Station BFTN7 - Search and Rescue Data

8656483 - Beaufort, NC
34.717 N 76.671 W (34°43'2" N 76°40'14" 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.

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
2026-02-21 1800Z	44	6	60	-	61	27	52	57
2026-02-21 1200Z	2	2	60	-	57	27	52	51
2026-02-21 0600Z	257	5	60	-	54	36	52	51
2026-02-21 0000Z	243	5	57	-	57	27	53	57
2026-02-20 1800Z	249	9	60	-	60	31	52	60
2026-02-20 1200Z	248	6	60	-	56	33	51	57
2026-02-20 0600Z	245	6	60	-	54	33	51	57
2026-02-20 0000Z	246	7	57	-	56	31	51	54
2026-02-19 1800Z	241	5	57	-	59	30	51	45
2026-02-19 1200Z	224	2	60	-	53	27	50	54
2026-02-19 0600Z	252	5	60	-	55	30	51	57
2026-02-19 0000Z	241	9	57	-	57	37	50	51
2026-02-18 1800Z	239	10	60	-	61	27	49	51
2026-02-18 1200Z	237	6	60	-	54	33	48	54
2026-02-18 0600Z	223	3	58	-	52	22	48	48
2026-02-18 0000Z	212	4	55	-	51	26	48	43
2026-02-17 1800Z	232	4	60	-	47	25	47	46
2026-02-17 1200Z	16	0	60	-	38	30	47	48
2026-02-17 0600Z	49	5	60	-	39	30	47	57
2026-02-17 0000Z	40	8	57	-	44	33	47	51
2026-02-16 1800Z	18	14	58	-	47	27	47	48
2026-02-16 1200Z	18	14	60	-	48	24	47	57
2026-02-16 0600Z	220	2	60	-	53	29	47	57
2026-02-16 0000Z	152	7	58	-	55	20	46	52
2026-02-15 1800Z	99	6	60	-	56	22	46	54
2026-02-15 1200Z	106	1	60	-	47	42	45	60
2026-02-15 0600Z	190	1	60	-	45	39	45	57
2026-02-15 0000Z	228	3	57	-	48	36	45	57
2026-02-14 1800Z	227	5	60	-	52	30	45	54
2026-02-14 1200Z	358	1	60	-	38	27	44	54
2026-02-14 0600Z	90	1	60	-	35	39	44	57
2026-02-14 0000Z	57	3	57	-	40	36	45	54
2026-02-13 1800Z	23	7	60	-	43	24	44	57
2026-02-13 1200Z	37	8	60	-	36	31	44	54
2026-02-13 0600Z	47	3	60	-	37	27	44	57
2026-02-13 0000Z	97	1	38	-	40	17	44	52
2026-02-12 1800Z	135	4	59	-	44	23	44	59
2026-02-12 1200Z	29	3	60	-	39	27	43	60
2026-02-12 0600Z	9	4	60	-	43	45	44	57
2026-02-12 0000Z	297	2	57	-	49	30	44	57
2026-02-11 1800Z	260	6	60	-	50	27	43	60
2026-02-11 1200Z	256	8	60	-	50	39	43	57
2026-02-11 0600Z	253	7	59	-	51	20	43	45
2026-02-11 0000Z	247	5	56	-	51	29	43	54
2026-02-10 1800Z	239	7	60	-	55	25	41	54
2026-02-10 1200Z	122	1	60	-	38	33	40	60
2026-02-10 0600Z	70	1	60	-	36	40	40	54
2026-02-10 0000Z	161	4	60	-	38	45	40	60
2026-02-09 1800Z	344	2	60	-	37	42	39	57
2026-02-09 1200Z	13	6	60	-	26	42	38	60
2026-02-09 0600Z	22	5	60	-	28	39	40	57
2026-02-09 0000Z	351	5	57	-	32	33	40	51
2026-02-08 1800Z	348	6	60	-	34	30	40	60
2026-02-08 1200Z	360	6	60	-	25	42	39	60
2026-02-08 0600Z	344	7	60	-	29	45	41	57
2026-02-08 0000Z	330	10	57	-	35	30	42	57
2026-02-07 1800Z	333	13	57	-	40	28	42	57
2026-02-07 1200Z	326	8	60	-	39	30	41	57
2026-02-07 0600Z	318	5	60	-	42	30	42	60
