Station 41038 - Search and Rescue Data

Wrightsville Beach Nearshore, NC (ILM2)
34.141 N 77.715 W (34°8'27" N 77°42'53" 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. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike.

Data from a nearby waverider buoy (41110) can be viewed here.

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
2025-11-15 0600Z	242	6	6	-	59	6	62	1
2025-11-15 0000Z	205	4	6	-	59	6	62	6
2025-11-14 1800Z	37	3	6	-	58	6	62	6
2025-11-14 1200Z	0	6	6	-	55	6	62	6
2025-11-14 0600Z	294	2	6	-	59	6	62	6
2025-11-14 0000Z	344	1	6	-	63	6	63	5
2025-11-13 1800Z	307	4	6	-	63	6	62	6
2025-11-13 1200Z	304	8	6	-	55	6	62	5
2025-11-13 0600Z	265	9	6	-	58	6	63	5
2025-11-13 0000Z	240	9	6	-	60	6	63	2
2025-11-12 1800Z	234	8	6	-	57	6	63	3
2025-11-12 1200Z	243	12	6	-	50	6	63	3
2025-11-12 0600Z	248	10	6	-	48	6	63	6
2025-11-12 0000Z	272	8	6	-	47	6	64	5
2025-11-11 1800Z	284	10	6	-	43	6	64	6
2025-11-11 1200Z	281	12	6	-	37	6	64	6
2025-11-11 0600Z	285	13	6	-	41	6	65	6
2025-11-11 0000Z	285	8	6	-	52	6	65	6
2025-11-10 1800Z	292	8	6	-	54	6	65	5
2025-11-10 1200Z	307	9	6	-	58	6	65	1
2025-11-10 0600Z	247	5	6	-	66	6	65	4
2025-11-10 0000Z	209	6	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-11-09 1800Z	212	8	6	-	66	6	66	4
2025-11-09 1200Z	216	4	6	-	66	6	66	6
2025-11-09 0600Z	204	3	6	-	66	6	66	4
2025-11-09 0000Z	203	4	6	-	66	6	66	5
2025-11-08 1800Z	196	5	6	-	66	6	66	6
2025-11-08 1200Z	240	5	6	-	66	6	65	5
2025-11-08 0600Z	222	4	6	-	66	6	65	6
2025-11-08 0000Z	191	4	6	-	66	6	65	5
2025-11-07 1800Z	143	1	6	-	67	6	65	6
2025-11-07 1200Z	80	8	6	-	63	6	65	3
2025-11-07 0600Z	78	8	6	-	63	6	65	1
2025-11-07 0000Z	102	6	6	-	64	6	65	2
2025-11-06 1800Z	60	8	6	-	63	6	65	5
2025-11-06 1200Z	288	6	6	-	62	6	65	1
2025-11-06 0600Z	238	8	6	-	65	6	65	1
2025-11-06 0000Z	220	9	6	-	66	6	66	5
2025-11-05 1800Z	209	6	6	-	64	6	66	4
2025-11-05 1200Z	256	3	6	-	60	6	65	1
2025-11-05 0600Z	251	3	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-11-05 0000Z	158	1	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-11-04 1800Z	26	5	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-11-04 1200Z	342	10	6	-	55	6	-	0
2025-11-04 0600Z	300	8	6	-	59	6	-	0
2025-11-04 0000Z	293	6	6	-	62	6	-	0
2025-11-03 1800Z	320	8	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-11-03 1200Z	356	8	6	-	59	6	-	0
2025-11-03 0600Z	13	9	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-11-03 0000Z	50	10	6	-	64	6	-	0
2025-11-02 1800Z	48	8	6	-	64	6	-	0
2025-11-02 1200Z	65	6	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-11-02 0600Z	60	6	1	-	62	1	-	0
