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Station 42923 - Ensco 8502 - MC253

Station operated by LLOG
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
28.747 N 89.361 W (28°44'49" N 89°21'39" W)

Water depth: 1500 m

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Ocean Current Data for 42923

Unit of Measure:   Time Zone:   
   0836 GMT   0816 GMT   0756 GMT   0736 GMT   0716 GMT   0656 GMT   0636 GMT   0616 GMT
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
174.2     213 0.24    200 0.24    203 0.30    199 0.29    209 0.24    201 0.29    202 0.25    211 0.29
226.7     220 0.30    221 0.37    210 0.37    208 0.31    212 0.28    209 0.24    211 0.24    209 0.28
279.2     226 0.43    218 0.47    214 0.48    211 0.47    217 0.34    214 0.29    217 0.23    218 0.30
331.7     204 0.36    189 0.38    199 0.42    199 0.44    206 0.47    211 0.43    217 0.44    215 0.45
384.2     164 0.41    171 0.37    166 0.40    161 0.46    169 0.44    168 0.42    175 0.37    172 0.38
436.7     181 0.39    181 0.37    172 0.39    168 0.41    164 0.38    182 0.36    170 0.33    186 0.35
489.2     190 0.39    187 0.43    191 0.44    191 0.41    187 0.42    192 0.37    196 0.36    193 0.40
541.7     205 0.37    199 0.37    200 0.37    203 0.37    203 0.35    208 0.35    203 0.37    204 0.40
594.2     202 0.34    201 0.33    206 0.33    206 0.32    204 0.34    204 0.32    213 0.35    215 0.32
646.6     204 0.37    201 0.39    208 0.41    207 0.42    208 0.37    211 0.40    212 0.38    211 0.41
699.1     217 0.40    214 0.40    211 0.42    213 0.40    216 0.41    216 0.39    213 0.42    209 0.43
751.6     214 0.36    215 0.34    214 0.37    216 0.37    211 0.40    214 0.38    217 0.38    209 0.37
1749.0     252 0.24    248 0.29    246 0.29    247 0.28    243 0.28    246 0.30    246 0.34    251 0.32
1801.5     247 0.24    250 0.26    245 0.26    245 0.27    244 0.26    243 0.27    239 0.32    249 0.29
1854.0     254 0.25    248 0.24    240 0.25    240 0.26    236 0.24    237 0.25    241 0.28    237 0.25
1906.5     245 0.24    244 0.25    239 0.25    231 0.24    231 0.23    238 0.25    240 0.24    235 0.25
1959.0     239 0.23    235 0.22    234 0.23    234 0.21    238 0.23    229 0.23    236 0.18    226 0.21
2011.5     228 0.18    230 0.22    221 0.21    222 0.23    223 0.18    233 0.22    226 0.24    224 0.21
2064.0     225 0.22    229 0.25    218 0.22    215 0.24    221 0.21    224 0.24    222 0.23    221 0.25
2116.4     233 0.24    226 0.25    232 0.24    230 0.25    237 0.24    227 0.25    226 0.24    222 0.26
2168.9     230 0.25    228 0.25    232 0.24    232 0.27    227 0.26    228 0.26    226 0.25    224 0.23
2221.4     232 0.20    234 0.24    232 0.23    228 0.21    223 0.19    227 0.23    231 0.24    231 0.22
2273.9     248 0.21    238 0.21    237 0.17    227 0.21    231 0.19    231 0.22    237 0.22    244 0.19
2326.4     253 0.20    248 0.21    252 0.16    243 0.20    237 0.17    223 0.17    244 0.24    245 0.23
2378.9     255 0.20    259 0.16    248 0.17    247 0.16    242 0.19    242 0.19    247 0.19    245 0.17
2431.4     252 0.16    247 0.12    269 0.15    241 0.14    261 0.17    248 0.14    234 0.13    241 0.14
2483.9     261 0.13    258 0.08    276 0.10   --    259 0.18    256 0.13   --    249 0.17
2536.4     266 0.09    248 0.13    279 0.15   --   --   --   --   --
2588.9     276 0.14    271 0.10   --   --   --   --   --   --

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42923

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

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.