Station 41037 - Search and Rescue Data

Wrightsville Beach Offshore, NC (ILM3)
33.988 N 77.362 W (33°59'16" N 77°21'42" W)

Right whales are active off NC from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater within the vicinity of this station between November 1 and April 30. 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)	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2025-12-28 0000Z	73	16	3	-	61	3	-	0
2025-12-27 1800Z	25	8	6	-	62	6	-	0
2025-12-27 1200Z	283	17	5	-	64	5	-	0
2025-12-27 0600Z	263	12	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-12-27 0000Z	14	15	6	-	59	6	-	0
2025-12-26 1800Z	52	18	5	-	62	5	-	0
2025-12-26 1200Z	58	20	6	-	62	6	-	0
2025-12-26 0600Z	284	4	6	-	66	6	-	0
2025-12-26 0000Z	241	18	5	-	67	5	-	0
2025-12-25 1800Z	220	19	5	-	70	5	-	0
2025-12-25 1200Z	178	13	5	-	69	5	-	0
2025-12-25 0600Z	94	11	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-12-25 0000Z	78	11	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-12-24 1800Z	305	8	5	-	64	5	-	0
2025-12-24 1200Z	276	15	5	-	60	5	-	0
2025-12-24 0600Z	259	17	4	-	62	4	-	0
2025-12-24 0000Z	250	17	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-12-23 1800Z	240	17	4	-	64	4	-	0
2025-12-23 1200Z	192	10	5	-	64	5	-	0
2025-12-23 0600Z	26	12	6	-	57	6	-	0
2025-12-23 0000Z	50	15	6	-	55	6	-	0
2025-12-22 1800Z	47	18	6	-	54	6	-	0
2025-12-22 1200Z	47	23	6	-	54	6	-	0
2025-12-22 0600Z	28	21	4	-	58	4	-	0
2025-12-22 0000Z	349	13	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-12-21 1800Z	292	10	5	-	60	5	-	0
2025-12-21 1200Z	285	9	6	-	62	6	-	0
2025-12-21 0600Z	52	1	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-12-21 0000Z	55	10	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-12-20 1800Z	52	10	6	-	58	6	-	0
2025-12-20 1200Z	19	14	6	-	55	6	-	0
2025-12-20 0600Z	312	15	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-12-20 0000Z	272	17	6	-	64	6	-	0
2025-12-19 1800Z	235	25	6	-	65	6	-	0
2025-12-19 1200Z	219	22	5	-	69	5	-	0
2025-12-19 0600Z	182	17	5	-	69	5	69	1
2025-12-19 0000Z	150	19	6	-	72	6	-	0
2025-12-18 1800Z	145	15	5	-	71	5	-	0
2025-12-18 1200Z	85	9	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-12-18 0600Z	47	3	6	-	66	6	-	0
2025-12-18 0000Z	243	9	6	-	65	6	-	0
2025-12-17 1800Z	261	12	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-12-17 1200Z	272	12	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-12-17 0600Z	242	16	5	-	61	5	-	0
2025-12-17 0000Z	224	14	6	-	58	6	-	0
2025-12-16 1800Z	249	8	6	-	50	6	-	0
2025-12-16 1200Z	277	10	6	-	46	6	-	0
2025-12-16 0600Z	265	6	6	-	43	6	-	0
2025-12-16 0000Z	344	5	6	-	40	6	-	0
2025-12-15 1800Z	3	15	6	-	34	6	-	0
2025-12-15 1200Z	5	23	6	-	31	6	-	0
