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Station 42036 - Search and Rescue Data

WEST TAMPA - 112 NM WNW of Tampa, FL
28.500 N 84.505 W (28°30'0" N 84°30'18" W)

The highly endangered Rice's whale, a newly identified species, inhabit the northeastern Gulf of America year-round along the continental shelf-break between 100m and 400m depth. Vessels can kill or injure whales - please use slow speeds and be prepared to avoid surfacing whales. To report sightings call 1-877-WHALE-HELP.

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Wave Obs	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2025-04-03 1800Z	130	15	36	5	19	73	36	72	36
2025-04-03 1200Z	129	15	36	4	21	73	36	71	36
2025-04-03 0600Z	127	12	29	4	17	73	29	72	28
2025-04-03 0000Z	132	9	20	3	17	73	20	72	20
2025-04-02 1800Z	132	10	14	2	16	73	14	72	14
2025-04-02 1200Z	117	11	33	2	19	72	33	71	33
2025-04-02 0600Z	119	11	7	2	12	71	7	71	6
2025-04-02 0000Z	145	6	16	2	14	72	16	72	16
2025-04-01 1800Z	170	10	36	2	18	71	36	71	36
2025-04-01 1200Z	169	7	16	2	14	70	16	70	16
2025-04-01 0600Z	195	6	33	2	18	71	33	70	33
2025-04-01 0000Z	195	5	33	2	18	71	33	71	33
2025-03-31 1800Z	181	8	29	2	18	71	29	70	29
2025-03-31 1200Z	181	10	12	3	14	69	10	70	10
2025-03-31 0600Z	190	9	8	3	15	70	8	70	8
2025-03-31 0000Z	142	5	29	3	19	71	29	70	29
2025-03-30 1800Z	153	7	36	3	16	71	36	70	36
2025-03-30 1200Z	123	9	26	3	17	70	26	69	26
2025-03-30 0600Z	130	16	2	3	12	70	1	69	1
2025-03-30 0000Z	94	5	34	4	18	69	34	69	34
2025-03-29 1800Z	111	14	26	4	16	69	26	69	26
2025-03-29 1200Z	113	14	36	4	18	69	36	68	36
2025-03-29 0600Z	112	17	36	4	19	70	36	69	36
2025-03-29 0000Z	68	8	35	3	18	70	35	69	34
2025-03-28 1800Z	91	12	36	3	20	69	36	69	35
2025-03-28 1200Z	100	14	36	3	17	68	36	68	36
2025-03-28 0600Z	77	14	36	2	18	69	36	68	36
2025-03-28 0000Z	46	5	34	1	19	69	34	69	34
2025-03-27 1800Z	74	10	36	1	17	68	36	69	36
2025-03-27 1200Z	42	8	36	1	17	69	36	68	36
2025-03-27 0600Z	348	6	36	1	18	69	35	68	35
2025-03-27 0000Z	334	3	35	2	19	69	35	69	33
2025-03-26 1800Z	344	9	36	2	17	69	36	69	36
2025-03-26 1200Z	345	11	36	2	18	68	36	68	35
2025-03-26 0600Z	319	9	36	2	16	67	36	69	35
2025-03-26 0000Z	290	5	35	2	17	68	35	70	34
2025-03-25 1800Z	52	4	36	2	15	68	36	69	36
2025-03-25 1200Z	27	7	36	2	18	67	36	68	35
2025-03-25 0600Z	8	0	36	2	20	68	36	68	36
2025-03-25 0000Z	130	6	36	1	18	68	36	69	36
2025-03-24 1800Z	112	3	36	1	20	68	36	68	36
