Station FRDF1 - Search and Rescue Data

8720030 - Fernandina Beach, FL
30.675 N 81.465 W (30°40'31" N 81°27'54" W)

Right whales are active off FL from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater in specific areas and times along the U.S. East Coast. 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
2026-03-12 0000Z	151	10	57	-	75	22	69	51
2026-03-11 1800Z	135	5	60	-	81	22	68	45
2026-03-11 1200Z	213	2	60	-	71	25	68	48
2026-03-11 0600Z	168	3	60	-	73	25	67	52
2026-03-11 0000Z	146	7	58	-	75	25	69	55
2026-03-10 1800Z	108	3	57	-	81	24	66	45
2026-03-10 1200Z	215	2	60	-	70	33	68	60
2026-03-10 0600Z	183	3	60	-	70	30	65	57
2026-03-10 0000Z	142	6	59	-	71	26	69	56
2026-03-09 1800Z	108	1	58	-	79	9	66	54
2026-03-09 1200Z	270	5	60	-	67	17	68	57
2026-03-09 0600Z	236	3	60	-	69	36	64	57
2026-03-09 0000Z	143	2	57	-	70	30	68	60
2026-03-08 1800Z	156	4	60	-	77	30	65	57
2026-03-08 1200Z	166	4	60	-	72	27	67	60
2026-03-08 0600Z	159	5	57	-	70	36	63	60
2026-03-08 0000Z	135	6	60	-	73	30	67	58
2026-03-07 1800Z	125	5	60	-	77	24	63	57
2026-03-07 1200Z	136	2	60	-	69	30	65	60
2026-03-07 0600Z	139	4	60	-	69	30	62	60
2026-03-07 0000Z	121	4	60	-	72	33	66	57
2026-03-06 1800Z	123	6	60	-	77	24	62	57
2026-03-06 1200Z	144	2	58	-	69	28	64	60
2026-03-06 0600Z	123	3	60	-	67	36	61	60
2026-03-06 0000Z	107	4	60	-	70	33	64	57
2026-03-05 1800Z	115	5	60	-	76	27	62	60
2026-03-05 1200Z	84	1	60	-	63	30	62	60
2026-03-05 0600Z	94	2	60	-	64	30	60	57
2026-03-05 0000Z	69	3	60	-	67	33	62	57
2026-03-04 1800Z	13	5	60	-	65	26	60	60
2026-03-04 1200Z	330	3	60	-	57	31	60	60
2026-03-04 0600Z	360	3	60	-	57	39	60	60
2026-03-04 0000Z	3	7	58	-	56	33	60	58
2026-03-03 1800Z	359	9	60	-	58	33	60	60
2026-03-03 1200Z	17	8	60	-	57	32	59	59
2026-03-03 0600Z	19	8	60	-	59	53	60	59
2026-03-03 0000Z	23	8	57	-	59	27	59	57
2026-03-02 1800Z	24	7	60	-	65	33	60	54
2026-03-02 1200Z	27	2	60	-	55	39	58	55
2026-03-02 0600Z	342	1	60	-	51	30	59	54
2026-03-02 0000Z	71	2	57	-	55	30	58	55
2026-03-01 1800Z	19	5	58	-	59	51	59	60
2026-03-01 1200Z	13	3	60	-	56	39	57	60
2026-03-01 0600Z	360	3	60	-	55	40	59	55
2026-03-01 0000Z	35	3	53	-	58	29	58	50
2026-02-28 1800Z	359	8	60	-	60	36	59	60
2026-02-28 1200Z	20	7	60	-	56	51	57	60
2026-02-28 0600Z	17	4	60	-	59	45	59	60
2026-02-28 0000Z	174	1	60	-	63	36	57	57
2026-02-27 1800Z	230	5	57	-	72	27	59	57
2026-02-27 1200Z	166	5	60	-	64	33	56	57
2026-02-27 0600Z	168	3	60	-	66	43	58	60
2026-02-27 0000Z	212	4	60	-	70	36	57	60
2026-02-26 1800Z	194	7	60	-	71	42	57	55
2026-02-26 1200Z	175	5	60	-	55	36	56	60
2026-02-26 0600Z	176	4	60	-	57	42	57	60
