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Station 44066 (LLNR 3) - Texas Tower #4 - 75 NM East of Long Beach, NJ

Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
3-meter foam buoy
SCOOP payload
39.618 N 72.644 W (39°37'6" N 72°38'40" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 3.7 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 4.1 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 2.7 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 1.5 m below water line
Water depth: 77 m
Watch circle radius: 155 yards

Buoy recovered 4/16/24.

Right whales are active off NJ from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater in specific areas along the mid-Atlantic coast. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike

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Station 44066