Wave intelligence
The systems in the sea
A buoy's significant wave height sums everything in the sea: long groundswell from a storm a thousand miles off, a closer swell, the chop of the local wind. Each buoy's measured directional spectrum is partitioned into those systems, which are followed through time, used to place the storms the swells came from, and checked for seas that cross.
- Stations analysed
- 160 of 162
- Newest spectrum
- 44 min ago
- Systems named
- 311
- Swell · wind sea
- 202 · 109
- Seas crossing
- 13 buoys
- Storms, last month
- 164 placed →
- Window
- The last 4 days
- Method
- Reference
The wave systems in each buoy's latest spectrum, largest first, and whether each is building or fading.
Each petal is a system, pointing to where it comes from, north up. Its length grows with height (the ring is 13 ft); its width is the directional spread. Swell Wind sea Storm placed
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| Station | Systems now | Seas crossing | Storm placed |
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| Barnegat, NJ (209) 44091 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| Bethany Beach, DE 44084 · Eastern Seaboard North · 44 min ago |
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| Block Island, RI (154) 44097 · Eastern Seaboard North · 44 min ago |
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| Boston, MA 44013 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| Buzzards Bay, MA (260) 44085 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| About 2350 mi to the SE (145°T) | |
| Cape Cod Bay, MA (221) 44090 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| Cape Henry, VA 44099 · Eastern Seaboard North · 44 min ago |
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| Georges Bank, MA 44011 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| 140° apart | |
| Jeffrey's Ledge, NH 44098 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| Jonesport, ME 44027 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| Long Island, NY 44025 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| Nantucket Offshore, MA 44008 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| 150° apart | |
| Nantucket Sound, MA 44020 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| New York Harbor Entrance, NY 44065 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| Portland, ME 44007 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| About 3450 mi to the ESE (118°T) | |
| Thimble Shoal, VA 44087 · Eastern Seaboard North · 44 min ago | Calm: no wave system large enough to name | ||
| Virginia Beach Offshore, VA 44088 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
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| Virginia Beach, VA 44014 · Eastern Seaboard North · 1 h ago |
| About 750 mi to the S (177°T) | |
| East Lake Ontario 45012 · Great Lakes · 54 min ago |
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| Grand Island North, MI 45211 · Great Lakes · 44 min ago | Calm: no wave system large enough to name | ||
| Mid Superior 45001 · Great Lakes · 54 min ago | Calm: no wave system large enough to name | ||
| North Michigan 45002 · Great Lakes · 54 min ago |
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| Oswego, NY 45215 · Great Lakes · 44 min ago |
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| Rawley Point East, WI 45210 · Great Lakes · 1 h ago | Calm: no wave system large enough to name | ||
| West Superior 45006 · Great Lakes · 1 h ago |
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| Canaveral East, FL 41010 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Canaveral, FL 41009 · Eastern Seaboard South · 54 min ago |
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| Cape Canaveral Nearshore, FL 41113 · Eastern Seaboard South · 44 min ago |
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| Cape Hatteras East, NC (250) 41120 · Eastern Seaboard South · 44 min ago |
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| Diamond Shoals, NC 41025 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Duck FRF 26 m, NC 44100 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Duck FRF, NC 44056 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 2950 mi to the ENE (059°T) | |
| Edisto, SC 41004 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Fernandina Beach, FL Offshore 41112 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Fort Pierce, FL (134) 41114 · Eastern Seaboard South · 44 min ago |
| About 1400 mi to the NE (044°T) | |
| Frying Pan Shoals, NC 41013 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Grays Reef, GA 41008 · Eastern Seaboard South | No spectrum in the last six hours | ||
| Hollywood Beach, FL (265) 41122 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Masonboro Inlet, ILM2, NC (150) 41110 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| NE BAHAMAS - 350 NM ENE of Nassau, Bahamas 41047 · Eastern Seaboard South · 54 min ago |
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| Nags Head, NC 44086 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Onslow Bay Outer, NC (217) 41159 · Eastern Seaboard South · 44 min ago |
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| Oregon Inlet, NC 44095 · Eastern Seaboard South · 44 min ago |
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| South Bermuda 41049 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
| About 1350 mi to the NE (038°T) | |
| South Hatteras 41002 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| St. Augustine, FL (194) 41117 · Eastern Seaboard South · 44 min ago |
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| West Bermuda 41048 · Eastern Seaboard South · 1 h ago |
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| Aransas Pass Channel Entrance, TX 42092 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
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| Bay of Campeche, MX 42055 · Gulf of Mexico · 54 min ago |
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| Egmont Channel Entrance, FL 42098 · Gulf of Mexico · 44 min ago |