2026-02-26 0000Z	185	4	58	-	64	27	57	54
2026-02-25 1800Z	221	7	55	-	63	28	56	59
2026-02-25 1200Z	211	4	60	-	45	39	55	54
2026-02-25 0600Z	192	4	57	-	46	33	56	56
2026-02-25 0000Z	136	4	58	-	49	31	57	56
2026-02-24 1800Z	88	1	60	-	46	30	56	60
2026-02-24 1200Z	322	7	60	-	36	36	56	51
2026-02-24 0600Z	321	8	60	-	41	34	57	57
2026-02-24 0000Z	292	11	60	-	49	30	59	51
2026-02-23 1800Z	291	13	60	-	47	27	59	60
2026-02-23 1200Z	307	11	59	-	41	30	59	50
2026-02-23 0600Z	306	12	52	-	48	26	60	43
2026-02-23 0000Z	294	13	58	-	56	30	64	58
2026-02-22 1800Z	291	16	60	-	63	30	61	57
2026-02-22 1200Z	275	6	60	-	68	37	64	57
2026-02-22 0600Z	231	6	60	-	70	36	59	57
2026-02-22 0000Z	220	5	57	-	78	31	65	54
2026-02-21 1800Z	232	8	60	-	79	27	60	57
2026-02-21 1200Z	197	4	60	-	70	27	63	51
2026-02-21 0600Z	221	4	60	-	70	36	59	51
2026-02-21 0000Z	219	6	57	-	77	27	63	57
2026-02-20 1800Z	228	8	60	-	77	31	59	60
2026-02-20 1200Z	202	4	60	-	70	33	60	57
2026-02-20 0600Z	206	4	60	-	68	33	58	57
2026-02-20 0000Z	141	3	60	-	70	28	60	57
2026-02-19 1800Z	185	6	57	-	76	30	58	45
2026-02-19 1200Z	175	4	60	-	66	27	59	54
2026-02-19 0600Z	180	4	60	-	65	30	58	57
2026-02-19 0000Z	142	5	57	-	66	34	59	51
2026-02-18 1800Z	173	6	60	-	73	27	58	51
2026-02-18 1200Z	166	4	60	-	62	33	57	54
2026-02-18 0600Z	118	3	58	-	58	22	57	48
2026-02-18 0000Z	62	2	57	-	59	27	58	45
2026-02-17 1800Z	33	6	60	-	62	25	57	46
2026-02-17 1200Z	26	5	58	-	56	30	57	48
2026-02-17 0600Z	29	5	60	-	55	30	57	57
2026-02-17 0000Z	45	5	57	-	56	33	57	51
2026-02-16 1800Z	18	9	58	-	56	27	58	48
2026-02-16 1200Z	306	4	60	-	59	24	57	57
2026-02-16 0600Z	236	5	60	-	63	29	58	57
2026-02-16 0000Z	202	5	58	-	64	20	56	52
2026-02-15 1800Z	133	7	60	-	70	22	57	54
2026-02-15 1200Z	142	6	60	-	63	42	55	60
2026-02-15 0600Z	126	4	60	-	61	39	56	57
2026-02-15 0000Z	46	4	58	-	59	37	56	58
2026-02-14 1800Z	35	6	60	-	62	30	56	54
2026-02-14 1200Z	28	5	60	-	55	27	55	54
2026-02-14 0600Z	29	5	60	-	54	39	56	57
2026-02-14 0000Z	28	6	60	-	54	36	55	57
2026-02-13 1800Z	19	8	60	-	56	24	56	57
2026-02-13 1200Z	325	2	60	-	50	31	55	54
2026-02-13 0600Z	278	1	60	-	50	27	56	57
2026-02-13 0000Z	54	2	38	-	53	17	55	52
2026-02-12 1800Z	5	9	59	-	56	23	55	59
2026-02-12 1200Z	338	4	60	-	56	27	54	60
2026-02-12 0600Z	253	5	60	-	62	45	56	57
2026-02-12 0000Z	236	5	60	-	66	30	55	60
2026-02-11 1800Z	240	6	60	-	63	27	55	60
2026-02-11 1200Z	238	5	60	-	58	39	54	57
2026-02-11 0600Z	219	5	59	-	59	20	55	45
2026-02-11 0000Z	140	4	57	-	63	29	54	55
2026-02-10 1800Z	230	2	60	-	69	25	54	54
2026-02-10 1200Z	235	2	60	-	52	33	53	60
2026-02-10 0600Z	161	2	60	-	53	40	53	54
