Station 42019 - Search and Rescue Data

FREEPORT, TX - 60 NM South of Freeport, TX
27.910 N 95.345 W (27°54'35" N 95°20'41" W)

The highly endangered Rice's whale, a newly identified species, inhabit the northeastern Gulf of Mexico year-round along the continental shelf-break between 100m and 400m depth. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP.

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.)	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2023-12-07 0000Z	57	11	20	4	10	-	75	20
2023-12-06 1800Z	61	14	36	4	17	-	76	36
2023-12-06 1200Z	42	14	36	2	18	-	76	36
2023-12-06 0600Z	28	10	36	2	17	-	76	36
2023-12-06 0000Z	55	9	34	2	19	-	76	34
2023-12-05 1800Z	73	6	33	1	13	-	76	33
2023-12-05 1200Z	96	8	28	1	14	-	76	28
2023-12-05 0600Z	77	10	36	2	17	-	76	30
2023-12-05 0000Z	44	6	35	1	19	-	76	23
2023-12-04 1800Z	343	9	36	2	17	-	76	36
2023-12-04 1200Z	280	8	36	2	18	-	76	36
2023-12-04 0600Z	238	10	36	2	20	-	76	36
2023-12-04 0000Z	223	6	34	2	19	-	76	34
2023-12-03 1800Z	341	4	36	2	19	-	76	35
2023-12-03 1200Z	353	8	36	3	16	-	75	35
2023-12-03 0600Z	335	10	36	3	18	-	76	36
2023-12-03 0000Z	317	12	35	3	21	-	76	34
2023-12-02 1800Z	314	9	36	4	18	-	76	36
2023-12-02 1200Z	8	6	36	4	18	-	76	33
2023-12-02 0600Z	19	6	36	4	17	-	76	36
2023-12-02 0000Z	181	9	34	5	17	-	76	33
2023-12-01 1800Z	154	8	36	7	19	-	76	36
2023-12-01 1200Z	176	11	36	8	21	-	76	35
2023-12-01 0600Z	196	14	36	8	16	-	76	33
2023-12-01 0000Z	171	19	30	9	19	-	76	30
2023-11-30 1800Z	144	25	36	11	19	-	76	34
2023-11-30 1200Z	148	23	36	8	18	-	76	35
2023-11-30 0600Z	135	20	36	6	19	-	76	34
2023-11-30 0000Z	112	17	35	4	17	-	76	35
2023-11-29 1800Z	110	12	36	3	18	-	76	35
2023-11-29 1200Z	99	9	36	3	18	-	76	36
2023-11-29 0600Z	88	9	36	4	19	-	76	36
2023-11-29 0000Z	59	10	34	4	20	-	76	34
2023-11-28 1800Z	58	13	36	5	21	-	76	35
2023-11-28 1200Z	32	14	36	4	19	-	76	35
2023-11-28 0600Z	19	13	36	4	18	-	76	36
2023-11-28 0000Z	27	16	34	5	16	-	76	34
2023-11-27 1800Z	32	17	36	6	19	-	76	36
2023-11-27 1200Z	28	18	35	6	19	-	76	36
2023-11-27 0600Z	14	18	36	6	18	-	76	36
2023-11-27 0000Z	5	19	34	6	19	-	76	33
2023-11-26 1800Z	11	22	36	7	17	-	76	36
2023-11-26 1200Z	18	13	36	6	19	-	76	36
2023-11-26 0600Z	88	11	36	6	18	-	76	36
2023-11-26 0000Z	79	17	34	6	14	-	76	34
2023-11-25 1800Z	71	17	36	5	19	-	76	35
2023-11-25 1200Z	73	15	36	5	19	-	76	36
2023-11-25 0600Z	70	15	36	5	16	-	77	36
2023-11-25 0000Z	51	18	34	6	20	-	77	34
2023-11-24 1800Z	45	17	36	4	19	-	77	36
2023-11-24 1200Z	63	7	36	2	17	-	77	35
2023-11-24 0600Z	56	10	36	2	16	-	77	36
2023-11-24 0000Z	41	8	33	1	17	-	77	32
2023-11-23 1800Z	78	3	36	1	19	-	77	36
