Station 44072 - York Spit, VA 
Owned and maintained by Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System
Moored Buoy
37.201 N 76.266 W (37°12'2" N 76°15'58" W)
Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 3 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 3 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 1 m above mean sea level
Sea temp depth: 0.5 m below water line


(24 hours for tsunami stations)
Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation. | |
![]() | N ( 360 deg true ) |
![]() | 13.6 kts |
![]() | 17.5 kts |
![]() | 1.3 ft |
![]() | 4 sec |
![]() | 67.6 °F |
![]() | 67.3 °F |
![]() | 18.89 psu |
![]() | 15.5 kts |
![]() | 17.5 kts |
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Disclaimer: Ocean current directions are reported to the nearest 10 degrees and speeds are measured to the nearest whole centimeter per second.
Ocean Current Data for 44072
7:00 pm EDT | 6:54 pm EDT | 6:48 pm EDT | 6:42 pm EDT | 6:36 pm EDT | 6:30 pm EDT | 6:24 pm EDT | 6:18 pm EDT | |||||||||
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Depth ft | Dir ° | Speed kts |
Dir ° | Speed kts |
Dir ° | Speed kts |
Dir ° | Speed kts |
Dir ° | Speed kts |
Dir ° | Speed kts |
Dir ° | Speed kts |
Dir ° | Speed kts |
10 | 290 | 0.66 | 300 | 0.64 | 310 | 0.62 | 300 | 0.64 | 300 | 0.66 | 300 | 0.72 | 300 | 0.72 | 290 | 0.72 |
Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 44072
Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:
All Instruments - 1-day plot
3-day plot
5-day plot
These oceanographic data are displayed in rounded times. Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation. | |
Depth (DEPTH): | 3.3 ft |
![]() | 67.30 °F |
![]() | 18.89 psu |
Links which are specific to this station are listed below:
Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.
Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for prior months and years.