2025-11-02 0000Z	332	2	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-11-01 1800Z	320	0	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-11-01 1200Z	354	6	6	-	56	6	-	0
2025-11-01 0600Z	326	4	6	-	59	6	-	0
2025-11-01 0000Z	253	7	5	-	64	5	-	0
2025-10-31 1800Z	270	6	6	-	62	6	-	0
2025-10-31 1200Z	279	9	6	-	54	6	-	0
2025-10-31 0600Z	256	11	6	-	57	6	-	0
2025-10-31 0000Z	263	9	6	-	62	6	-	0
2025-10-30 1800Z	268	8	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-10-30 1200Z	246	5	6	-	65	6	-	0
2025-10-30 0600Z	100	1	6	-	64	6	-	0
2025-10-30 0000Z	23	5	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-10-29 1800Z	20	8	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-10-29 1200Z	16	9	6	-	57	6	-	0
2025-10-29 0600Z	21	11	6	-	58	6	-	0
2025-10-29 0000Z	26	13	6	-	60	6	-	0
2025-10-28 1800Z	15	12	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-10-28 1200Z	33	14	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-10-28 0600Z	57	15	6	-	61	6	-	0
2025-10-28 0000Z	64	15	5	-	62	5	69	4
2025-10-27 1800Z	59	13	6	-	65	6	69	4
2025-10-27 1200Z	55	12	6	-	62	6	69	5
2025-10-27 0600Z	49	9	5	-	63	5	69	1
2025-10-27 0000Z	62	9	6	-	65	6	69	5
2025-10-26 1800Z	47	8	6	-	61	6	69	4
2025-10-26 1200Z	50	10	6	-	61	6	69	6
2025-10-26 0600Z	56	8	6	-	63	6	69	4
2025-10-26 0000Z	50	6	5	-	64	5	70	4
2025-10-25 1800Z	40	8	6	-	62	6	70	5
2025-10-25 1200Z	28	8	6	-	61	6	70	3
2025-10-25 0600Z	40	9	6	-	64	6	70	2
2025-10-25 0000Z	352	5	6	-	67	6	70	3
2025-10-24 1800Z	343	4	6	-	66	6	70	6
2025-10-24 1200Z	273	5	6	-	63	6	70	4
2025-10-24 0600Z	221	6	6	-	68	6	70	3
2025-10-24 0000Z	243	5	6	-	68	6	70	6
2025-10-23 1800Z	330	3	6	-	65	6	70	6
2025-10-23 1200Z	338	8	6	-	61	6	70	6
2025-10-23 0600Z	268	6	6	-	66	6	70	6
2025-10-23 0000Z	229	7	6	-	70	6	71	5
2025-10-22 1800Z	201	4	6	-	69	6	71	1
2025-10-22 1200Z	274	7	6	-	67	6	70	5
2025-10-22 0600Z	225	8	6	-	70	6	70	5
2025-10-22 0000Z	220	9	6	-	69	6	71	4
2025-10-21 1800Z	213	6	6	-	67	6	71	3
2025-10-21 1200Z	267	5	6	-	63	6	70	4
2025-10-21 0600Z	262	4	6	-	65	6	70	5
2025-10-21 0000Z	260	4	6	-	68	6	71	6
2025-10-20 1800Z	324	4	6	-	65	6	71	6
2025-10-20 1200Z	318	10	6	-	60	6	71	6
2025-10-20 0600Z	261	8	6	-	70	6	71	2
2025-10-20 0000Z	201	7	6	-	72	6	71	2
2025-10-19 1800Z	187	4	6	-	72	6	71	6
2025-10-19 1200Z	219	2	6	-	70	6	71	6
2025-10-19 0600Z	212	6	6	-	70	6	71	3
2025-10-19 0000Z	203	7	6	-	69	6	71	1
2025-10-18 1800Z	186	4	6	-	67	6	-	0
2025-10-18 1200Z	302	3	6	-	63	6	-	0
2025-10-18 0600Z	1	2	6	-	65	6	-	0
2025-10-18 0000Z	348	5	6	-	67	6	71	2
2025-10-17 1800Z	6	6	6	-	63	6	71	6