2023-11-23 1200Z	348	3	36	1	19	-	77	36
2023-11-23 0600Z	360	6	36	2	17	-	77	36
2023-11-23 0000Z	339	10	34	3	17	-	77	34
2023-11-22 1800Z	338	10	36	4	21	-	77	36
2023-11-22 1200Z	357	16	36	6	21	-	77	36
2023-11-22 0600Z	358	22	36	8	19	-	77	36
2023-11-22 0000Z	342	23	34	9	16	-	77	34
2023-11-21 1800Z	341	23	36	8	18	-	78	35
2023-11-21 1200Z	352	22	36	8	17	-	78	36
2023-11-21 0600Z	332	17	36	6	18	-	78	36
2023-11-21 0000Z	259	9	34	6	18	-	78	34
2023-11-20 1800Z	190	14	36	7	19	-	78	36
2023-11-20 1200Z	162	17	36	4	19	-	78	36
2023-11-20 0600Z	163	15	36	4	17	-	78	35
2023-11-20 0000Z	145	14	35	2	20	-	78	35
2023-11-19 1800Z	126	10	36	2	18	-	78	36
2023-11-19 1200Z	103	9	36	2	17	-	78	36
2023-11-19 0600Z	78	10	36	2	17	-	78	35
2023-11-19 0000Z	36	11	34	3	18	-	78	34
2023-11-18 1800Z	17	9	36	3	18	-	78	36
2023-11-18 1200Z	354	12	36	3	14	-	78	36
2023-11-18 0600Z	347	4	36	3	18	-	78	36
2023-11-18 0000Z	310	3	35	3	16	-	79	35
2023-11-17 1800Z	292	3	36	3	17	-	79	36
2023-11-17 1200Z	329	1	36	3	16	-	78	36
2023-11-17 0600Z	1	5	36	4	19	-	78	36
2023-11-17 0000Z	344	6	36	3	19	-	78	34
2023-11-16 1800Z	355	7	36	4	17	-	78	36
2023-11-16 1200Z	5	10	36	4	19	-	78	36
2023-11-16 0600Z	15	13	36	4	18	-	78	36
2023-11-16 0000Z	7	12	34	4	18	-	78	34
2023-11-15 1800Z	353	12	36	4	17	-	79	35
2023-11-15 1200Z	357	13	36	4	19	-	78	36
2023-11-15 0600Z	3	13	36	5	19	-	78	36
2023-11-15 0000Z	5	15	34	6	17	-	79	34
2023-11-14 1800Z	5	15	36	7	19	-	79	35
2023-11-14 1200Z	13	19	36	9	20	-	79	36
2023-11-14 0600Z	25	22	36	10	19	-	79	36
2023-11-14 0000Z	50	23	34	12	17	-	79	34
2023-11-13 1800Z	51	26	36	14	23	-	79	36
2023-11-13 1200Z	40	27	36	10	20	-	79	36
2023-11-13 0600Z	36	22	36	7	22	-	79	36
2023-11-13 0000Z	38	19	34	5	22	-	79	34
2023-11-12 1800Z	36	16	36	4	19	-	79	35
2023-11-12 1200Z	33	14	36	3	18	-	79	36
2023-11-12 0600Z	31	14	36	4	20	-	79	36
2023-11-12 0000Z	14	15	34	4	22	-	79	34
2023-11-11 1800Z	18	14	36	4	22	-	79	36
2023-11-11 1200Z	11	15	36	5	20	-	79	36
2023-11-11 0600Z	15	15	36	5	19	-	79	36
2023-11-11 0000Z	17	16	35	4	21	-	79	35
2023-11-10 1800Z	359	14	36	4	19	-	79	36
2023-11-10 1200Z	327	4	36	3	20	-	79	35
2023-11-10 0600Z	144	2	36	3	21	-	79	36
2023-11-10 0000Z	160	11	33	3	21	-	79	33
2023-11-09 1800Z	154	11	36	3	19	-	79	36
2023-11-09 1200Z	169	13	36	4	23	-	79	36
2023-11-09 0600Z	163	14	36	3	21	-	79	36
2023-11-09 0000Z	160	12	34	3	21	-	79	33
2023-11-08 1800Z	171	12	36	3	17	-	79	35
2023-11-08 1200Z	179	15	36	4	20	-	79	36
2023-11-08 0600Z	168	17	36	4	22	-	79	36
2023-11-08 0000Z	169	13	35	4	21	-	80	34
2023-11-07 1800Z	170	15	36	4	19	-	80	36
2023-11-07 1200Z	175	14	36	3	19	-	79	36
