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Station 41036 - Onslow Bay, NC

Funding provided by the University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
3-meter discus buoy
ARES payload
34.211 N 76.953 W (34°12'39" N 76°57'9" W)

Water depth: 30.8 m
Watch circle radius: 120 yards

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Ocean Current Data for 41036

These ocean current data are displayed in rounded times.

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7     10 0.23    20 0.23    40 0.17    70 0.29    60 0.35    70 0.41    50 0.43    40 0.43    40 0.45    40 0.37    30 0.29    30 0.35    20 0.31    30 0.21    40 0.25    70 0.31    50 0.21    70 0.43    50 0.39    50 0.37    40 0.31    20 0.31    360 0.21    300 0.23
10     20 0.25    10 0.17    60 0.16    80 0.23    70 0.29    60 0.37    60 0.45    60 0.45    50 0.41    50 0.37    40 0.35    40 0.31    20 0.14    30 0.06    330 0.04    110 0.02    70 0.16    60 0.37    60 0.31    50 0.31    30 0.23    30 0.17    0 0.23    320 0.17
16     10 0.29    10 0.17    60 0.17    60 0.19    70 0.23    70 0.27    70 0.47    60 0.47    50 0.45    50 0.39    50 0.39    30 0.33    360 0.14    30 0.10    60 0.19    80 0.27    80 0.35    80 0.37    70 0.33    60 0.25    30 0.14    60 0.16    360 0.21    320 0.17
23     10 0.23    10 0.19    90 0.06    90 0.16    60 0.12    70 0.27    70 0.45    60 0.45    50 0.43    50 0.37    50 0.35    40 0.31    30 0.17    30 0.17    70 0.21    80 0.37    80 0.39    90 0.31    80 0.27    60 0.29    340 0.17    60 0.21    40 0.21    320 0.17
30     20 0.17    10 0.17    330 0.00    100 0.14    70 0.23    80 0.25    70 0.43    60 0.43    50 0.39    50 0.35    50 0.31    40 0.31    30 0.17    30 0.17    70 0.23    80 0.35    80 0.35    80 0.35    80 0.27    80 0.21    340 0.14    120 0.04    40 0.16    330 0.16
36     10 0.14    10 0.12    320 0.06    90 0.23    70 0.35    80 0.27    60 0.39    60 0.29    50 0.31    40 0.21    50 0.25    40 0.29    350 0.19    30 0.17    70 0.19    80 0.29    80 0.35    90 0.33    90 0.23    80 0.29    60 0.14    180 0.19    30 0.21    340 0.16
43     0 0.27    240 0.10    40 0.08    110 0.17    60 0.31    70 0.27    60 0.25    60 0.16    40 0.17    30 0.16    50 0.16    30 0.16    330 0.10    30 0.16    60 0.08    80 0.21    80 0.33    90 0.31    90 0.27    90 0.29    70 0.21    150 0.14    40 0.12    350 0.10
49     10 0.27    350 0.06    60 0.14    110 0.17    70 0.27    80 0.27    60 0.23    50 0.19    40 0.17    30 0.16    20 0.12    30 0.10    10 0.17    10 0.08    40 0.14    130 0.06    90 0.29    100 0.25    100 0.27    90 0.29    70 0.25    70 0.25    40 0.23    350 0.12
56     0 0.25    30 0.19    60 0.14    90 0.17    70 0.27    70 0.31    60 0.21    50 0.23    50 0.21    40 0.21    30 0.12    40 0.06    20 0.14    300 0.06    100 0.17    130 0.06    100 0.25    100 0.21    100 0.27    90 0.27    80 0.27    70 0.23    30 0.21    350 0.10
62     10 0.23    30 0.19    60 0.12    80 0.19    80 0.29    80 0.33    70 0.23    70 0.27    50 0.27    40 0.27    30 0.10    30 0.04    20 0.16    20 0.12    80 0.08    130 0.02    110 0.21    110 0.19    110 0.27    100 0.25    80 0.23    70 0.17    40 0.21    360 0.10
69     20 0.23    30 0.21    60 0.10    80 0.19    80 0.31    80 0.33    70 0.25    70 0.27    50 0.25    40 0.31    50 0.12    20 0.08    0 0.16    340 0.16    60 0.02    100 0.02    110 0.17    120 0.17    110 0.27    100 0.23    80 0.21    70 0.17    30 0.16    350 0.10
75     20 0.21    30 0.19    50 0.12    90 0.21    90 0.31    80 0.29    70 0.25    70 0.23    60 0.25    50 0.29    40 0.16    20 0.12    0 0.17    350 0.16    360 0.06    80 0.04    120 0.16    110 0.16    110 0.27    100 0.25    80 0.17    70 0.17    40 0.17    360 0.12
82     40 0.16    30 0.19    60 0.12    80 0.19    90 0.35    80 0.29    80 0.23    70 0.27    60 0.23    40 0.27    30 0.21    10 0.14    350 0.17    350 0.16    350 0.08    70 0.06    120 0.12    120 0.17    100 0.23    90 0.16    80 0.16    70 0.19    60 0.19    360 0.12
89     190 0.12    30 0.08    350 0.02    70 0.06    100 0.06    80 0.08    70 0.14    60 0.12    40 0.16    30 0.12    30 0.14    20 0.10    330 0.08    320 0.10    340 0.06    70 0.04    120 0.06    140 0.06    140 0.02    90 0.08    60 0.02    250 0.04    50 0.16    10 0.08

Ocean Current Stick Plots are available in metric units only:
     1-day plot - ocean current 1-day plot      3-day plot - ocean current 3-day plot      5-day plot - ocean current 5-day plot


Description of Measurements

Links which are specific to this station are listed below:

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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.

The weekly status report and the weekly maintenance report also provide valuable station information.

Note that the payload types and the station locations occasionally change.
Please refer to the NDBC data inventory for the data history of each station.


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