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Station SSBN7 - Sunset Beach Nearshore Waves (SUN2WAVE)

Owned and maintained by Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP)
Waverider Buoy
33.841 N 78.482 W (33°50'29" N 78°28'55" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 9.75 m below water line
Water depth: 9.75 m

Right whales are active off NC from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater within the vicinity of this station between November 1 and April 30. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike.

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Conditions at SSBN7 as of
(8:00 am EDT)
1200 GMT on 08/21/2018:
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):	1.3 ft
	Dominant Wave Period (DPD):	5 sec
	Mean Wave Direction (MWD):	SSW ( 209 deg true )

Previous observations

MM	DD	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
08	21	7:00 am	-	-	-	1.3	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	6:00 am	-	-	-	1.3	5	-	SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	5:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	4:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	3:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	2:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	12:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	11:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	8:00 pm	-	-	-	1.3	5	-	SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	7:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	6:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	5:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	4:00 pm	-	-	-	2.0	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	3:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	2:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	1:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	12:00 pm	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	11:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:00 am	-	-	-	1.6	5	-	S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Detailed Wave Summary
for SSBN7 as of (8:00 am EDT)
1200 GMT on 08/21/2018:
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):	1.3 ft

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EDT)	WVHT ft	SwH ft	SwP sec	SwD	WWH ft	WWP sec	WWD	STEEPNESS	APD sec
08	21	7:00 am	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	21	6:00 am	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	21	5:00 am	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	21	4:00 am	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	21	3:00 am	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	21	2:00 am	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	21	12:00 am	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	11:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	10:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	9:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	8:00 pm	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	7:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	6:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	5:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	4:00 pm	2.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	3:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	2:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	1:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	12:00 pm	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	11:00 am	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	10:00 am	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-
08	20	9:00 am	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	N/A	-

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 SSBN7

	8:10 am EDT		7:50 am EDT		7:10 am EDT		6:50 am EDT		6:10 am EDT		5:50 am EDT
Depth ft	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts	Dir °	Speed kts
3	130	0.17	100	0.19	90	0.19	90	0.29	80	0.29	80	0.21
33	30	0.08	70	0.19	10	0.12	40	0.17	60	0.10	350	0.14

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for SSBN7

Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:

All Instruments - 1-day plot - ocean current 1-day plot 3-day plot - ocean current 3-day plot 5-day plot - ocean current 5-day plot

Ocean Conditions at SSBN7 as of
(8:10 am EDT)
1210 GMT on 08/21/2018:
These oceanographic 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.
	Depth (DEPTH):	32.2 ft
	Ocean Temperature (OTMP):	77.88 °F

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EDT)	DEPTH ft	OTMP °F	COND mS/cm	SAL psu	O2% %	O2PPM ppm	CLCON ug/l	TURB FTU	PH	EH mv
08	21	7:50 am	32.2	77.95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	7:10 am	32.2	77.86	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	6:50 am	32.2	77.95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	6:10 am	32.2	77.86	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	5:50 am	32.2	77.95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	5:10 am	32.2	77.88	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	4:50 am	32.2	77.97	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	4:10 am	32.2	77.92	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	3:50 am	32.2	78.03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	3:10 am	32.2	77.99	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	2:50 am	32.2	78.04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	2:10 am	32.2	78.13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	1:50 am	32.2	78.19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	21	12:10 am	32.2	78.42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	11:50 pm	32.2	78.42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	11:10 pm	32.2	78.49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:50 pm	32.2	78.53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:10 pm	32.2	78.60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:50 pm	32.2	78.62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:10 pm	32.2	78.67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	8:50 pm	32.2	78.69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	8:10 pm	32.2	78.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	7:50 pm	32.2	78.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	7:10 pm	32.2	78.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	6:50 pm	32.2	78.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	6:10 pm	32.2	78.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	5:50 pm	32.2	78.82	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	5:10 pm	32.2	78.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	4:50 pm	32.2	78.78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	4:10 pm	32.2	78.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	3:50 pm	32.2	78.84	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	3:10 pm	32.2	78.94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	2:50 pm	32.2	78.98	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	2:10 pm	32.2	79.11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	1:50 pm	32.2	79.23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	1:10 pm	32.2	79.59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	12:50 pm	32.2	79.97	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	12:10 pm	32.2	80.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	11:50 am	32.2	80.19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	11:10 am	32.2	80.42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:50 am	32.2	80.65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	10:10 am	32.2	80.89	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:50 am	32.2	81.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	9:10 am	32.2	81.27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
08	20	8:50 am	32.2	81.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Description of Measurements

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Real Time Data in tabular form for the last forty-five days.

Historical Data & Climatic Summaries for quality controlled data for the current month, previous months, and previous years.