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Station 46266 - Del Mar Nearshore, CA (153)

Owned and maintained by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Data provided by Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Waverider Buoy
32.957 N 117.279 W (32°57'24" N 117°16'46" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 2 m above site elevation
Sea temp depth: 0.46 m below water line
Water depth: 17 m

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Conditions at 46266 as of
(12:30 pm PDT)
1930 GMT on 08/10/2022:
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):	2.3 ft
	Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	6 sec
	Average Period (APD):	5.4 sec
	Mean Wave Direction (MWD):	W ( 274 deg true )
	Air Temperature (ATMP):	72.5 °F
	Water Temperature (WTMP):	70.2 °F

Previous observations
MM	DD	TIME (PDT)	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	10	12:00 pm	-	-	-	2.3	11	5.5	SW	-	-	72.5	71.4	-	-	-	-
08	10	11:30 am	-	-	-	2.3	7	5.4	W	-	-	72.5	71.2	-	-	-	-
08	10	11:00 am	-	-	-	2.3	6	5.4	W	-	-	72.5	71.4	-	-	-	-
08	10	10:30 am	-	-	-	2.3	6	5.5	W	-	-	72.5	70.9	-	-	-	-
08	10	10:00 am	-	-	-	2.3	6	5.4	W	-	-	72.3	70.9	-	-	-	-
08	10	9:30 am	-	-	-	2.3	6	5.5	W	-	-	72.5	70.2	-	-	-	-
08	10	9:00 am	-	-	-	2.3	6	5.6	W	-	-	73.2	71.6	-	-	-	-
08	10	8:30 am	-	-	-	2.3	7	5.5	W	-	-	73.2	71.4	-	-	-	-
08	10	8:00 am	-	-	-	2.3	6	5.5	W	-	-	72.5	71.4	-	-	-	-
08	10	7:30 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.5	WNW	-	-	71.6	71.2	-	-	-	-
08	10	7:00 am	-	-	-	2.0	7	5.4	W	-	-	70.9	71.2	-	-	-	-
08	10	6:30 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.4	W	-	-	69.1	71.2	-	-	-	-
08	10	6:00 am	-	-	-	2.0	7	5.4	W	-	-	69.1	71.4	-	-	-	-
08	10	5:30 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.4	W	-	-	69.3	71.4	-	-	-	-
08	10	5:00 am	-	-	-	2.0	7	5.3	WNW	-	-	68.5	71.2	-	-	-	-
08	10	4:30 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.2	W	-	-	68.4	70.9	-	-	-	-
08	10	4:00 am	-	-	-	2.0	7	5.2	W	-	-	68.7	70.5	-	-	-	-
08	10	3:30 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.3	W	-	-	68.4	68.7	-	-	-	-
08	10	3:00 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.3	W	-	-	69.1	69.4	-	-	-	-
08	10	2:30 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.4	W	-	-	-	69.1	-	-	-	-
08	10	2:00 am	-	-	-	2.0	7	5.5	W	-	-	68.9	69.8	-	-	-	-
08	10	1:30 am	-	-	-	2.0	7	5.5	W	-	-	69.1	70.2	-	-	-	-
08	10	1:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	6	5.3	W	-	-	69.6	70.7	-	-	-	-
08	10	12:30 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.3	W	-	-	-	70.7	-	-	-	-
08	10	12:00 am	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.4	W	-	-	69.8	70.5	-	-	-	-
08	09	11:30 pm	-	-	-	1.6	7	5.4	W	-	-	70.2	70.7	-	-	-	-
08	09	11:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	5.3	W	-	-	70.2	70.5	-	-	-	-
08	09	10:30 pm	-	-	-	1.6	7	5.3	W	-	-	70.5	70.2	-	-	-	-
08	09	10:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	7	5.1	W	-	-	70.5	71.1	-	-	-	-
08	09	9:30 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	5.1	W	-	-	71.4	70.9	-	-	-	-
08	09	9:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	5.1	W	-	-	71.4	71.4	-	-	-	-
08	09	8:30 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	5.1	WNW	-	-	71.4	71.6	-	-	-	-
08	09	8:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	4.9	W	-	-	71.6	72.0	-	-	-	-
08	09	7:30 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	5.1	W	-	-	72.1	72.1	-	-	-	-
08	09	7:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	5.0	W	-	-	72.5	71.8	-	-	-	-
08	09	6:30 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	5.1	WNW	-	-	73.6	72.5	-	-	-	-
08	09	6:00 pm	-	-	-	2.0	6	5.1	W	-	-	74.3	72.0	-	-	-	-
08	09	5:30 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	4.9	W	-	-	73.9	73.4	-	-	-	-
08	09	5:00 pm	-	-	-	2.0	7	4.9	W	-	-	74.1	72.9	-	-	-	-
08	09	4:30 pm	-	-	-	1.6	6	4.8	W	-	-	73.8	71.8	-	-	-	-
08	09	4:00 pm	-	-	-	2.0	6	4.7	W	-	-	74.3	71.8	-	-	-	-
08	09	3:30 pm	-	-	-	2.0	7	4.7	W	-	-	73.9	71.2	-	-	-	-
08	09	3:00 pm	-	-	-	2.0	6	4.7	WNW	-	-	72.9	70.9	-	-	-	-
08	09	2:30 pm	-	-	-	2.3	6	5.0	W	-	-	72.0	71.1	-	-	-	-
08	09	2:00 pm	-	-	-	2.3	5	5.0	W	-	-	71.8	70.9	-	-	-	-
08	09	1:30 pm	-	-	-	2.3	7	5.2	WNW	-	-	71.6	71.1	-	-	-	-
08	09	1:00 pm	-	-	-	2.3	6	5.2	WNW	-	-	71.6	70.7	-	-	-	-