2025-03-24 1200Z	177	4	36	1	19	67	36	68	36
2025-03-24 0600Z	194	8	36	1	19	67	36	68	36
2025-03-24 0000Z	158	6	34	1	17	65	34	68	33
2025-03-23 1800Z	118	8	36	1	20	64	36	68	36
2025-03-23 1200Z	30	6	36	1	19	64	36	68	35
2025-03-23 0600Z	265	3	36	1	18	63	36	68	35
2025-03-23 0000Z	219	1	34	1	20	63	34	68	13
2025-03-22 1800Z	19	5	36	2	19	62	36	-	0
2025-03-22 1200Z	334	10	36	2	24	61	36	-	0
2025-03-22 0600Z	295	7	36	2	23	59	36	-	0
2025-03-22 0000Z	312	5	35	3	22	57	35	-	0
2025-03-21 1800Z	9	12	34	7	11	54	34	67	26
2025-03-21 1200Z	354	22	36	9	19	54	36	67	36
2025-03-21 0600Z	327	23	36	9	18	58	36	67	36
2025-03-21 0000Z	293	22	35	8	19	63	35	68	35
2025-03-20 1800Z	274	15	36	4	19	67	36	68	35
2025-03-20 1200Z	195	15	35	3	20	69	35	68	34
2025-03-20 0600Z	177	12	36	2	20	68	35	68	35
2025-03-20 0000Z	163	6	34	1	19	69	34	68	34
2025-03-19 1800Z	163	7	34	1	17	68	33	68	34
2025-03-19 1200Z	135	6	36	1	21	66	36	67	36
2025-03-19 0600Z	193	2	35	1	19	65	35	67	34
2025-03-19 0000Z	81	1	33	2	18	65	33	68	32
2025-03-18 1800Z	44	10	35	3	19	64	35	68	35
2025-03-18 1200Z	21	14	35	4	20	65	35	67	35
2025-03-18 0600Z	324	16	35	5	21	65	35	68	35
2025-03-18 0000Z	305	19	35	6	20	63	35	68	35
2025-03-17 1800Z	315	18	35	8	18	60	35	68	35
2025-03-17 1200Z	328	24	34	10	21	61	34	68	34
2025-03-17 0600Z	293	20	36	7	20	68	35	69	35
2025-03-17 0000Z	278	10	35	6	21	70	35	69	35
2025-03-16 1800Z	261	7	36	7	19	69	36	69	36
2025-03-16 1200Z	169	17	36	8	17	71	35	69	34
2025-03-16 0600Z	159	19	35	7	20	71	35	68	35
2025-03-16 0000Z	147	20	35	6	18	71	35	68	34
2025-03-15 1800Z	146	17	35	4	22	70	35	68	34
2025-03-15 1200Z	130	15	36	3	16	69	36	68	35
2025-03-15 0600Z	129	9	36	2	18	69	36	68	35
2025-03-15 0000Z	126	8	36	2	18	69	34	68	36
2025-03-14 1800Z	118	10	13	2	8	69	13	69	11
2025-03-14 1200Z	200	7	7	2	5	69	7	-	0
2025-03-14 0600Z	179	8	34	2	21	69	34	-	0
2025-03-14 0000Z	171	9	34	3	21	69	34	-	0
2025-03-13 1800Z	175	12	36	2	19	69	36	-	0
2025-03-13 1200Z	181	11	36	2	19	68	36	-	0
2025-03-13 0600Z	190	7	36	1	20	68	36	-	0
2025-03-13 0000Z	200	7	35	1	21	69	35	-	0
2025-03-12 1800Z	250	4	36	2	21	69	36	-	0
2025-03-12 1200Z	283	7	36	2	17	68	36	-	0
2025-03-12 0600Z	276	10	36	2	22	68	36	-	0
2025-03-12 0000Z	287	9	35	3	17	69	35	-	0
2025-03-11 1800Z	319	9	36	4	19	68	36	-	0
2025-03-11 1200Z	318	11	36	6	22	66	36	-	0
2025-03-11 0600Z	342	12	36	7	20	64	36	-	0
2025-03-11 0000Z	317	19	35	9	22	65	34	-	0