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| Galveston, TX 42035 · Gulf of Mexico · 54 min ago |
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| Mid Gulf 42001 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
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| Offshore St. Petersburg, FL 42099 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
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| Orange Beach, AL 42012 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago | Calm: no wave system large enough to name | ||
| Pensacola, FL 42039 · Gulf of Mexico · 54 min ago |
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| Satan Shoal, FL 42095 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
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| Southwest Pass Entrance W, LA 42084 · Gulf of Mexico · 44 min ago | Calm: no wave system large enough to name | ||
| West Gulf 42002 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
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| West Tampa, FL 42036 · Gulf of Mexico · 1 h ago |
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| Yucatan Basin, MX 42056 · Gulf of Mexico · 54 min ago |
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| Arecibo, PR 41121 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
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| Caribbean Valley 42060 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
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| Central Caribbean 42058 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
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| East Bahamas 41046 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
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| NE Puerto Rico 41043 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
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| NE St Martin 41044 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
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| North Equatorial One 41040 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
| About 1500 mi to the NE (054°T) | |
| North Equatorial Two 41041 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 1 h ago |
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| Western Caribbean 42057 · Caribbean and tropical Atlantic · 54 min ago |
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| Bodega Bay, CA 46013 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 1300 mi to the WNW (300°T) | |
| Cape Mendocino, CA (094) 46213 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Cape San Martin, CA 46028 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA 46285 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Del Mar Nearshore, CA 46266 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Diablo Canyon, CA 46215 · California · 44 min ago |
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| East Santa Barbara, CA 46053 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Eel River, CA 46022 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 2050 mi to the WNW (295°T) | |
| Green Beach Offshore 46277 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 2750 mi to the SSW (207°T) | |
| Harvest, CA (071) 46218 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Leucadia Nearshore 46274 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Long Beach Channel, CA 46256 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Mission Bay West, CA 46258 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Monterey Canyon Outer, CA (156) 46236 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Monterey, CA 46042 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Oceanside Offshore, CA 46224 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Point Arena, CA 46014 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 1500 mi to the W (277°T) | |
| Point Loma South, CA 46232 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Point Reyes, CA 46214 · California · 44 min ago |
| About 3950 mi to the WSW (239°T) | |
| Point Sur, CA (157) 46239 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Red Beach Nearshore 46275 · California · 1 h ago |
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| San Francisco, CA 46026 · California · 54 min ago |
| About 4350 mi to the WSW (250°T) | |
| San Nicolas Island, CA 46219 · California · 44 min ago |
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| San Pedro South, CA 46253 · California · 44 min ago |
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| San Pedro, CA 46222 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Santa Cruz Basin, CA 46251 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA 46259 · California · 44 min ago |
| About 2050 mi to the SSW (196°T) | |
| Santa Maria, CA 46011 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 1700 mi to the NW (305°T) | |
| Santa Monica Basin, CA 46025 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Santa Monica Bay, CA 46221 · California · 44 min ago |
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| Scripps Nearshore, CA 46254 · California · 44 min ago |
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| South Santa Rosa Island, CA 46069 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Southeast Papa 46006 · California · 54 min ago |
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| St Georges, CA 46027 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 1700 mi to the WNW (297°T) | |
| Tanner Bank, CA 46047 · California · 1 h ago |
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| Topanga Nearshore 46268 · California · 1 h ago |
| About 2300 mi to the SSW (207°T) | |
| Torrey Pines Outer, CA 46225 · California · 44 min ago |
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| West California 46059 · California · 1 h ago |
| 55° apart | About 1450 mi to the NW (314°T) |
| West Santa Barbara, CA 46054 · California · 54 min ago |
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| Angeles Point, WA (248) 46267 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
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| Astoria Canyon, OR (179) 46248 · Pacific Northwest · 44 min ago |
