The following station list includes the 121 buoy stations used in the Marine MOS guidance. Included in the table, are the 5-character station identifiers, the station names, the 2-character state abbreviation (if appropriate), and the latitude and longitude, given in degrees and decimal degrees. For more information about any of these stations, including maps of the buoys, you can visit the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) .
41001 EAST HATTERAS N34.6800 W072.2300 41002 SOUTH HATTERAS N32.2700 W075.4200 41004 EDISTO N32.5000 W079.1000 41008 GRAYS REEF N31.4000 W080.8700 41009 CANAVERAL FL N28.5000 W080.1800 41010 CANAVERAL EAST N28.8900 W078.5200 42001 MID GULF N25.9200 W089.6800 42002 WEST GULF N25.9000 W093.5900 42003 EAST GULF N25.8800 W085.9500 42007 BILOXI N30.0900 W088.7700 42019 FREEPORT TX N27.9200 W095.3600 42020 CORPUS CHRISTI TX N26.9500 W096.7000 42035 GALVESTON TX N29.2500 W094.4100 42036 W TAMPA FL N28.5100 W084.5100 42039 PENSACOLA FL N28.8000 W086.0600 42040 S DAUPHIN ISLAND AL N29.2100 W088.2000 42041 NORTH MID GULF N27.2200 W090.4200 44004 EAST CAPE MAY NJ N38.5000 W070.4700 44005 GULF OF MAINE N43.1700 W069.2200 44007 PORTLAND ME N43.5300 W070.1400 44008 NANTUCKET MA N40.5000 W069.4300 44009 DELAWARE BAY N38.4600 W074.7000 44011 GEORGES BANK N41.0900 W066.5900 44013 BOSTON MA N42.3500 W070.6900 44014 VIRGINIA BEACH VA N36.5800 W074.8400 44025 LONG ISLAND NY N40.2500 W073.1700 45001 MID SUPERIOR N48.0600 W087.7800 45002 N MICHIGAN N45.3300 W086.4200 45003 N HURON N45.3500 W082.8400 45004 E SUPERIOR N47.5600 W086.5500 45005 W ERIE N41.6800 W082.4000 45006 W SUPERIOR N47.3200 W089.8700 45007 S MICHIGAN N42.6700 W087.0200 45008 S HURON N44.2800 W082.4200 46001 GULF OF ALASKA N56.3000 W148.1700 46002 OREGON OR N42.5700 W130.3200 46005 WASHINGTON N46.0500 W131.0200 46006 SE PAPA N40.8400 W137.4900 46011 SANTA MARIA CA N34.8800 W120.8700 46012 HALF MOON BAY N37.4500 W122.7000 46013 BODEGA CA N38.2300 W123.3300 46014 PT ARENA CA N39.2200 W123.9700 46022 EEL RIVER CA N40.7200 W124.5200 46023 D PT ARGUELLO CA N34.7100 W120.9700 46025 CATALINA RIDGE CA N33.7500 W119.0800 46026 SAN FRANCISCO CA N37.7500 W122.8200 46027 ST GEORGES CA N41.8500 W124.3800 46028 CAPE SAN MARTIN CA N35.7400 W121.8900 46029 COL RIVER BAR N46.1200 W124.5100 46030 BLUNTS REEF CA N40.4200 W124.5300 46035 BERING SEA N57.0800 W177.7800 46041 CAPE ELIZABETH WA N47.3400 W124.7500 46042 MONTEREY CA N36.7500 W122.4200 46047 TANNER BANKS N32.4300 W119.5300 46050 YAQUINA BAY N44.6200 W124.5300 46053 SANTA BARB E N34.2400 W119.8500 46054 SANTA BARB W N34.2700 W120.4500 46059 CALIFORNIA