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Station 41009 - Search and Rescue Data

CANAVERAL 20 NM East of Cape Canaveral, FL
28.508 N 80.185 W (28°30'27" N 80°11'6" W)

Right whales are active off FL from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater in specific areas and times along the U.S. East Coast. It is illegal to approach right whales within 500 yards. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike.

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Wave Obs	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2025-05-17 1200Z	204	11	11	-	0	77	11	76	15
2025-05-17 0600Z	199	9	9	-	0	77	9	76	13
2025-05-17 0000Z	159	9	13	-	0	79	13	78	20
2025-05-16 1800Z	178	8	11	-	0	77	11	78	17
2025-05-16 1200Z	216	8	8	-	0	76	8	77	14
2025-05-16 0600Z	211	10	18	-	0	76	18	77	19
2025-05-16 0000Z	170	12	3	-	0	79	3	78	4
2025-05-15 1800Z	179	5	11	-	0	-	0	77	15
2025-05-15 1200Z	215	5	13	-	0	-	0	76	22
2025-05-15 0600Z	217	9	9	-	0	-	0	76	14
2025-05-15 0000Z	126	10	12	2	9	-	0	77	17
2025-05-14 1800Z	87	8	3	-	0	77	1	77	2
2025-05-14 1200Z	310	8	1	-	0	75	1	-	0
2025-05-14 0600Z	202	4	5	-	0	76	5	76	8
2025-05-14 0000Z	-	-	0	3	7	-	0	77	16
2025-05-13 1800Z	154	9	7	3	19	74	7	77	16
2025-05-13 1200Z	248	8	3	3	12	73	2	76	9
2025-05-13 0600Z	240	10	1	-	0	74	1	-	0
2025-05-13 0000Z	153	13	7	4	7	75	7	76	8
2025-05-12 1800Z	161	17	8	5	16	76	8	75	10

The six-hour averages are calculated as follows:

The 0000Z average uses data from 2100Z to 0259Z.
The 0600Z average uses data from 0300Z to 0859Z.
The 1200Z average uses data from 0900Z to 1459Z.
The 1800Z average uses data from 1500Z to 2059Z.

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