.13
919.0     226 0.15    226 0.15    231 0.16    227 0.15    234 0.13    245 0.16    233 0.15    228 0.12
971.4     233 0.14    233 0.15    250 0.10    240 0.15    224 0.15    240 0.12    219 0.11    223 0.09
1023.9     240 0.15    250 0.15    235 0.10    238 0.14    234 0.11    238 0.10    245 0.09    223 0.09
1076.4     234 0.15    229 0.14    226 0.10    229 0.14    229 0.10    202 0.11    227 0.08    230 0.09
1128.9     245 0.13    256 0.14    236 0.11    243 0.16    231 0.13    229 0.09    231 0.09    229 0.10
1181.4     243 0.10    234 0.10    226 0.07    222 0.10    193 0.10    203 0.07    225 0.09    194 0.07
1233.9     228 0.10    250 0.06    191 0.06    212 0.07    210 0.10    207 0.07    231 0.07    242 0.07
1286.4     218 0.05    251 0.03    198 0.03    200 0.06    204 0.08    196 0.07    220 0.03    233 0.04
1338.9     198 0.08    178 0.07    193 0.03    200 0.06    186 0.09    198 0.06    164 0.03    270 0.02
1391.4     225 0.07    202 0.06    254 0.04    215 0.07    210 0.04    210 0.05    73 0.02    159 0.03
1443.9     246 0.09    243 0.04    231 0.07    228 0.10    270 0.06    230 0.08    242 0.04    293 0.03
1496.4     252 0.11    263 0.11    247 0.05    254 0.12    233 0.08    234 0.08    265 0.09    263 0.10
1548.9     266 0.12    257 0.12    269 0.10    254 0.14    257 0.14    246 0.16    252 0.11    261 0.12
1601.4     257 0.21    256 0.16    250 0.16    254 0.19    252 0.17    244 0.17    248 0.16    245 0.16
1653.9     252 0.20    248 0.19    243 0.17    242 0.23    229 0.18    235 0.17    244 0.14    238 0.16
1706.3     258 0.16    243 0.16    243 0.15    235 0.16    226 0.15    232 0.14    230 0.11    238 0.14
1758.8     247 0.17    243 0.14    243 0.13    246 0.15    234 0.14    236 0.13    225 0.13    223 0.13
1811.3     251 0.14    248 0.13    240 0.15    239 0.18    242 0.15    232 0.14    224 0.16    217 0.13
1863.8     243 0.17    244 0.14    243 0.13    238 0.16    250 0.15    235 0.13    242 0.14    227 0.15
1916.3     241 0.15    242 0.16    250 0.18    242 0.16    246 0.16    237 0.12    238 0.14    235 0.16
1968.8     260 0.19    260 0.17    255 0.15    257 0.12    263 0.16    274 0.11    255 0.16    241 0.12
2021.3     274 0.16    283 0.14    274 0.13    253 0.13    286 0.15    266 0.13    258 0.10    258 0.11
2073.8     283 0.11    288 0.10    287 0.11    254 0.11    282 0.10    306 0.11    287 0.10    291 0.11
2126.3     301 0.06    286 0.10    278 0.05    273 0.11    305 0.11    310 0.10    296 0.11    293 0.10
2178.8     285 0.09    265 0.07    299 0.08    297 0.08    327 0.09    284 0.04    300 0.07    313 0.11
2231.3     254 0.03    317 0.04    345 0.05    313 0.07    316 0.06    338 0.06    324 0.08    329 0.10
2283.8     350 0.03    347 0.04    335 0.04    344 0.07    353 0.08    15 0.04   --    327 0.03
2336.3     360 0.04    350 0.04    7 0.07    9 0.06    351 0.09    360 0.07   --    340 0.07
2388.8     331 0.07    318 0.06   --   --    332 0.11    359 0.08   --   --

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42897

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Ocean Conditions at 42897 as of
(1:56 am CST)
0756 GMT on 11/24/2009:

These oceanographic data are displayed in rounded times.

Unit of Measure:    Time Zone:   

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last 24 hours of that observation.

 Depth (DEPTH): 75.5 ft
24-hour plot - Ocean TemperatureOcean Temperature (OTMP):76.50 °F
Previous observations
24-hour plot - Ocean Temperature24-hour plot - Conductivity24-hour plot - Salinity24-hour plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT)24-hour plot - Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM)24-hour plot - Chlorophyll24-hour plot - Turbidity24-hour plot - pH24-hour plot - Eh
MM   DD    TIME
(CST)
DEPTH
ft
       OTMP
°F
   COND
mS/cm
  SAL
psu
  O2%
%
   O2PPM
ppm
CLCON
ug/l
TURB
FTU
PH EH
mv
11241:36 am 75.576.69--------
11241:16 am 75.576.41--------
112412:56 am 75.576.37--------
112412:36 am 75.576.41--------
112412:16 am 75.576.37--------
112311:56 pm 75.576.24--------
112311:36 pm 75.575.85--------
112311:16 pm 75.576.01--------
112310:56 pm 75.575.85--------
112310:36 pm 75.575.85--------
112310:16 pm 75.575.85--------
11239:56 pm 75.576.08--------
11239:36 pm 75.575.85--------
11239:16 pm 75.576.01--------
11238:56 pm 75.575.85--------
11238:36 pm 75.575.81--------
11238:16 pm 75.575.94--------
11237:56 pm 75.575.94--------
11237:36 pm 75.575.97--------
11237:16 pm 75.576.33--------
11236:56 pm 75.576.17--------
11236:36 pm 75.576.46--------
11236:16 pm 75.576.53--------
11235:56 pm 75.576.41--------
11235:36 pm 75.576.21--------
11235:16 pm 75.576.17--------
11234:56 pm 75.576.21--------
11234:36 pm 75.576.30--------
11234:16 pm 75.576.17--------
11233:56 pm 75.576.41--------
11233:36 pm 75.576.24--------
11233:16 pm 75.576.30--------
11232:56 pm 75.576.30--------
11232:36 pm 75.576.21--------
11232:16 pm 75.576.30--------
11231:56 pm 75.576.50--------
11231:36 pm 75.576.66--------
11231:16 pm 75.576.66--------
112312:56 pm 75.576.46--------
112312:36 pm 75.576.53--------
112312:16 pm 75.576.41--------
112311:56 am 75.576.50--------
112311:36 am 75.576.41--------
112311:16 am 75.575.94--------
112310:56 am 75.576.14--------
112310:36 am 75.576.33--------
112310:16 am 75.576.14--------
11239:56 am 75.575.97--------
11239:36 am 75.575.85--------
11239:16 am 75.575.72--------
11238:56 am 75.575.42--------
11238:16 am 75.575.72--------
11237:56 am 75.576.08--------
11237:36 am 75.575.81--------
11237:16 am 75.575.88--------
11236:56 am 75.575.65--------
11236:36 am 75.575.49--------
11236:16 am 75.575.42--------
11235:56 am 75.575.61--------
11235:36 am 75.575.81--------
11235:16 am 75.575.69--------
11234:56 am 75.575.22--------
11234:36 am 75.575.45--------
11234:16 am 75.575.33--------
11233:56 am 75.575.16--------
11233:36 am 75.574.93--------
11233:16 am 75.575.25--------
11232:56 am 75.575.22--------
11232:36 am 75.575.33--------
11232:16 am 75.575.33--------
11231:56 am 75.575.33--------

Description of Measurements

Links which are specific to this station are listed below:

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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