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Station 44086 - Nags Head, NC (243)

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Data provided by Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Waverider Buoy
36.001 N 75.421 W (36°0'5" N 75°25'16" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 0.46 m below water line
Water depth: 21 m

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Conditions at 44086 as of
(8:00 am EDT)
1200 GMT on 07/23/2026:
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):	3.6 ft
Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	6 sec
Average Period (APD):	5.1 sec
Mean Wave Direction (MWD):	SSE ( 154 deg true )
Air Temperature (ATMP):	76.5 °F
Water Temperature (WTMP):	77.2 °F

Previous observations
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
2026-07-23 07:30 am	-	-	-	3.6	6	4.9	SSE	-	-	76.5	76.8	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 07:00 am	-	-	-	3.6	6	5.0	SSE	-	-	76.3	76.3	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 06:30 am	-	-	-	3.6	6	5.1	SSE	-	-	76.3	75.6	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 06:00 am	-	-	-	3.6	6	5.1	SSE	-	-	75.9	75.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 05:30 am	-	-	-	3.6	6	4.9	SSE	-	-	75.9	74.5	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 05:00 am	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.9	SSE	-	-	75.4	74.1	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 04:30 am	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.9	SSE	-	-	74.7	73.8	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 04:00 am	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.7	SSE	-	-	74.8	73.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 03:30 am	-	-	-	3.9	5	4.7	SSE	-	-	75.0	72.5	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 03:00 am	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.2	70.9	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 02:30 am	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.0	70.2	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 02:00 am	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.4	70.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 01:30 am	-	-	-	4.6	5	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.9	69.6	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 01:00 am	-	-	-	4.6	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.2	69.6	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 12:30 am	-	-	-	4.6	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.6	69.6	-	-	-	-
2026-07-23 12:00 am	-	-	-	4.6	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.9	69.8	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 11:30 pm	-	-	-	4.6	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	76.3	69.8	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 11:00 pm	-	-	-	4.6	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	76.5	70.2	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 10:30 pm	-	-	-	4.6	5	4.5	SSE	-	-	77.0	70.3	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 10:00 pm	-	-	-	4.6	6	4.4	SSE	-	-	76.8	70.5	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 09:30 pm	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	77.2	71.6	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 09:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	5	4.4	SSE	-	-	77.2	71.6	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 08:30 pm	-	-	-	4.6	5	4.5	SSE	-	-	76.6	71.8	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 08:00 pm	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.4	SSE	-	-	77.0	71.8	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 07:30 pm	-	-	-	4.6	6	4.6	SSE	-	-	77.2	72.1	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 07:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	5	4.4	SSE	-	-	77.4	72.5	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 06:30 pm	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	77.5	72.5	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 06:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.4	SSE	-	-	77.9	72.7	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 05:30 pm	-	-	-	4.3	5	4.6	SSE	-	-	77.7	72.7	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 05:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	5	4.5	SSE	-	-	77.9	73.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 04:30 pm	-	-	-	4.3	5	4.5	SSE	-	-	77.9	73.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 04:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.4	SSE	-	-	78.1	73.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 03:30 pm	-	-	-	4.6	5	4.5	SSE	-	-	78.4	73.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 03:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	78.4	73.2	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 02:30 pm	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.4	SSE	-	-	78.4	72.9	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 02:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	5	4.4	SSE	-	-	78.1	72.3	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 01:30 pm	-	-	-	4.3	5	4.4	SSE	-	-	78.1	72.3	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 01:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.3	SSE	-	-	77.2	72.3	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 12:30 pm	-	-	-	4.6	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	76.3	72.3	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 12:00 pm	-	-	-	4.3	5	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.7	72.5	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 11:30 am	-	-	-	3.9	5	4.3	SSE	-	-	76.3	72.5	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 11:00 am	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.7	72.1	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 10:30 am	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.6	72.1	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 10:00 am	-	-	-	4.3	7	4.4	SSE	-	-	76.3	72.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 09:30 am	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	-	72.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 09:00 am	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.4	S	-	-	75.6	72.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 08:30 am	-	-	-	4.3	6	4.4	SSE	-	-	75.9	72.0	-	-	-	-
2026-07-22 08:00 am	-	-	-	3.9	6	4.5	SSE	-	-	75.7	72.1	-	-	-	-

Wave Summary
for 44086 as of (8:30 am EDT)
1230 GMT on 07/23/2026:
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):	3.6 ft
Swell Height (SwH):	0.3 ft
Swell Period (SwP):	10.0 sec
Swell Direction (SwD):	ESE
Wind Wave Height (WWH):	3.6 ft
Wind Wave Period (WWP):	5.7 sec
Wind Wave Direction (WWD):	SSE
Wave Steepness (STEEPNESS):	STEEP
Average Wave Period (APD):	5.0 sec