Detailed Wave Summary
for 46266 as of (12:30 pm PDT)
1930 GMT on 08/10/2022:
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):	2.3 ft
	Swell Height (SwH):	1.0 ft
	Swell Period (SwP):	10.5 sec
	Swell Direction (SwD):	SW
	Wind Wave Height (WWH):	2.3 ft
	Wind Wave Period (WWP):	5.6 sec
	Wind Wave Direction (WWD):	W
	Average Wave Period (APD):	5.4 sec

Previous observations
MM	DD	TIME (PDT)	WVHT ft	SwH ft	SwP sec	SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec	WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec

08	10	12:00 pm	2.3	1.0	11.1	SW	2.0	6.5	W	N/A	5.5
08	10	11:30 am	2.3	1.0	11.1	SW	2.3	6.7	W	N/A	5.4
08	10	11:00 am	2.3	1.0	11.1	SW	2.3	6.1	W	N/A	5.4
08	10	10:30 am	2.3	1.0	11.1	SW	2.3	6.1	W	N/A	5.5
08	10	10:00 am	2.3	0.7	11.8	SW	2.3	5.6	W	N/A	5.4
08	10	9:30 am	2.3	0.7	11.8	SW	2.3	6.2	W	N/A	5.5
08	10	9:00 am	2.3	0.7	12.5	SW	2.3	6.2	W	N/A	5.6
08	10	8:30 am	2.3	0.7	11.8	SW	2.3	6.7	W	N/A	5.5
08	10	8:00 am	2.3	0.7	15.4	SW	2.3	6.5	W	N/A	5.5
08	10	7:30 am	2.0	0.7	15.4	WSW	2.0	6.5	WNW	N/A	5.5
08	10	7:00 am	2.0	0.7	12.5	SW	2.0	6.7	W	N/A	5.4
08	10	6:30 am	2.0	0.7	12.5	SW	2.0	6.1	W	N/A	5.4
08	10	6:00 am	2.0	0.7	15.4	WSW	2.0	6.7	W	N/A	5.4
08	10	5:30 am	2.0	0.7	12.5	SW	2.0	5.7	W	N/A	5.4
08	10	5:00 am	2.0	0.7	12.5	SW	2.0	6.7	WNW	N/A	5.3
08	10	4:30 am	2.0	0.7	12.5	SW	2.0	6.2	W	N/A	5.2
08	10	4:00 am	2.0	0.7	12.5	SW	2.0	6.9	W	N/A	5.2
08	10	3:30 am	2.0	0.7	15.4	WSW	1.6	6.5	W	N/A	5.3
08	10	3:00 am	2.0	0.3	12.5	SW	2.0	6.2	W	N/A	5.3
08	10	2:30 am	2.0	0.7	12.5	SW	1.6	6.2	W	N/A	5.4
08	10	2:00 am	2.0	0.7	15.4	WSW	1.6	6.9	W	N/A	5.5
08	10	1:30 am	2.0	0.7	13.3	SW	2.0	6.7	W	N/A	5.5
08	10	1:00 am	1.6	0.7	12.5	SW	1.6	5.7	W	N/A	5.3
08	10	12:30 am	2.0	0.7	12.5	SW	1.6	6.5	W	N/A	5.3
08	10	12:00 am	2.0	0.7	13.3	SW	1.6	6.2	W	N/A	5.4
