Station 41119 - Sunset Beach, NC - (245)

Owned and maintained by Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP)
Data provided by Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Waverider Buoy
33.842 N 78.483 W (33°50'30" N 78°29'0" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 0.46 m below water line
Water depth: 13 m

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Conditions at 41119 as of
(6:20 pm EDT)
2220 GMT on 08/21/2019:
Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Wave Height (WVHT):	3.3 ft
	Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	4 sec
	Average Period (APD):	3.6 sec
	Mean Wave Direction (MWD):	SSW ( 195 deg true )
	Water Temperature (WTMP):	84.6 °F

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EDT)	WDIR	WSPD kts	GST kts	WVHT ft	DPD sec	APD sec	MWD	PRES in	PTDY in	ATMP °F	WTMP °F	DEWP °F	SAL psu	VIS nmi	TIDE ft
08	21	5:50 pm	-	-	-	3.3	4	3.6	S	-	-	-	84.7	-	-	-	-
08	21	4:50 pm	-	-	-	3.0	4	3.5	S	-	-	-	84.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	3:50 pm	-	-	-	2.6	4	3.4	SSW	-	-	-	85.3	-	-	-	-
08	21	2:50 pm	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.4	S	-	-	-	85.6	-	-	-	-
08	21	1:50 pm	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.5	S	-	-	-	85.3	-	-	-	-
08	21	12:50 pm	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.6	S	-	-	-	85.1	-	-	-	-
08	21	12:20 pm	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.7	S	-	-	-	84.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	11:50 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.7	S	-	-	-	84.7	-	-	-	-
08	21	9:50 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.6	SSW	-	-	-	84.4	-	-	-	-
08	21	9:20 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.6	S	-	-	-	84.4	-	-	-	-
08	21	8:50 am	-	-	-	2.6	4	3.5	SSW	-	-	-	84.0	-	-	-	-
08	21	7:50 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.5	SSW	-	-	-	84.0	-	-	-	-
08	21	5:50 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.6	SSW	-	-	-	84.0	-	-	-	-
08	21	5:20 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.5	SSW	-	-	-	84.0	-	-	-	-
08	21	4:20 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.4	SSW	-	-	-	84.2	-	-	-	-
08	21	3:50 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.4	SSW	-	-	-	84.4	-	-	-	-
08	21	2:50 am	-	-	-	2.3	4	3.5	SSW	-	-	-	84.6	-	-	-	-
08	21	1:50 am	-	-	-	2.6	4	3.6	SSW	-	-	-	84.7	-	-	-	-
08	21	1:20 am	-	-	-	2.6	4	3.5	SSW	-	-	-	84.7	-	-	-	-
08	21	12:50 am	-	-	-	2.6	4	3.5	SSW	-	-	-	84.9	-	-	-	-
08	21	12:20 am	-	-	-	2.6	4	3.4	SSW	-	-	-	84.9	-	-	-	-
08	20	11:20 pm	-	-	-	2.6	4	3.4	SSW	-	-	-	85.1	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:50 pm	-	-	-	2.6	4	3.4	SSW	-	-	-	85.5	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:50 pm	-	-	-	2.3	3	3.4	SSW	-	-	-	85.5	-	-	-	-
08	20	8:50 pm	-	-	-	2.0	3	3.4	SSW	-	-	-	85.3	-	-	-	-
08	20	7:50 pm	-	-	-	2.0	10	3.4	SSE	-	-	-	85.6	-	-	-	-
08	20	7:20 pm	-	-	-	1.6	7	3.5	SSE	-	-	-	85.6	-	-	-	-

Detailed Wave Summary
for 41119 as of (6:20 pm EDT)
2220 GMT on 08/21/2019:
These wave data are displayed in rounded times. Unit of Measure: Time Zone: Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Significant Wave Height (WVHT):	3.3 ft
	Swell Height (SwH):	0.3 ft
	Swell Period (SwP):	11.1 sec
	Swell Direction (SwD):	SSE
	Wind Wave Height (WWH):	3.3 ft
	Wind Wave Period (WWP):	4.3 sec
	Wind Wave Direction (WWD):	SSW
	Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS):	VERY_STEEP
	Average Wave Period (APD):	3.6 sec

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EDT)	WVHT ft	SwH ft	SwP sec	SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec	WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec
08	21	5:50 pm	3.0	0.7	10.5	SE	3.0	4.2	S	VERY_STEEP	3.6
08	21	4:50 pm	3.0	0.3	10.5	SSE	3.0	4.2	S	VERY_STEEP	3.5
08	21	3:50 pm	2.6	0.3	11.1	SSE	2.3	3.9	SSW	N/A	3.4
08	21	2:50 pm	2.3	0.7	11.8	SE	2.3	3.6	S	N/A	3.4
08	21	1:50 pm	2.3	0.3	10.5	SSE	2.3	3.7	S	N/A	3.5
08	21	12:50 pm	2.3	0.7	10.5	SSE	2.3	3.9	S	N/A	3.6
08	21	12:20 pm	2.3	0.7	11.1	SSE	2.0	3.9	S	N/A	3.7
08	21	11:50 am	2.3	0.3	10.5	SE	2.3	4.0	S	N/A	3.7
08	21	9:50 am	2.3	0.3	10.5	SSE	2.3	3.7	SSW	N/A	3.6
08	21	9:20 am	2.3	0.3	11.8	SSE	2.3	3.9	S	N/A	3.6
08	21	8:50 am	2.6	0.3	10.5	SE	2.3	3.9	SSW	N/A	3.5
08	21	7:50 am	2.3	0.3	11.1	SE	2.3	3.9	SSW	N/A	3.5
08	21	5:50 am	2.3	0.3	10.5	SE	2.3	3.9	SSW	N/A	3.6
08	21	5:20 am	2.3	0.3	11.1	SSE	2.3	4.0	SSW	N/A	3.5
08	21	4:20 am	2.3	0.3	10.5	SE	2.3	3.9	SSW	N/A	3.4
08	21	3:50 am	2.3	0.3	11.1	SSE	2.3	3.7	SSW	N/A	3.4
08	21	2:50 am	2.3	0.3	11.8	SE	2.3	4.0	SSW	N/A	3.5
08	21	1:50 am	2.6	0.7	10.5	SSE	2.3	3.7	SSW	N/A	3.6
08	21	1:20 am	2.6	0.3	11.8	SSE	2.6	4.0	SSW	VERY_STEEP	3.5
08	21	12:50 am	2.6	0.3	11.1	SE	2.6	3.7	SSW	VERY_STEEP	3.5
08	21	12:20 am	2.6	0.3	11.1	SE	2.6	3.7	SSW	VERY_STEEP	3.4
08	20	11:20 pm	2.6	0.3	11.1	SE	2.6	3.7	SSW	VERY_STEEP	3.4
08	20	10:50 pm	2.6	0.3	10.5	SSE	2.6	3.6	SSW	N/A	3.4
08	20	9:50 pm	2.3	0.7	10.5	SSE	2.3	3.5	SSW	N/A	3.4
08	20	8:50 pm	2.0	0.3	10.5	SE	2.0	2.9	SSW	N/A	3.4
08	20	7:50 pm	2.0	0.3	10.5	SSE	1.6	9.9	SSE	N/A	3.4
08	20	7:20 pm	1.6	0.3	11.1	SSE	1.6	7.1	SSE	N/A	3.5

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