N37.9800 W130.0000 46060 N. PR. WM. SOUND N60.5800 W146.8300 46061 S. PR. WM. SOUND N60.2200 W146.8300 46062 PT. SAN LUIS CA N35.1000 W121.0100 46063 PT. CONCEPTION CA N34.2500 W120.6600 51001 NORTHWEST HAWAII N23.4000 W162.2700 51002 SOUTHWEST HAWAII N17.1500 W157.7900 51003 WEST HAWAII N19.1600 W160.7400 51004 SOUTHEAST HAWAII N17.4400 W152.5200 ABAN6 ALEXANDRIA BAY NY N44.3300 W075.9300 ALSN6 AMBROSE LS NY N40.4600 W073.8300 AUGA2 AUGUSTINE ISLAND AK N59.3800 W153.3500 BLIA2 BLIGH REEF LIGHT AK N60.8400 W146.8800 BURL1 SOUTHWEST PASS LA N28.9000 W089.4300 BUZM3 BUZZARDS BAY LS MA N41.4000 W071.0300 CARO3 CAPE ARAGO OR N43.3400 W124.3800 CDRF1 CEDAR KEY FL N29.1400 W083.0300 CHLV2 CHESAPEAKE LS VA N36.9100 W075.7100 CLKN7 CAPE LOOKOUT NC N34.6200 W076.5200 CSBF1 CAPE SAN BLAS FL N29.6700 W085.3600 DBLN6 DUNKIRK NY N42.4900 W079.3500 DESW1 DESTRUCTION IS. WA N47.6800 W124.4900 DISW3 DEVILS ISLAND WI N47.0800 W090.7300 DPIA1 DAUPHIN ISLAND AL N30.2500 W088.0700 DRFA2 DRIFT RIVER TERMINAL AK N60.5500 W152.1400 DRYF1 DRY TORTUGAS FL N24.6400 W082.8600 DSLN7 DIAMOND SHOALS LS NC N35.1500 W075.3000 DUCN7 DUCK PIER NC N36.1800 W075.7500 FBIS1 FOLLY ISLAND SC N32.6800 W079.8900 FFIA2 FIVE FINGER AK N57.2700 W133.6300 FPSN7 FRYING PAN SHOALS NC N33.4900 W077.5900 FWYF1 FOWEY ROCKS FL N25.5900 W080.1000 GDIL1 GRAND ISLE LA N29.2700 W089.9600 GLLN6 GALLOO ISLAND NY N43.8900 W076.4500 IOSN3 ISLE OF SHOALS NH N42.9700 W070.6200 KTNF1 KEATON BEACH FL N29.8200 W083.5900 LKWF1 LAKE WORTH FL N26.6100 W080.0300 LONF1 LONG KEY FL N24.8400 W080.8600 MDRM1 MOUNT DESERT ROCK ME N43.9700 W068.1300 MISM1 MATINICUS ROCK ME N43.7800 W068.8600 MLRF1 MOLASSES REEF FL N25.0100 W080.3800 MRKA2 MIDDLE ROCK LIGHT AK N61.0800 W146.6600 NWPO3 NEWPORT OR N44.6100 W124.0700 PILA2 PILOT ROCK AK N59.7400 W149.4700 PILM4 PASSAGE ISLAND MI N48.2200 W088.3700 POTA2 POTATO POINT AK N61.0600 W146.7000 PTAC1 POINT ARENA CA N38.9600 W123.7400 PTAT2 PORT ARANSAS TX N27.8300 W097.0500 PTGC1 POINT ARGUELLO CA N34.5800 W120.6500 ROAM4 ROCK OF AGES MI N47.8700 W089.3100 SANF1 SAND KEY FL N24.4600 W081.8800 SAUF1 ST. AUGUSTINE FL N29.8600 W081.2600 SBIO1 SOUTH BASS ISLAND OH N41.6300 W082.8400 SGNW3 SHEBOYGAN WI N43.7500 W087.6900 SISW1 SMITH ISLAND WA N48.3200 W122.8400 SMKF1 SOMBRERO KEY FL N24.6300 W081.1100 SPGF1 SETTLEMENT POINT N26.7000 W079.0000 SRST2 SABINE TX N29.6700 W094.0500 STDM4 STANNARD ROCK MI N47.1800 W087.2200 SUPN6 SUPERIOR SHOALS NY N44.4700 W075.8000 TPLM2 THOMAS POINT MD N38.9000 W076.4400 TTIW1 TATOOSH ISLAND WA N48.3900 W124.7400 VENF1 VENICE FL N27.0700 W082.4500 WPOW1 WEST POINT WA N47.6600 W122.4400