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Station NIWS1 - Oyster Landing, North Inlet-Winyah Bay Reserve, SC Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations for station NIWS1

Owned and maintained by National Estuarine Research Reserve System
NERRS Weather Station
33.349 N 79.189 W (33°20'58" N 79°11'20" W)

Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 3.7 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 4.6 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: 1.2 m above mean sea level

Water Quality data for this Reserve are available at....
DBQS1 -- Debidue Creek
NIQS1 -- Oyster Landing
WYSS1 -- Winyah Bay Surface
WYBS1 -- Winyah Bay Bottom

Search And Rescue (SAR) Data

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Station NIWS1

Conditions at NIWS1 as of
(10:45 pm EDT on 05/15/2025)
0245 GMT on 05/16/2025:
     

Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.

5-day plot - Wind Direction Wind Direction (WDIR): S ( 190 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 7.0 kts
5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure Atmospheric Pressure (PRES):29.88 in
5-day plot - Air Temperature Air Temperature (ATMP): 75.6 °F
5-day plot - Dew Point Dew Point (DEWP): 74.1 °F
5-day plot - Wind Speed, Wind Gust and Atmospheric Pressure Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure
Previous observations
TIME
(EDT)		 5-day plot - Wind Direction
WDIR
 		 5-day plot - Wind Speed
WSPD
kts		 5-day plot - Wind Gust
GST
kts		 5-day plot - Wave Height
WVHT
ft		 5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period
DPD
sec		 5-day plot - Average Wave Period
APD
sec		 5-day plot - Mean Wave Direction
MWD
 		 5-day plot - Atmospheric Pressure
PRES
in		 5-day plot - Pressure Tendency
PTDY
in		 5-day plot - Air Temperature
ATMP
°F		 5-day plot - Water Temperature
WTMP
°F		 5-day plot - Dew Point
DEWP
°F		 5-day plot - Salinity
SAL
psu		 5-day plot - Visibility
VIS
nmi		 5-day plot - Tide (above MLLW)
TIDE
ft
2025-05-15 10:30 pm S 7.0-----29.88- 75.6- 74.1---
2025-05-15 10:15 pm S 7.0-----29.88- 75.6- 73.8---
2025-05-15 10:00 pm S 7.0-----29.88+0.06 75.7- 73.6---
2025-05-15 09:45 pm S 7.0-----29.85- 75.7- 73.6---
2025-05-15 09:30 pm S 7.0-----29.85- 75.7- 73.2---
2025-05-15 09:15 pm S 8.0-----29.85- 75.9- 73.2---
2025-05-15 09:00 pm S 8.9-----29.85+0.03 76.3- 73.2---
2025-05-15 08:45 pm S 9.9-----29.85- 76.5- 73.0---
2025-05-15 08:30 pm S 11.1-----29.85- 76.6- 72.9---
2025-05-15 08:15 pm S 11.1-----29.83- 77.0- 72.7---
2025-05-15 08:00 pm S 11.1-----29.83-0.03 77.5- 72.5---
2025-05-15 07:45 pm S 11.1-----29.83- 78.3- 71.8---
2025-05-15 07:30 pm S 12.0-----29.83- 79.2- 72.0---
2025-05-15 07:15 pm S 12.0-----29.83- 79.7- 71.6---
2025-05-15 07:00 pm S 12.0-----29.83-0.03 80.2- 71.8---
2025-05-15 06:45 pm S 13.0-----29.83- 80.1- 71.2---
2025-05-15 06:30 pm S 14.0-----29.83- 80.8- 71.2---
2025-05-15 06:15 pm S 14.0-----29.83- 81.3- 70.5---
2025-05-15 06:00 pm S 14.0-----29.83-0.06 81.3- 70.5---
2025-05-15 05:45 pm S 14.0-----29.83- 81.1- 70.3---
2025-05-15 05:30 pm S 14.0-----29.83- 81.3- 70.5---
2025-05-15 05:15 pm S 15.0-----29.83- 81.1- 71.1---
2025-05-15 05:00 pm S 14.0-----29.85-0.03 81.3- 72.1---
2025-05-15 04:45 pm S 14.0-----29.85- 81.0- 72.1---
2025-05-15 04:30 pmSSE 13.0-----29.85- 81.1- 72.3---
2025-05-15 04:15 pmSSE 15.0-----29.85- 81.3- 72.5---