2026-02-07 0000Z	274	4	57	-	43	39	41	57
2026-02-06 1800Z	241	5	58	-	41	25	41	51
2026-02-06 1200Z	326	4	60	-	30	48	39	60
2026-02-06 0600Z	352	7	60	-	33	39	40	60
2026-02-06 0000Z	14	12	60	-	35	37	41	54
2026-02-05 1800Z	24	16	60	-	36	22	41	51
2026-02-05 1200Z	24	12	60	-	34	45	41	54
2026-02-05 0600Z	26	11	60	-	37	35	42	58
2026-02-05 0000Z	38	6	57	-	40	24	42	48
2026-02-04 1800Z	266	2	60	-	49	30	42	57
2026-02-04 1200Z	259	3	60	-	46	33	41	60
2026-02-04 0600Z	235	2	60	-	42	39	41	54
2026-02-04 0000Z	183	1	57	-	40	39	40	51
2026-02-03 1800Z	177	3	60	-	45	27	39	57
2026-02-03 1200Z	327	1	60	-	35	33	38	57
2026-02-03 0600Z	297	2	60	-	31	36	37	57
2026-02-03 0000Z	298	3	60	-	34	39	37	54
2026-02-02 1800Z	327	5	60	-	35	30	36	54
2026-02-02 1200Z	331	8	60	-	22	35	36	57
2026-02-02 0600Z	320	5	58	-	25	33	35	57
2026-02-02 0000Z	310	6	55	-	29	28	36	54
2026-02-01 1800Z	335	15	60	-	27	33	34	60
2026-02-01 1200Z	333	18	60	-	20	36	37	57
2026-02-01 0600Z	357	14	60	-	22	36	36	57
2026-02-01 0000Z	17	18	53	-	24	35	39	53
2026-01-31 1800Z	18	16	45	-	28	23	40	48
2026-01-31 1200Z	33	17	59	-	31	39	44	57
2026-01-31 0600Z	38	13	60	-	33	40	42	60
2026-01-31 0000Z	43	9	57	-	34	30	44	57
2026-01-30 1800Z	45	8	60	-	37	27	43	57
2026-01-30 1200Z	41	4	60	-	31	36	44	60
2026-01-30 0600Z	35	2	54	-	31	36	42	57
2026-01-30 0000Z	341	3	54	-	35	27	43	51
2026-01-29 1800Z	5	6	60	-	35	30	42	54
2026-01-29 1200Z	9	10	60	-	30	33	43	57
2026-01-29 0600Z	313	5	60	-	37	36	43	54
2026-01-29 0000Z	264	4	57	-	39	25	44	57
2026-01-28 1800Z	27	2	57	-	38	30	43	60
2026-01-28 1200Z	14	7	60	-	32	36	43	60
2026-01-28 0600Z	292	8	60	-	37	43	45	55
2026-01-28 0000Z	259	8	57	-	38	34	44	54
2026-01-27 1800Z	258	5	60	-	32	39	44	54
2026-01-27 1200Z	334	6	56	-	23	26	43	60
2026-01-27 0600Z	339	11	59	-	27	29	46	54
2026-01-27 0000Z	339	7	59	-	35	24	46	54
2026-01-26 1800Z	338	8	60	-	43	21	47	54
2026-01-26 1200Z	327	3	53	-	43	34	46	60
2026-01-26 0600Z	286	3	60	-	45	35	46	57
2026-01-26 0000Z	251	3	60	-	47	29	45	57
2026-01-25 1800Z	343	3	60	-	42	30	45	57
2026-01-25 1200Z	11	8	60	-	36	36	45	58
2026-01-25 0600Z	31	14	60	-	36	33	46	60
2026-01-25 0000Z	30	17	57	-	32	33	46	57
2026-01-24 1800Z	31	20	60	-	33	27	48	60
2026-01-24 1200Z	32	20	57	-	37	39	49	60
2026-01-24 0600Z	20	9	60	-	48	25	50	54
2026-01-24 0000Z	17	6	60	-	49	25	50	57
2026-01-23 1800Z	29	7	56	-	52	28	50	60
2026-01-23 1200Z	24	4	60	-	51	40	50	57
2026-01-23 0600Z	351	2	60	-	54	33	50	58
2026-01-23 0000Z	248	4	60	-	56	28	50	60
2026-01-22 1800Z	236	3	60	-	59	37	49	57
2026-01-22 1200Z	298	3	60	-	50	31	48	57
2026-01-22 0600Z	357	1	58	-	45	33	48	48
