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Station 42856 - Titanium Explorer - Walker Ridge 425

Station operated by Petrobras - USA
Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit
26.520 N 90.531 W (26°31'12" N 90°31'51" W)

Water depth: 2695.3 m

Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Image indicating link to RSS feed of recent meteorological observations near station 42856

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 42856

Unit of Measure:   Time Zone:   
    5:56 am CST
Depth
ft		   Dir
°		Speed
kts
243     250 0.23
348     260 0.14
453     230 0.10
558     140 0.08
663     140 0.19
768     180 0.17
873     170 0.19
978     180 0.19
1083     200 0.19
1188     190 0.14
1293     140 0.04
1398     230 0.02
1503     20 0.02
1608     360 0.10
1713     310 0.08
1818     330 0.08
1923     330 0.08
2028     320 0.08
2133     0 0.06
2238     60 0.08
2342     60 0.10
2447     40 0.06
2552     70 0.08
2657     90 0.10
2762     70 0.10
2867     80 0.06

Previous (up to 48) reports of ocean current data for 42856

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:

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.

Raw ADCP data files are available for this station.