2025-10-17 1200Z	9	7	6	-	59	6	71	2
2025-10-17 0600Z	24	7	6	-	64	6	71	4
2025-10-17 0000Z	11	7	6	-	67	6	71	3
2025-10-16 1800Z	5	8	6	-	65	6	71	6
2025-10-16 1200Z	13	9	6	-	63	6	71	5
2025-10-16 0600Z	326	3	6	-	66	6	71	6
2025-10-16 0000Z	16	4	6	-	65	6	71	6
2025-10-15 1800Z	350	8	1	-	61	6	72	4
2025-10-15 1200Z	-	-	0	-	61	6	72	5
2025-10-15 0600Z	-	-	0	-	64	6	72	4
2025-10-15 0000Z	-	-	0	-	66	6	72	3
2025-10-14 1800Z	-	-	0	-	65	6	72	6
2025-10-14 1200Z	-	-	0	-	64	6	72	4
2025-10-14 0600Z	-	-	0	-	65	6	72	6
2025-10-14 0000Z	-	-	0	-	66	6	73	6
2025-10-13 1800Z	-	-	0	-	64	6	73	4
2025-10-13 1200Z	-	-	0	-	64	6	73	6
2025-10-13 0600Z	-	-	0	-	70	6	73	2
2025-10-13 0000Z	-	-	0	-	71	6	73	5
2025-10-12 1800Z	-	-	0	-	70	6	73	6
2025-10-12 1200Z	-	-	0	-	70	6	73	5
2025-10-12 0600Z	-	-	0	-	71	6	73	6
2025-10-12 0000Z	-	-	0	-	70	6	73	6
2025-10-11 1800Z	-	-	0	-	69	6	73	6
2025-10-11 1200Z	-	-	0	-	67	6	74	6
2025-10-11 0600Z	-	-	0	-	67	5	74	5
2025-10-11 0000Z	-	-	0	-	69	6	74	6
2025-10-10 1800Z	-	-	0	-	72	5	74	5
2025-10-10 1200Z	-	-	0	-	69	3	74	3
2025-10-10 0600Z	-	-	0	-	67	6	75	5
2025-10-10 0000Z	-	-	0	-	69	6	75	6
2025-10-09 1800Z	-	-	0	-	72	4	75	4
2025-10-09 1200Z	0	0	6	-	75	6	75	6
2025-10-09 0600Z	0	0	5	-	75	5	76	5
2025-10-09 0000Z	280	4	3	-	75	1	76	3
2025-10-08 1800Z	60	2	4	-	74	4	76	4
2025-10-08 1200Z	60	2	6	-	74	6	76	6
2025-10-08 0600Z	82	1	6	-	74	6	76	6
2025-10-08 0000Z	126	2	6	-	74	5	76	5
2025-10-07 1800Z	76	3	4	-	77	4	76	3
2025-10-07 1200Z	7	4	6	-	73	6	75	4
2025-10-07 0600Z	146	2	6	-	75	6	75	6
2025-10-07 0000Z	85	5	6	-	76	6	76	6
2025-10-06 1800Z	65	5	6	-	76	6	76	6
2025-10-06 1200Z	78	4	6	-	76	6	75	6
2025-10-06 0600Z	91	6	6	-	76	6	75	6
2025-10-06 0000Z	72	8	6	-	75	6	75	4
2025-10-05 1800Z	66	7	6	-	76	6	75	6
2025-10-05 1200Z	107	7	6	-	76	6	75	6
2025-10-05 0600Z	72	9	6	-	74	6	75	6
2025-10-05 0000Z	60	8	6	-	74	6	75	6
2025-10-04 1800Z	51	9	6	-	73	6	75	6
2025-10-04 1200Z	43	8	6	-	70	6	75	6
2025-10-04 0600Z	55	9	6	-	71	6	75	6
2025-10-04 0000Z	67	9	6	-	73	6	75	6
2025-10-03 1800Z	49	8	6	-	72	6	75	6
2025-10-03 1200Z	27	9	6	-	64	6	75	6
2025-10-03 0600Z	38	9	6	-	66	6	75	6
2025-10-03 0000Z	61	10	6	-	71	6	76	5
2025-10-02 1800Z	60	11	6	-	71	6	76	6
2025-10-02 1200Z	37	11	6	-	67	6	76	6
2025-10-02 0600Z	34	11	6	-	67	6	76	5
2025-10-02 0000Z	50	12	6	-	72	6	77	2
2025-10-01 1800Z	34	9	6	-	73	6	77	6
2025-10-01 1200Z	23	10	4	-	71	4	77	1
2025-10-01 0600Z	4	11	3	-	71	3	77	1
2025-10-01 0000Z	7	10	3	-	73	3	77	2

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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