08	09	11:30 pm	1.6	0.7	13.3	SW	1.6	6.9	W	N/A	5.4
08	09	11:00 pm	1.6	0.7	12.5	SW	1.6	6.5	W	N/A	5.3
08	09	10:30 pm	1.6	0.7	13.3	SW	1.6	6.7	W	N/A	5.3
08	09	10:00 pm	1.6	0.7	12.5	SW	1.3	6.7	W	N/A	5.1
08	09	9:30 pm	1.6	0.7	12.5	SW	1.3	6.5	W	N/A	5.1
08	09	9:00 pm	1.6	0.7	14.3	SW	1.3	6.1	W	N/A	5.1
08	09	8:30 pm	1.6	0.7	15.4	WSW	1.3	5.4	WNW	N/A	5.1
08	09	8:00 pm	1.6	0.7	13.3	SW	1.3	6.2	W	N/A	4.9
08	09	7:30 pm	1.6	0.7	13.3	SW	1.6	6.2	W	N/A	5.1
08	09	7:00 pm	1.6	0.7	16.7	WSW	1.6	5.6	W	N/A	5.0
08	09	6:30 pm	1.6	0.7	13.3	SW	1.6	6.1	WNW	N/A	5.1
08	09	6:00 pm	2.0	0.7	13.3	SW	1.6	6.2	W	N/A	5.1
08	09	5:30 pm	1.6	0.7	14.3	SW	1.6	6.2	W	N/A	4.9
08	09	5:00 pm	2.0	0.7	13.3	SW	1.6	6.9	W	N/A	4.9
08	09	4:30 pm	1.6	0.7	12.5	SW	1.6	6.5	W	N/A	4.8
08	09	4:00 pm	2.0	0.7	13.3	SW	2.0	6.2	W	N/A	4.7
08	09	3:30 pm	2.0	0.7	13.3	SW	2.0	6.7	W	N/A	4.7
08	09	3:00 pm	2.0	0.7	14.3	WSW	2.0	6.5	WNW	N/A	4.7
08	09	2:30 pm	2.3	0.7	13.3	SW	2.3	5.7	W	N/A	5.0
08	09	2:00 pm	2.3	0.7	14.3	SW	2.3	5.4	W	N/A	5.0
08	09	1:30 pm	2.3	0.7	12.5	SW	2.0	6.9	WNW	N/A	5.2
08	09	1:00 pm	2.3	0.7	13.3	SW	2.0	6.5	WNW	N/A	5.2

Plot of wave energy versus frequency (and period)

Disclaimer: Ocean current directions are measured to the nearest 10 degrees and speeds are measured to the nearest whole centimeter per second.

Ocean Current Data for 46266

		12:30 pm PDT			12:00 pm PDT			11:30 am PDT			11:00 am PDT			10:30 am PDT			10:00 am PDT			9:30 am PDT
Depth ft		Dir °	Speed kts		Dir °	Speed kts		Dir °	Speed kts		Dir °	Speed kts		Dir °	Speed kts		Dir °	Speed kts		Dir °	Speed kts
3		0	0.39		330	0.39		330	0.33		350	0.25		310	0.31		300	0.27		310	0.21

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 46266

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