Previous observations
TIME (EDT)	WVHT ft	SwH ft	SwP sec	SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec	WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec
2026-07-23 08:00 am	3.6	0.3	10.0	ESE	3.6	5.9	SSE	STEEP	5.1
2026-07-23 07:30 am	3.6	0.3	10.0	SE	3.3	5.9	SSE	STEEP	4.9
2026-07-23 07:00 am	3.6	0.3	10.0	SE	3.6	5.9	SSE	STEEP	5.0
2026-07-23 06:30 am	3.6	0.3	10.0	SE	3.6	5.7	SSE	STEEP	5.1
2026-07-23 06:00 am	3.6	0.7	10.0	SE	3.6	5.6	SSE	STEEP	5.1
2026-07-23 05:30 am	3.6	0.3	10.0	SE	3.6	5.7	SSE	STEEP	4.9
2026-07-23 05:00 am	3.9	0.3	10.0	SE	3.9	6.1	SSE	STEEP	4.9
2026-07-23 04:30 am	3.6	0.3	10.0	SE	3.6	5.6	SSE	STEEP	4.9
2026-07-23 04:00 am	3.9	0.7	10.0	SE	3.9	6.1	SSE	STEEP	4.7
2026-07-23 03:30 am	3.9	0.3	10.0	SE	3.9	5.4	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.7
2026-07-23 03:00 am	3.9	0.3	10.0	SE	3.9	5.9	SSE	STEEP	4.5
2026-07-23 02:30 am	4.3	0.7	10.0	ESE	4.3	5.6	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-23 02:00 am	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	6.1	SSE	STEEP	4.5
2026-07-23 01:30 am	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.3	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-23 01:00 am	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.7	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-23 12:30 am	4.6	0.3	10.0	ESE	4.6	6.1	SSE	STEEP	4.5
2026-07-23 12:00 am	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.6	6.1	SSE	STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 11:30 pm	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.6	5.6	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 11:00 pm	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.6	5.7	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 10:30 pm	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.6	5.4	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 10:00 pm	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.6	5.9	SSE	STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 09:30 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	ESE	4.3	5.7	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 09:00 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.3	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 08:30 pm	4.6	0.3	10.0	ESE	4.6	5.1	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 08:00 pm	3.9	0.3	10.0	ESE	3.9	5.7	SSE	STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 07:30 pm	4.6	0.7	10.0	SE	4.6	5.7	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.6
2026-07-22 07:00 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.4	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 06:30 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.9	SSE	STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 06:00 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	6.5	SSE	STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 05:30 pm	4.3	0.7	10.0	SE	4.3	5.4	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.6
2026-07-22 05:00 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.1	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 04:30 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	3.9	4.5	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 04:00 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.6	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 03:30 pm	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.3	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 03:00 pm	4.3	0.7	10.0	SE	4.3	5.7	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 02:30 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	6.1	SSE	STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 02:00 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	ESE	4.3	5.4	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 01:30 pm	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.4	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 01:00 pm	4.3	0.7	10.0	SE	4.3	6.1	SSE	STEEP	4.3
2026-07-22 12:30 pm	4.6	0.3	10.0	SE	4.6	5.7	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 12:00 pm	4.3	0.3	10.5	SE	4.3	5.0	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 11:30 am	3.9	0.3	10.0	SE	3.9	4.9	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.3
2026-07-22 11:00 am	3.9	0.3	10.0	SE	3.9	6.5	SSE	STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 10:30 am	4.3	0.3	10.0	SE	4.3	5.7	SSE	VERY_STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 10:00 am	3.9	0.7	10.0	SE	3.9	7.1	SSE	AVERAGE	4.4
2026-07-22 09:30 am	4.3	0.3	10.0	ESE	4.3	6.2	SSE	STEEP	4.5
2026-07-22 09:00 am	4.3	0.7	10.0	SE	4.3	6.1	S	STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 08:30 am	4.3	0.7	10.0	ESE	4.3	6.2	SSE	STEEP	4.4
2026-07-22 08:00 am	3.9	0.3	10.0	ESE	3.9	5.9	SSE	STEEP	4.5

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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 44086

Depth ft	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts
	8:00 am EDT		7:30 am EDT		7:00 am EDT		6:30 am EDT		6:00 am EDT		5:30 am EDT		5:00 am EDT
3	170	1.09	170	1.01	170	1.01	170	0.93	160	0.82	150	0.45	150	0.85

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