Station 42023 - Search and Rescue Data

C13 - WFS South Buoy, 50m Isobath
26.010 N 83.086 W (26°0'36" N 83°5'10" W)

The highly endangered Rice's whale, a newly identified species, inhabit the northeastern Gulf of America 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)	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2026-03-15 0600Z	59	4	12	-	74	12	74	9
2026-03-15 0000Z	68	2	12	-	75	12	74	3
2026-03-14 1800Z	115	4	12	-	74	12	73	4
2026-03-14 1200Z	61	5	12	-	72	12	73	11
2026-03-14 0600Z	2	7	12	-	71	12	73	6
2026-03-14 0000Z	325	6	12	-	73	12	75	9
2026-03-13 1800Z	126	7	12	-	73	12	74	12
2026-03-13 1200Z	41	10	12	-	71	12	73	12
2026-03-13 0600Z	10	15	12	-	71	12	73	12
2026-03-13 0000Z	326	6	12	-	74	12	74	12
2026-03-12 1800Z	205	7	12	-	76	12	75	12
2026-03-12 1200Z	195	7	12	-	75	12	74	12
2026-03-12 0600Z	167	9	12	-	75	12	75	12
2026-03-12 0000Z	161	8	12	-	76	12	76	12
2026-03-11 1800Z	131	12	12	-	75	12	76	12
2026-03-11 1200Z	98	10	12	-	74	12	76	12
2026-03-11 0600Z	92	9	12	-	74	12	76	12
2026-03-11 0000Z	68	3	12	-	76	12	76	12
2026-03-10 1800Z	117	9	12	-	74	12	75	12
2026-03-10 1200Z	59	6	12	-	74	12	74	12
2026-03-10 0600Z	81	6	12	-	73	12	74	12
2026-03-10 0000Z	25	4	12	-	75	12	74	12
2026-03-09 1800Z	92	7	12	-	74	12	73	12
2026-03-09 1200Z	85	7	8	-	73	8	71	10
2026-03-09 0600Z	76	7	12	-	73	12	73	12
2026-03-09 0000Z	97	2	12	-	74	12	74	12
2026-03-08 1800Z	120	9	12	-	73	12	73	12
2026-03-08 1200Z	87	10	11	-	72	11	72	12
2026-03-08 0600Z	92	7	10	-	73	10	71	12
2026-03-08 0000Z	144	6	12	-	74	12	73	12
2026-03-07 1800Z	110	11	12	-	73	12	72	12
2026-03-07 1200Z	95	13	11	-	72	11	71	12
2026-03-07 0600Z	96	9	12	-	73	12	72	12
2026-03-07 0000Z	121	5	12	-	73	12	72	12
2026-03-06 1800Z	116	11	12	-	73	12	71	12
2026-03-06 1200Z	105	12	12	-	72	12	71	12
2026-03-06 0600Z	88	8	12	-	72	12	71	12
2026-03-06 0000Z	119	5	12	-	73	12	72	12
2026-03-05 1800Z	115	10	12	-	72	12	71	12
2026-03-05 1200Z	92	14	8	-	71	8	71	8
2026-03-05 0600Z	64	10	12	-	72	12	71	12
2026-03-05 0000Z	26	6	12	-	72	12	71	12
2026-03-04 1800Z	70	10	12	-	71	12	71	12
2026-03-04 1200Z	84	13	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-03-04 0600Z	86	11	11	-	71	11	69	12
2026-03-04 0000Z	353	8	12	-	71	12	70	12
2026-03-03 1800Z	57	9	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-03-03 1200Z	85	12	12	-	70	12	69	12
2026-03-03 0600Z	106	11	12	-	70	12	69	12
2026-03-03 0000Z	36	6	12	-	71	12	70	12
2026-03-02 1800Z	96	10	12	-	70	12	69	12
2026-03-02 1200Z	89	12	12	-	69	12	69	12
2026-03-02 0600Z	88	9	11	-	70	11	69	12
2026-03-02 0000Z	19	9	12	-	69	12	69	12
2026-03-01 1800Z	65	11	12	-	67	12	70	12
2026-03-01 1200Z	38	8	12	-	69	12	70	12
2026-03-01 0600Z	54	9	12	-	69	12	70	12
2026-03-01 0000Z	57	3	11	-	71	11	70	11