2023-11-07 0600Z	170	13	36	2	22	-	80	36
2023-11-07 0000Z	168	6	35	2	20	-	80	35
2023-11-06 1800Z	190	9	36	3	22	-	80	36
2023-11-06 1200Z	171	10	36	3	21	-	79	36
2023-11-06 0600Z	141	11	36	3	21	-	79	36
2023-11-06 0000Z	116	7	34	3	17	-	80	34
2023-11-05 1800Z	101	5	36	3	18	-	80	34
2023-11-05 1200Z	118	10	36	4	22	-	79	36
2023-11-05 0600Z	119	10	36	5	19	-	80	36
2023-11-05 0000Z	115	9	34	5	21	-	80	34
2023-11-04 1800Z	115	11	36	4	20	-	80	36
2023-11-04 1200Z	114	12	36	4	23	-	80	36
2023-11-04 0600Z	111	12	35	3	21	-	80	35
2023-11-04 0000Z	86	10	34	2	20	-	80	33
2023-11-03 1800Z	85	8	36	2	20	-	80	35
2023-11-03 1200Z	97	8	36	2	20	-	80	35
2023-11-03 0600Z	112	6	36	2	20	-	80	36
2023-11-03 0000Z	79	7	34	2	18	-	80	33
2023-11-02 1800Z	70	9	34	3	17	-	80	33
2023-11-02 1200Z	42	8	36	3	18	-	80	36
2023-11-02 0600Z	50	7	36	5	19	-	80	36
2023-11-02 0000Z	30	11	34	5	17	-	80	33
2023-11-01 1800Z	25	12	35	6	19	-	80	34
2023-11-01 1200Z	28	18	36	8	18	-	80	36
2023-11-01 0600Z	25	22	36	8	19	-	80	36
2023-11-01 0000Z	1	19	32	8	17	-	81	33
2023-10-31 1800Z	2	22	36	8	19	-	81	35
2023-10-31 1200Z	1	22	36	7	19	-	81	36
2023-10-31 0600Z	1	19	35	7	17	-	81	34
2023-10-31 0000Z	353	20	35	7	19	-	81	32
2023-10-30 1800Z	355	23	35	9	19	-	82	33
2023-10-30 1200Z	349	24	36	8	18	-	82	36
2023-10-30 0600Z	350	12	35	4	17	-	82	32
2023-10-30 0000Z	189	3	34	3	21	-	83	34
2023-10-29 1800Z	168	6	36	3	18	-	82	35
2023-10-29 1200Z	138	13	36	4	18	-	82	36
2023-10-29 0600Z	135	14	36	4	21	-	82	34
2023-10-29 0000Z	138	13	35	4	21	-	82	34
2023-10-28 1800Z	137	12	35	4	20	-	82	34
2023-10-28 1200Z	128	13	36	5	21	-	82	36
2023-10-28 0600Z	125	15	36	5	17	-	82	35
2023-10-28 0000Z	110	12	35	4	21	-	82	34
2023-10-27 1800Z	128	10	36	4	16	-	82	34
2023-10-27 1200Z	137	13	35	5	18	-	82	32
2023-10-27 0600Z	127	16	36	5	20	-	82	34
2023-10-27 0000Z	133	14	35	6	20	-	82	31
2023-10-26 1800Z	142	15	36	6	16	-	82	33
2023-10-26 1200Z	151	15	36	6	16	-	81	31
2023-10-26 0600Z	139	17	36	7	18	-	81	33
2023-10-26 0000Z	129	15	33	6	19	-	82	29
2023-10-25 1800Z	134	15	36	6	20	-	81	35
2023-10-25 1200Z	137	17	36	7	22	-	81	36
2023-10-25 0600Z	130	19	36	7	19	-	81	35
2023-10-25 0000Z	129	17	36	6	18	-	81	36
2023-10-24 1800Z	139	18	36	7	13	-	81	35
2023-10-24 1200Z	138	20	36	8	12	-	81	36
2023-10-24 0600Z	132	21	36	7	12	-	81	36
2023-10-24 0000Z	126	18	18	5	10	-	81	10
2023-10-23 1800Z	140	16	33	5	22	-	81	22
2023-10-23 1200Z	146	15	36	5	20	-	81	36
2023-10-23 0600Z	139	17	36	4	21	-	81	35
2023-10-23 0000Z	137	11	18	3	10	-	81	18

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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