2026-01-22 0000Z	36	4	56	-	47	26	48	56
2026-01-21 1800Z	70	5	60	-	51	27	48	60
2026-01-21 1200Z	44	6	60	-	35	32	47	60
2026-01-21 0600Z	46	5	60	-	35	46	48	60
2026-01-21 0000Z	26	2	58	-	40	34	48	50
2026-01-20 1800Z	5	6	60	-	44	28	48	60
2026-01-20 1200Z	7	7	60	-	38	36	48	54
2026-01-20 0600Z	310	3	60	-	40	30	48	60
2026-01-20 0000Z	273	6	57	-	47	33	49	57
2026-01-19 1800Z	238	7	60	-	47	33	49	60
2026-01-19 1200Z	294	2	58	-	35	36	49	57
2026-01-19 0600Z	324	6	58	-	37	32	49	51
2026-01-19 0000Z	322	5	55	-	43	33	50	57
2026-01-18 1800Z	18	6	60	-	47	36	50	60
2026-01-18 1200Z	358	4	60	-	51	36	50	60
2026-01-18 0600Z	209	2	60	-	54	30	49	57
2026-01-18 0000Z	250	5	57	-	56	36	49	57
2026-01-17 1800Z	232	6	60	-	57	31	48	60
2026-01-17 1200Z	269	2	60	-	45	42	49	58
2026-01-17 0600Z	269	3	60	-	45	42	48	54
2026-01-17 0000Z	239	9	57	-	47	33	48	54
2026-01-16 1800Z	248	6	58	-	39	25	48	60
2026-01-16 1200Z	321	6	57	-	29	30	49	60
2026-01-16 0600Z	309	7	58	-	31	27	49	52
2026-01-16 0000Z	320	8	57	-	39	30	51	57
2026-01-15 1800Z	338	7	60	-	45	28	51	57
2026-01-15 1200Z	290	7	48	-	47	27	51	57
2026-01-15 0600Z	259	10	60	-	52	24	51	57
2026-01-15 0000Z	233	6	52	-	52	22	52	51
2026-01-14 1800Z	250	7	60	-	55	27	51	60
2026-01-14 1200Z	264	5	60	-	52	39	51	60
2026-01-14 0600Z	269	4	60	-	52	31	51	60
2026-01-14 0000Z	245	6	57	-	52	24	52	54
2026-01-13 1800Z	239	5	60	-	52	28	51	54
2026-01-13 1200Z	307	1	60	-	42	42	51	60
2026-01-13 0600Z	300	3	58	-	41	42	52	60
2026-01-13 0000Z	262	3	57	-	43	39	52	57
2026-01-12 1800Z	64	2	60	-	43	27	52	54
2026-01-12 1200Z	14	8	40	-	36	21	53	20
2026-01-12 0600Z	352	8	56	-	39	27	56	49
2026-01-12 0000Z	329	12	57	-	51	30	58	54
2026-01-11 1800Z	282	6	60	-	61	30	58	51
2026-01-11 1200Z	241	10	60	-	61	33	58	54
2026-01-11 0600Z	228	8	60	-	63	25	57	57
2026-01-11 0000Z	216	7	58	-	63	30	57	60
2026-01-10 1800Z	235	7	60	-	63	23	57	54
2026-01-10 1200Z	177	4	60	-	61	29	56	57
2026-01-10 0600Z	198	1	60	-	60	36	56	60
2026-01-10 0000Z	181	3	57	-	61	36	56	57
2026-01-09 1800Z	179	5	60	-	64	30	55	51
2026-01-09 1200Z	31	2	60	-	54	36	54	60
2026-01-09 0600Z	35	6	60	-	51	37	55	57
2026-01-09 0000Z	49	6	57	-	54	33	54	57
2026-01-08 1800Z	44	8	60	-	59	30	54	54
2026-01-08 1200Z	10	2	60	-	52	36	53	60
2026-01-08 0600Z	242	1	60	-	53	42	53	57
2026-01-08 0000Z	244	3	59	-	56	36	54	59
2026-01-07 1800Z	244	7	55	-	60	33	53	60
2026-01-07 1200Z	259	6	60	-	56	25	52	57
2026-01-07 0600Z	256	8	60	-	56	51	52	60
2026-01-07 0000Z	241	9	30	-	57	24	52	30

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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