2026-02-28 1800Z	148	4	12	-	73	12	70	12
2026-02-28 1200Z	186	4	12	-	70	12	69	12
2026-02-28 0600Z	174	3	12	-	69	12	68	12
2026-02-28 0000Z	160	5	12	-	70	12	68	12
2026-02-27 1800Z	169	12	12	-	70	12	68	12
2026-02-27 1200Z	153	7	10	-	68	10	67	12
2026-02-27 0600Z	156	9	12	-	69	12	68	12
2026-02-27 0000Z	142	7	12	-	68	12	67	12
2026-02-26 1800Z	138	10	12	-	68	12	67	12
2026-02-26 1200Z	114	10	12	-	66	12	67	12
2026-02-26 0600Z	144	11	12	-	66	12	67	12
2026-02-26 0000Z	130	10	12	-	64	12	68	12
2026-02-25 1800Z	168	5	12	-	62	12	68	12
2026-02-25 1200Z	162	7	12	-	59	12	67	12
2026-02-25 0600Z	77	3	12	-	56	12	67	12
2026-02-25 0000Z	17	5	12	-	55	12	67	12
2026-02-24 1800Z	27	8	12	-	54	12	66	12
2026-02-24 1200Z	13	14	12	-	55	12	67	12
2026-02-24 0600Z	349	16	12	-	56	12	68	12
2026-02-24 0000Z	329	20	12	-	56	12	68	12
2026-02-23 1800Z	334	21	12	-	56	12	69	12
2026-02-23 1200Z	343	22	12	-	58	12	69	12
2026-02-23 0600Z	351	24	12	-	61	12	70	12
2026-02-23 0000Z	342	22	12	-	66	12	71	12
2026-02-22 1800Z	315	8	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-02-22 1200Z	234	6	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-02-22 0600Z	231	4	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-02-22 0000Z	173	5	12	-	72	12	72	12
2026-02-21 1800Z	165	7	10	-	72	10	71	12
2026-02-21 1200Z	164	9	12	-	71	12	71	12
2026-02-21 0600Z	157	5	12	-	71	12	71	12
2026-02-21 0000Z	156	6	10	-	72	10	70	12
2026-02-20 1800Z	164	8	12	-	72	12	71	12
2026-02-20 1200Z	157	8	12	-	71	12	70	12
2026-02-20 0600Z	169	8	12	-	71	12	70	12
2026-02-20 0000Z	158	7	12	-	71	12	71	12
2026-02-19 1800Z	168	10	12	-	72	12	70	12
2026-02-19 1200Z	170	8	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-19 0600Z	172	8	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-19 0000Z	151	10	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-18 1800Z	141	11	10	-	70	10	70	12
2026-02-18 1200Z	137	11	12	-	69	12	70	12
2026-02-18 0600Z	135	8	10	-	68	10	69	12
2026-02-18 0000Z	118	5	12	-	66	12	70	12
2026-02-17 1800Z	99	8	12	-	65	12	70	12
2026-02-17 1200Z	70	12	12	-	64	12	70	12
2026-02-17 0600Z	43	14	12	-	66	12	70	12
2026-02-17 0000Z	348	14	12	-	66	12	70	12
2026-02-16 1800Z	348	14	12	-	67	12	70	12
2026-02-16 1200Z	304	9	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-16 0600Z	233	11	12	-	71	12	70	12
2026-02-16 0000Z	201	15	12	-	72	12	70	12
2026-02-15 1800Z	179	12	10	-	71	10	70	12
2026-02-15 1200Z	159	15	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-15 0600Z	153	14	10	-	70	10	70	12
2026-02-15 0000Z	162	8	12	-	69	12	71	12
2026-02-14 1800Z	118	8	11	-	68	11	70	12
2026-02-14 1200Z	49	5	12	-	66	12	70	12
2026-02-14 0600Z	27	5	11	-	67	11	70	12
2026-02-14 0000Z	8	3	12	-	66	12	71	12