2025-12-15 0600Z	351	25	6	-	34	6	-	0
2025-12-15 0000Z	338	24	6	-	46	6	-	0
2025-12-14 1800Z	316	18	6	-	56	5	-	0
2025-12-14 1200Z	238	22	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-12-14 0600Z	230	21	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-12-14 0000Z	220	15	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-12-13 1800Z	227	14	6	-	65	6	-	0
2025-12-13 1200Z	202	7	5	-	63	5	-	0
2025-12-13 0600Z	52	5	6	-	57	6	-	0
2025-12-13 0000Z	36	5	6	-	56	6	-	0
2025-12-12 1800Z	317	1	6	-	56	6	-	0
2025-12-12 1200Z	336	5	6	-	53	6	-	0
2025-12-12 0600Z	288	11	6	-	53	6	-	0
2025-12-12 0000Z	298	14	5	-	52	5	-	0
2025-12-11 1800Z	308	13	5	-	51	5	-	0
2025-12-11 1200Z	304	21	6	-	54	6	-	0
2025-12-11 0600Z	250	29	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-12-11 0000Z	225	25	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-12-10 1800Z	234	18	5	-	57	5	-	0
2025-12-10 1200Z	263	6	6	-	51	6	-	0
2025-12-10 0600Z	314	4	6	-	50	6	-	0
2025-12-10 0000Z	19	6	6	-	49	6	-	0
2025-12-09 1800Z	352	12	6	-	43	6	-	0
2025-12-09 1200Z	15	17	5	-	43	5	-	0
2025-12-09 0600Z	14	22	5	-	45	5	-	0
2025-12-09 0000Z	360	22	6	-	51	6	-	0
2025-12-08 1800Z	22	19	5	-	56	5	-	0
2025-12-08 1200Z	40	18	6	-	58	6	-	0
2025-12-08 0600Z	39	13	4	-	58	4	-	0
2025-12-08 0000Z	34	11	5	-	55	5	-	0
2025-12-07 1800Z	29	10	5	-	52	5	-	0
2025-12-07 1200Z	19	10	5	-	50	5	-	0
2025-12-07 0600Z	339	11	5	-	50	5	-	0
2025-12-07 0000Z	293	12	3	-	51	3	-	0
2025-12-06 1800Z	288	10	6	-	51	6	-	0
2025-12-06 1200Z	328	9	6	-	50	6	-	0
2025-12-06 0600Z	341	12	6	-	52	6	-	0
2025-12-06 0000Z	352	15	3	-	54	3	-	0
2025-12-05 0000Z	345	6	2	-	57	2	-	0
2025-12-04 1800Z	315	7	4	-	53	4	-	0
2025-12-04 1200Z	316	8	6	-	52	6	-	0
2025-12-04 0600Z	321	11	5	-	53	5	-	0
2025-12-04 0000Z	352	10	5	-	52	5	-	0
2025-12-03 1800Z	17	12	6	-	51	6	-	0
2025-12-03 1200Z	21	13	6	-	51	6	-	0
2025-12-03 0600Z	353	18	6	-	52	6	-	0
2025-12-03 0000Z	308	18	5	-	58	5	-	0
2025-12-02 1800Z	243	15	6	-	66	6	-	0
2025-12-02 1200Z	177	13	6	-	68	6	-	0
2025-12-02 0600Z	50	16	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-12-02 0000Z	47	20	6	-	55	6	-	0
2025-12-01 1800Z	48	21	6	-	54	6	-	0
2025-12-01 1200Z	15	20	5	-	57	5	-	0
2025-12-01 0600Z	349	5	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-12-01 0000Z	297	7	5	-	65	5	-	0
2025-11-30 1800Z	160	11	6	-	68	6	-	0
2025-11-30 1200Z	144	11	6	-	65	6	-	0
2025-11-30 0600Z	55	14	6	-	56	6	-	0
2025-11-30 0000Z	42	14	5	-	52	5	-	0
2025-11-29 1800Z	40	13	5	-	49	5	-	0
2025-11-29 1200Z	26	13	6	-	47	6	-	0
2025-11-29 0600Z	3	14	5	-	48	6	-	0
2025-11-29 0000Z	317	14	5	-	51	5	-	0
2025-11-28 1800Z	317	13	6	-	48	6	-	0
2025-11-28 1200Z	338	21	6	-	47	6	-	0