2026-02-10 0000Z	99	3	60	-	59	45	54	60
2026-02-09 1800Z	92	4	60	-	63	42	53	57
2026-02-09 1200Z	29	0	60	-	51	42	53	60
2026-02-09 0600Z	354	0	60	-	48	39	53	57
2026-02-09 0000Z	26	3	58	-	50	33	53	52
2026-02-08 1800Z	28	5	60	-	55	30	52	60
2026-02-08 1200Z	333	3	60	-	44	42	52	60
2026-02-08 0600Z	323	1	60	-	46	45	52	57
2026-02-08 0000Z	107	2	57	-	52	30	53	57
2026-02-07 1800Z	357	4	57	-	56	28	51	57
2026-02-07 1200Z	298	5	60	-	49	30	51	57
2026-02-07 0600Z	252	7	60	-	54	30	51	60
2026-02-07 0000Z	232	9	57	-	58	39	52	57
2026-02-06 1800Z	251	9	58	-	53	25	51	51
2026-02-06 1200Z	265	6	60	-	38	48	50	60
2026-02-06 0600Z	271	7	60	-	42	39	51	60
2026-02-06 0000Z	284	9	60	-	45	37	51	54
2026-02-05 1800Z	288	13	60	-	46	22	51	51
2026-02-05 1200Z	295	6	60	-	51	45	51	54
2026-02-05 0600Z	79	1	60	-	54	35	52	58
2026-02-05 0000Z	133	1	60	-	61	24	51	51
2026-02-04 1800Z	188	6	60	-	67	30	51	57
2026-02-04 1200Z	168	5	60	-	47	33	49	60
2026-02-04 0600Z	183	4	60	-	48	39	50	54
2026-02-04 0000Z	149	6	57	-	53	39	50	51
2026-02-03 1800Z	188	2	60	-	56	27	50	57
2026-02-03 1200Z	240	2	60	-	40	33	48	57
2026-02-03 0600Z	233	2	60	-	40	36	49	57
2026-02-03 0000Z	133	2	60	-	45	39	49	54
2026-02-02 1800Z	295	5	60	-	45	30	49	54
2026-02-02 1200Z	281	6	60	-	31	35	48	57
2026-02-02 0600Z	274	6	58	-	34	33	49	57
2026-02-02 0000Z	283	9	56	-	39	28	49	54
2026-02-01 1800Z	288	12	60	-	33	33	50	60
2026-02-01 1200Z	300	13	60	-	26	36	51	57
2026-02-01 0600Z	288	18	60	-	29	36	50	57
2026-02-01 0000Z	289	20	53	-	36	35	53	53
2026-01-31 1800Z	283	14	42	-	45	16	53	38
2026-01-31 1200Z	284	5	59	-	46	38	54	56
2026-01-31 0600Z	264	3	60	-	50	40	54	60
2026-01-31 0000Z	358	1	58	-	54	30	54	58
2026-01-30 1800Z	59	3	60	-	58	27	53	57
2026-01-30 1200Z	292	0	60	-	47	36	53	60
2026-01-30 0600Z	100	1	54	-	48	36	53	57
2026-01-30 0000Z	96	3	54	-	52	27	53	51
2026-01-29 1800Z	26	3	60	-	53	30	53	54
2026-01-29 1200Z	329	4	60	-	43	33	53	57
2026-01-29 0600Z	271	3	60	-	43	36	53	54
2026-01-29 0000Z	274	2	57	-	52	25	54	57
2026-01-28 1800Z	290	5	57	-	50	30	53	60
2026-01-28 1200Z	277	5	60	-	37	36	54	60
2026-01-28 0600Z	281	6	60	-	40	43	55	55
2026-01-28 0000Z	270	5	57	-	44	34	55	54
2026-01-27 1800Z	305	5	60	-	40	39	55	54
2026-01-27 1200Z	320	8	56	-	31	26	55	60
2026-01-27 0600Z	311	9	59	-	38	29	57	54
2026-01-27 0000Z	305	9	59	-	47	24	58	54
2026-01-26 1800Z	286	14	60	-	53	21	58	54
2026-01-26 1200Z	275	8	53	-	62	34	58	60
2026-01-26 0600Z	190	4	60	-	69	35	57	57
2026-01-26 0000Z	183	5	30	-	71	18	58	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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