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Station LTQM2 - Otter Point Creek, Chesapeake Bay Reserve, MD

Owned and maintained by National Estuarine Research Reserve System
NERRS Water Quality Station
39.451 N 76.275 W (39°27'3" N 76°16'29" W)

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Station LTQM2

Ocean Conditions at LTQM2 as of
(6:00 pm EDT)
2200 GMT on 09/24/2026:
Note: This report is more than two hours old

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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): 3.6 ft
5-day plot - Ocean Temperature Ocean Temperature (OTMP):68.36 °F
5-day plot - Conductivity Conductivity (COND): 1.65 mS/cm
5-day plot - Salinity Salinity (SAL): 0.80 psu
5-day plot - Oxygen Saturation Oxygen Saturation (O2PCT):134.8%
5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM):12.20 ppm
5-day plot - Turbidity Turbidity (TURB): 11 FTU
5-day plot - pH pH (PH): 8.60
Previous observations
TIME
(EDT)		 DEPTH
ft		 5-day plot - Ocean Temperature
OTMP
°F		 5-day plot - Conductivity
COND
mS/cm		 5-day plot - Salinity
SAL
psu		 5-day plot - Oxygen Saturation
O2%
%		 5-day plot - Oxygen Concentration
O2PPM
ppm		 5-day plot - Chlorophyll
CLCON
ug/l		 5-day plot - Turbidity
TURB
FTU		 5-day plot - pH
PH
 		 5-day plot - Eh
EH
mV
2026-09-24 05:45 pm 3.668.54 1.65 0.80133.7012.00- 10 8.60-
2026-09-24 05:30 pm 3.668.72 1.65 0.80132.8011.90- 10 8.50-
2026-09-24 05:15 pm 3.669.08 1.62 0.80132.4011.80- 9 8.50-
2026-09-24 05:00 pm 3.369.44 1.61 0.80131.3011.70- 8 8.40-
2026-09-24 04:45 pm 3.369.26 1.59 0.80119.4010.70- 8 8.00-
2026-09-24 04:30 pm 3.369.08 1.57 0.80106.60 9.50- 16 7.60-
2026-09-24 04:15 pm 3.369.08 1.57 0.80105.60 9.40- 8 7.60-
2026-09-24 04:00 pm 3.069.08 1.57 0.80107.30 9.60- 8 7.60-
2026-09-24 03:45 pm 3.068.72 1.57 0.8098.30 8.80- 7 7.50-
2026-09-24 03:30 pm 3.068.54 1.57 0.8095.30 8.60- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 03:15 pm 2.668.54 1.57 0.80100.10 9.00- 8 7.50-
2026-09-24 03:00 pm 2.668.36 1.57 0.8093.30 8.40- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 02:45 pm 2.668.00 1.57 0.8092.60 8.40- 8 7.40-
2026-09-24 02:30 pm 2.667.82 1.57 0.8091.80 8.30- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 02:15 pm 2.667.82 1.57 0.8094.60 8.60- 10 7.40-
2026-09-24 02:00 pm 2.667.82 1.58 0.8095.30 8.70- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 01:45 pm 2.667.46 1.58 0.8091.50 8.30- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 01:30 pm 2.667.10 1.58 0.8091.20 8.30- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 01:15 pm 2.666.92 1.58 0.8090.20 8.30- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 01:00 pm 2.666.92 1.58 0.8092.70 8.50- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 12:45 pm 2.666.74 1.57 0.8091.60 8.40- 7 7.40-
2026-09-24 12:30 pm 2.666.74 1.58 0.8095.20 8.80- 8 7.50-
2026-09-24 12:15 pm 2.666.74 1.61 0.8097.10 8.90- 8 7.50-
2026-09-24 12:00 pm 2.666.74 1.65 0.8097.00 8.90- 9 7.60-
2026-09-24 11:45 am 2.666.56 1.67 0.8095.60 8.80- 8 7.60-
2026-09-24 11:30 am 3.066.56 1.70 0.9096.00 8.80- 9 7.60-
2026-09-24 11:15 am 3.066.20 1.70 0.9093.00 8.60- 9 7.50-
2026-09-24 11:00 am 3.066.20 1.70 0.9090.50 8.40- 9 7.50-
2026-09-24 10:45 am 3.066.20 1.70 0.9088.30 8.20- 9 7.40-
2026-09-24 10:30 am 3.066.02 1.71 0.9085.90 8.00- 9 7.40-
2026-09-24 10:15 am 3.365.84 1.71 0.9084.50 7.80- 10 7.40-
2026-09-24 10:00 am 3.365.66 1.70 0.9081.00 7.50- 10 7.30-
2026-09-24 09:45 am 3.365.66 1.68 0.9075.20 7.00- 9 7.20-
2026-09-24 09:30 am 3.365.48 1.67 0.9073.90 6.90- 9 7.20-
2026-09-24 09:15 am 3.365.48 1.67 0.8072.00 6.70- 9 7.20-
2026-09-24 07:00 am 3.665.84 1.66 0.8070.50 6.50- 9 7.20-
2026-09-24 06:45 am 3.665.84 1.65 0.8070.20 6.50- 9 7.20-
2026-09-24 06:30 am 3.666.02 1.67 0.9072.90 6.70- 9 7.20-
2026-09-24 06:15 am 3.666.20 1.67 0.9072.40 6.70- 10 7.20-
2026-09-24 06:00 am 3.666.20 1.64 0.8070.30 6.50- 8 7.20-
2026-09-24 05:45 am 3.366.20 1.63 0.8070.80 6.50- 9 7.20-
2026-09-24 05:30 am 3.366.20 1.62 0.8071.10 6.60- 9 7.20-
2026-09-24 05:15 am 3.366.20 1.61 0.8071.20 6.60- 8 7.20-
2026-09-24 05:00 am 3.366.20 1.60 0.8071.20 6.60- 8 7.20-
2026-09-24 04:45 am 3.366.38 1.60 0.8072.00 6.60- 7 7.20-
2026-09-24 04:30 am 3.366.56 1.60 0.8072.90 6.70- 8 7.20-
2026-09-24 04:15 am 3.366.56 1.60 0.8074.00 6.80- 8 7.20-
2026-09-24 04:00 am 3.366.56 1.60 0.8074.50 6.90- 8 7.20-
2026-09-24 03:45 am 3.066.56 1.60 0.8076.40 7.00- 8 7.20-
2026-09-24 03:30 am 3.066.56 1.59 0.8077.40 7.10- 8 7.20-
2026-09-24 03:15 am 3.066.74 1.59 0.8079.00 7.30- 8 7.30-
2026-09-24 03:00 am 3.066.56 1.58 0.8080.20 7.40- 8 7.30-
2026-09-24 02:45 am 3.066.74 1.58 0.8081.50 7.50- 8 7.30-
2026-09-24 02:30 am 3.066.74 1.58 0.8082.80 7.60- 9 7.30-
2026-09-24 02:15 am 3.066.92 1.59 0.8082.60 7.60- 10 7.30-
2026-09-24 02:00 am 2.666.92 1.58 0.8084.20 7.70- 10 7.30-
2026-09-24 01:45 am 2.667.10 1.58 0.8085.30 7.80- 11 7.30-
2026-09-24 01:30 am 2.667.28 1.58 0.8085.10 7.80- 10 7.30-
2026-09-24 01:15 am 2.667.28 1.58 0.8085.40 7.80- 10 7.30-