2026-02-13 1800Z	42	10	12	-	65	12	70	12
2026-02-13 1200Z	3	3	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-13 0600Z	251	5	12	-	70	12	70	12
2026-02-13 0000Z	226	6	12	-	71	12	71	12
2026-02-12 1800Z	221	5	12	-	70	12	71	12
2026-02-12 1200Z	251	5	12	-	69	12	70	12
2026-02-12 0600Z	220	3	12	-	68	12	70	12
2026-02-12 0000Z	115	4	12	-	68	12	70	12
2026-02-11 1800Z	104	5	12	-	68	12	70	12
2026-02-11 1200Z	105	8	12	-	67	12	69	12
2026-02-11 0600Z	131	7	11	-	67	11	68	12
2026-02-11 0000Z	127	6	12	-	67	12	67	12
2026-02-10 1800Z	92	9	12	-	66	12	67	12
2026-02-10 1200Z	101	6	12	-	66	12	66	12
2026-02-10 0600Z	114	5	12	-	65	12	67	12
2026-02-10 0000Z	18	5	10	-	65	12	68	10
2026-02-09 1800Z	53	4	12	-	65	12	68	12
2026-02-09 1200Z	48	6	12	-	63	12	67	12
2026-02-09 0600Z	24	7	10	-	64	10	67	12
2026-02-09 0000Z	2	7	12	-	64	12	68	12
2026-02-08 1800Z	77	9	12	-	63	12	68	12
2026-02-08 1200Z	49	15	12	-	61	12	68	12
2026-02-08 0600Z	356	16	12	-	63	12	68	12
2026-02-08 0000Z	331	15	12	-	64	12	68	12
2026-02-07 1800Z	330	14	12	-	67	12	68	12
2026-02-07 1200Z	306	13	11	-	68	11	67	12
2026-02-07 0600Z	285	16	12	-	67	12	67	12
2026-02-07 0000Z	294	14	12	-	64	12	68	12
2026-02-06 1800Z	314	13	10	-	62	10	67	10
2026-02-06 1200Z	341	14	12	-	60	12	67	12
2026-02-06 0600Z	317	20	12	-	60	12	67	12
2026-02-06 0000Z	315	23	12	-	62	12	67	12
2026-02-05 1800Z	318	25	12	-	62	12	68	12
2026-02-05 1200Z	270	11	12	-	67	12	69	12
2026-02-05 0600Z	202	10	12	-	67	12	69	12
2026-02-05 0000Z	136	5	12	-	66	12	69	12
2026-02-04 1800Z	66	6	12	-	64	12	69	12
2026-02-04 1200Z	59	9	12	-	63	12	68	12
2026-02-04 0600Z	121	6	12	-	62	12	68	12
2026-02-04 0000Z	49	7	12	-	60	12	68	12
2026-02-03 1800Z	64	8	12	-	57	12	68	12
2026-02-03 1200Z	70	11	12	-	56	12	68	12
2026-02-03 0600Z	22	13	12	-	56	12	69	12
2026-02-03 0000Z	8	12	12	-	54	12	69	12
2026-02-02 1800Z	10	12	12	-	53	12	69	12
2026-02-02 1200Z	352	14	12	-	56	12	69	12
2026-02-02 0600Z	323	18	12	-	56	12	68	12
2026-02-02 0000Z	323	19	10	-	54	12	68	10
2026-02-01 1800Z	330	21	12	-	51	12	69	12
2026-02-01 1200Z	330	25	12	-	50	12	69	12
2026-02-01 0600Z	324	27	8	-	52	8	69	8
2026-02-01 0000Z	308	30	11	-	58	11	70	11
2026-01-31 1800Z	312	19	12	-	64	12	70	12
2026-01-31 1200Z	340	11	12	-	65	12	70	12
2026-01-31 0600Z	260	7	12	-	67	12	70	12
2026-01-31 0000Z	211	3	10	-	67	10	70	10
2026-01-30 1800Z	83	3	12	-	65	12	70	12
2026-01-30 1200Z	13	10	10	-	63	10	69	10
2026-01-30 0600Z	39	7	12	-	64	12	70	12
2026-01-30 0000Z	42	8	12	-	62	12	70	12
2026-01-29 1800Z	40	12	10	-	58	10	70	12
2026-01-29 1200Z	23	15	12	-	59	12	70	12
2026-01-29 0600Z	360	13	12	-	58	12	71	12
2026-01-29 0000Z	349	16	4	-	58	4	71	4

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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