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NDBC 46251 · Buoy · California

Santa Cruz Basin, CA

33°46.1′N 119°33.9′W · 1890 m deep

Reading the buoy's spectra from NDBC…

Wave intelligence Storms · 19
10 nmi 20 nmi 30 nmi 33°30′N 33°45′N 34°N 120°W 119°30′W 119°W N ↑
Nearest shore 13 nmi N, 355°T 32 nmi SW of Oxnard Coastline: Natural Earth · places: GeoNames

A simulation of the sea at this buoy, built from its wave measurements. The wave heights, periods and directions are real; the exact position of each crest is not. How it is made

Every measurement · last 48 hours

What the buoy reports