2025-05-15 04:00 pmSSE 15.0-----29.85-0.03 81.9- 73.8---
2025-05-15 03:45 pmSSE 15.0-----29.85- 82.0- 73.6---
2025-05-15 03:30 pmSSE 14.0-----29.85- 81.9- 74.1---
2025-05-15 03:15 pmSSE 15.0-----29.88- 81.5- 74.5---
2025-05-15 03:00 pmSSE 14.0-----29.88-0.03 81.7- 75.0---
2025-05-15 02:45 pmSSE 13.0-----29.88- 81.5- 75.2---
2025-05-15 02:30 pmSSE 14.0-----29.88- 81.5- 74.8---
2025-05-15 02:15 pmSSE 13.0-----29.88- 81.5- 73.8---
2025-05-15 02:00 pmSSE 14.0-----29.88-0.03 81.7- 73.2---
2025-05-15 01:45 pmSSE 14.0-----29.88- 81.9- 73.4---
2025-05-15 01:30 pmSSE 14.0-----29.88- 82.2- 73.8---
2025-05-15 01:15 pmSSE 13.0-----29.88- 82.2- 74.5---
2025-05-15 01:00 pmSSE 13.0-----29.88-0.03 81.9- 74.8---
2025-05-15 12:45 pmSSE 13.0-----29.91- 82.0- 74.3---
2025-05-15 12:30 pmSSE 12.0-----29.91- 82.4- 74.3---
2025-05-15 12:15 pm SE 12.0-----29.91- 82.8- 74.7---
2025-05-15 12:00 pm SE 9.9-----29.91+0.00 84.0- 73.0---
2025-05-15 11:45 amSSE 8.0-----29.91- 84.0- 70.0---
2025-05-15 11:30 amSSE 8.9-----29.91- 83.5- 69.4---
2025-05-15 11:15 amSSE 8.0-----29.91- 83.5- 70.0---
2025-05-15 11:00 am S 7.0-----29.91+0.00 83.1- 70.0---
2025-05-15 10:45 am S 8.9-----29.91- 82.4- 70.2---
2025-05-15 10:30 am S 8.0-----29.91- 82.0- 70.7---
2025-05-15 10:15 am S 7.0-----29.91- 81.9- 71.8---
2025-05-15 10:00 am S 6.0-----29.91+0.03 81.1- 72.0---
2025-05-15 09:45 am S 6.0-----29.91- 80.4- 72.0---
2025-05-15 09:30 am S 6.0-----29.91- 79.9- 72.1---
2025-05-15 09:15 am S 6.0-----29.91- 79.2- 72.7---
2025-05-15 09:00 am S 6.0-----29.91+0.03 78.4- 72.7---
2025-05-15 08:45 am S 6.0-----29.91- 77.5- 72.9---
2025-05-15 08:30 am S 6.0-----29.91- 76.8- 73.0---
2025-05-15 08:15 am S 5.1-----29.91- 76.1- 73.4---
2025-05-15 08:00 am S 6.0-----29.91+0.03 75.2- 73.4---
2025-05-15 07:45 am S 6.0-----29.88- 74.5- 73.2---
2025-05-15 07:30 am S 6.0-----29.88- 73.9- 73.4---
2025-05-15 07:15 am S 7.0-----29.88- 73.4- 73.0---
2025-05-15 07:00 am S 7.0-----29.88+0.00 72.7- 72.7---
2025-05-15 06:45 am S 7.0-----29.88- 72.3- 72.3---
2025-05-15 06:30 amSSW 7.0-----29.88- 72.1- 72.1---
2025-05-15 06:15 am S 7.0-----29.88- 72.1- 71.8---
2025-05-15 06:00 am S 7.0-----29.88+0.00 72.0- 71.6---
2025-05-15 05:45 amSSW 6.0-----29.88- 71.6- 71.1---
2025-05-15 05:30 amSSW 5.1-----29.88- 71.6- 71.1---
2025-05-15 05:15 am S 5.1-----29.88- 71.6- 70.7---
2025-05-15 05:00 amSSW 5.1-----29.88+0.00 71.6- 70.7---
2025-05-15 04:45 amSSW 4.1-----29.88- 71.6- 70.3---
2025-05-15 04:30 amSSW 4.1-----29.88- 72.0- 70.5---
2025-05-15 04:15 am S 4.1-----29.88- 72.1- 70.7---
2025-05-15 04:00 amSSW 5.1-----29.88+0.00 72.1- 70.7---
2025-05-15 03:45 am S 5.1-----29.88- 72.3- 70.9---
2025-05-15 03:30 am S 4.1-----29.88- 72.7- 71.4---
2025-05-15 03:15 am S 5.1-----29.88- 72.7- 71.4---
2025-05-15 03:00 am S 5.1-----29.88+0.00 73.0- 71.8---
2025-05-15 02:45 am S 5.1-----29.88- 73.0- 71.6---
2025-05-15 02:30 am S 5.1-----29.88- 73.0- 71.6---
2025-05-15 02:15 am S 6.0-----29.88- 73.2- 71.4---
2025-05-15 02:00 am S 8.0-----29.88+0.00 73.4- 71.2---
2025-05-15 01:45 am S 8.0-----29.88- 73.6- 71.2---
2025-05-15 01:30 am S 7.0-----29.88- 73.6- 71.2---
2025-05-15 01:15 am S 7.0-----29.88- 73.8- 71.1---
2025-05-15 01:00 am S 6.0-----29.88+0.00 73.8- 71.1---
2025-05-15 12:45 am S 6.0-----29.88- 73.9- 70.9---
2025-05-15 12:30 am S 7.0-----29.88- 73.9- 70.2---
2025-05-15 12:15 am S 7.0-----29.88- 74.1- 70.3---
2025-05-15 12:00 am S 7.0-----29.88+0.03 73.8- 70.7---