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| Cape Elizabeth, WA 46041 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| 75° apart | About 2250 mi to the WNW (290°T) |
| Clatsop Spit, OR 46243 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 2300 mi to the W (260°T) | |
| Columbia River Bar, OR 46029 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 600 mi to the NW (306°T) | |
| Grays Harbor, WA 46211 · Pacific Northwest · 44 min ago |
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| Neah Bay, WA 46087 · Pacific Northwest · 54 min ago |
| 65° apart | About 600 mi to the W (267°T) |
| New Dungeness, WA 46088 · Pacific Northwest · 54 min ago |
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| Ocean Station PAPA (166) 46246 · Pacific Northwest · 2 h ago |
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| Port Orford, OR 46015 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 2150 mi to the WNW (294°T) | |
| Stonewall Bank, OR 46050 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 900 mi to the W (264°T) | |
| Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR 46278 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| About 2300 mi to the WNW (285°T) | |
| Tillamook, OR 46089 · Pacific Northwest · 54 min ago |
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| Umpqua, OR Offshore 46229 · Pacific Northwest · 44 min ago |
| About 2050 mi to the WSW (258°T) | |
| West Oregon 46002 · Pacific Northwest · 54 min ago |
| About 1900 mi to the W (280°T) | |
| West Washington 46005 · Pacific Northwest · 1 h ago |
| 50° apart | |
| Albatross Bank, AK 46078 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
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| Cape Cleare, AK 46076 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
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| Cape Edgecumbe, AK 46084 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 800 mi to the WSW (245°T) | |
| Cape Suckling, AK 46082 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
| 125° apart | |
| Central Aleutians, AK 46072 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
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| Central Bering Sea, AK Offshore 46035 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 2050 mi to the SW (232°T) | |
| Central Gulf of Alaska 46085 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
| About 1050 mi to the WSW (245°T) | |
| Fairweather Ground, AK 46083 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
| About 450 mi to the WSW (244°T) | |
| Lower Cook Inlet, AK 46108 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
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| Portlock Bank, AK 46080 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
| 145° apart | |
| Seal Rocks, AK 46061 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
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| Shelikof Strait, AK 46077 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
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| Shumagin Islands, AK 46075 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
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| South Kodiak, AK 46066 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
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| Southeast Bering Sea, AK 46073 · Alaska | No spectrum in the last six hours | ||
| Southwest Bering Sea, AK 46070 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
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| W Aleutians (Amchitka), AK 46071 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
| About 1350 mi to the W (260°T) | |
| W Gulf of Alaska 46001 · Alaska · 54 min ago |
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| West Orca Bay, AK 46060 · Alaska · 1 h ago |
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| Western Prince William Sound 46081 · Alaska · 1 h ago | Calm: no wave system large enough to name | ||
| Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI (238) 51212 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| About 2450 mi to the SSW (208°T) | |
| Hilo, HI 51206 · Hawaii · 44 min ago |
| About 1850 mi to the NNW (332°T) | |
| Mokapu Point, Oahu, HI 51202 · Hawaii · 44 min ago |
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| NW Hawaii - 200 NM NW of Kauai 51001 · Hawaii · 54 min ago |
| 70° apart | |
| Northern Hawaii One 51000 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
| 120° apart | |
| Northwestern Hawaii Two 51101 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
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| Pauwela, Maui, HI 51205 · Hawaii · 44 min ago |
| 100° apart | About 2000 mi to the NNW (328°T) |
| Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI (233) 51211 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
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| SE Hawaii - 200 NM SE of Hilo 51004 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
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| SW Hawaii - 200 NM SW of Kona 51002 · Hawaii · 1 h ago |
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| Waimea Bay, HI 51201 · Hawaii · 44 min ago |
| 65° apart | About 2600 mi to the NW (324°T) |
| Western Hawaii 51003 · Hawaii · 54 min ago |
| About 700 mi to the SE (136°T) | |
| Aunuu, American Samoa 51209 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
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| King-Poloa, American Samoa 51214 · Pacific islands · 2 h ago |
| 85° apart | |
| Ngaraard, Palau 52212 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
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| North Point, Pohnpei 52213 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
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| Pikareej, Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands 52216 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
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| Rumung, Yap 52214 · Pacific islands · 1 h ago |
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