2025-11-28 0600Z	331	22	6	-	52	6	-	0
2025-11-28 0000Z	315	19	6	-	57	6	-	0
2025-11-27 1800Z	349	12	6	-	55	6	-	0
2025-11-27 1200Z	346	15	5	-	62	5	-	0
2025-11-27 0600Z	263	16	6	-	68	6	-	0
2025-11-27 0000Z	232	19	6	-	70	6	-	0
2025-11-26 1800Z	220	20	6	-	72	6	-	0
2025-11-26 1200Z	223	16	6	-	72	6	-	0
2025-11-26 0600Z	213	12	6	-	72	6	-	0
2025-11-26 0000Z	180	11	5	-	72	5	-	0
2025-11-25 1800Z	170	15	6	-	74	6	-	0
2025-11-25 1200Z	172	10	5	-	73	5	-	0
2025-11-25 0600Z	113	6	6	-	71	6	-	0
2025-11-25 0000Z	59	14	5	-	68	5	-	0
2025-11-24 1800Z	52	12	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-11-24 1200Z	359	9	6	-	64	6	-	0
2025-11-24 0600Z	337	7	5	-	66	5	-	0
2025-11-24 0000Z	323	6	6	-	66	6	-	0
2025-11-23 1800Z	10	12	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-11-23 1200Z	28	18	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-11-23 0600Z	309	6	6	-	68	6	-	0
2025-11-23 0000Z	240	16	6	-	71	6	-	0
2025-11-22 1800Z	236	20	5	-	70	5	-	0
2025-11-22 1200Z	237	19	6	-	71	6	-	0
2025-11-22 0600Z	235	14	6	-	71	6	-	0
2025-11-22 0000Z	246	12	6	-	72	6	-	0
2025-11-21 1800Z	242	11	6	-	73	6	-	0
2025-11-21 1200Z	218	8	4	-	74	4	-	0
2025-11-21 0600Z	145	6	6	-	72	6	-	0
2025-11-21 0000Z	59	7	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-11-20 1800Z	50	10	5	-	64	5	-	0
2025-11-20 1200Z	48	15	5	-	61	5	-	0
2025-11-20 0600Z	55	18	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-11-20 0000Z	310	6	6	-	70	6	-	0
2025-11-19 1800Z	236	15	5	-	71	5	-	0
2025-11-19 1200Z	218	15	6	-	72	6	-	0
2025-11-19 0600Z	216	14	6	-	71	6	-	0
2025-11-19 0000Z	173	9	6	-	70	6	-	0
2025-11-18 1800Z	67	5	5	-	66	5	-	0
2025-11-18 1200Z	6	5	5	-	64	5	-	0
2025-11-18 0600Z	17	6	6	-	64	6	-	0
2025-11-18 0000Z	321	9	6	-	64	6	-	0
2025-11-17 1800Z	319	10	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-11-17 1200Z	358	14	4	-	61	4	-	0
2025-11-17 0600Z	350	15	6	-	66	6	-	0
2025-11-17 0000Z	255	15	6	-	69	6	-	0
2025-11-16 1800Z	238	23	5	-	67	5	-	0
2025-11-16 1200Z	235	25	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-11-16 0600Z	238	24	5	-	68	5	-	0
2025-11-16 0000Z	230	21	6	-	68	6	-	0
2025-11-15 1800Z	240	19	6	-	65	6	-	0
2025-11-15 1200Z	257	17	6	-	65	6	-	0
2025-11-15 0600Z	247	12	5	-	64	5	-	0
2025-11-15 0000Z	258	3	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-11-14 1800Z	8	9	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-11-14 1200Z	3	14	4	-	62	4	-	0
2025-11-14 0600Z	351	9	5	-	66	6	-	0
2025-11-14 0000Z	275	6	4	-	65	4	-	0
2025-11-13 1200Z	318	17	5	-	62	5	-	0
2025-11-13 0600Z	277	20	4	-	64	4	-	0
2025-11-13 0000Z	248	21	6	-	64	6	-	0

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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