2025-03-10 1800Z	287	22	36	8	20	66	36	-	0
2025-03-10 1200Z	288	18	36	5	22	69	36	-	0
2025-03-10 0600Z	212	14	36	5	19	71	36	-	0
2025-03-10 0000Z	176	15	35	3	21	72	35	-	0
2025-03-09 1800Z	169	10	36	2	21	71	36	-	0
2025-03-09 1200Z	186	7	36	2	19	70	36	-	0
2025-03-09 0600Z	159	12	35	3	20	69	34	-	0
2025-03-09 0000Z	149	10	35	2	18	69	34	-	0
2025-03-08 1800Z	181	11	36	3	19	69	35	-	0
2025-03-08 1200Z	188	11	36	2	19	68	35	-	0
2025-03-08 0600Z	208	12	36	2	22	67	36	-	0
2025-03-08 0000Z	181	10	35	2	21	66	34	-	0
2025-03-07 1800Z	154	6	36	2	17	64	36	-	0
2025-03-07 1200Z	85	6	36	3	16	63	34	-	0
2025-03-07 0600Z	331	9	36	4	19	62	36	-	0
2025-03-07 0000Z	301	15	35	7	19	61	35	-	0
2025-03-06 1800Z	324	17	36	9	20	58	36	-	0
2025-03-06 1200Z	332	22	36	12	19	59	36	-	0
2025-03-06 0600Z	310	25	36	12	20	65	35	-	0
2025-03-06 0000Z	275	24	35	11	18	68	35	-	0
2025-03-05 1800Z	254	16	35	6	20	70	35	-	0
2025-03-05 1200Z	205	13	36	6	21	67	36	-	0
2025-03-05 0600Z	167	19	36	6	21	70	36	-	0
2025-03-05 0000Z	155	16	35	5	19	70	35	-	0
2025-03-04 1800Z	139	19	35	5	18	69	35	-	0
2025-03-04 1200Z	132	17	36	3	19	68	36	-	0
2025-03-04 0600Z	81	13	36	2	21	66	36	-	0
2025-03-04 0000Z	45	11	36	2	20	63	35	-	0
2025-03-03 1800Z	72	12	36	4	19	62	36	-	0
2025-03-03 1200Z	81	15	36	4	22	60	36	-	0
2025-03-03 0600Z	44	13	36	3	19	63	35	-	0
2025-03-03 0000Z	355	12	35	3	18	62	34	-	0
2025-03-02 1800Z	18	12	36	5	20	61	36	-	0
2025-03-02 1200Z	359	17	36	4	21	65	36	-	0
2025-03-02 0600Z	281	11	36	1	20	69	36	-	0
2025-03-02 0000Z	238	9	35	1	17	69	35	-	0
2025-03-01 1800Z	167	3	36	1	18	68	36	-	0
2025-03-01 1200Z	315	7	36	1	21	68	36	-	0
2025-03-01 0600Z	264	9	36	1	19	67	36	-	0
2025-03-01 0000Z	253	3	33	2	21	67	33	-	0
2025-02-28 1800Z	62	6	36	3	17	65	36	-	0
2025-02-28 1200Z	26	15	36	2	20	66	36	-	0
2025-02-28 0600Z	304	10	36	1	21	68	36	-	0
2025-02-28 0000Z	301	9	35	1	22	69	35	-	0
2025-02-27 1800Z	313	3	36	1	23	68	36	-	0
2025-02-27 1200Z	0	0	36	1	18	67	35	-	0
2025-02-27 0600Z	290	0	36	1	20	67	36	-	0
2025-02-27 0000Z	235	2	35	1	21	69	35	-	0
2025-02-26 1800Z	353	1	36	1	19	69	36	-	0
2025-02-26 1200Z	316	5	36	2	17	67	35	-	0
2025-02-26 0600Z	320	8	36	2	19	67	36	-	0
2025-02-26 0000Z	318	11	35	2	19	67	35	-	0
2025-02-25 1800Z	349	11	36	3	20	65	36	-	0
2025-02-25 1200Z	13	13	36	3	16	62	36	-	0
2025-02-25 0600Z	48	12	36	5	21	62	36	-	0
2025-02-25 0000Z	64	17	35	6	21	63	35	-	0
2025-02-24 1800Z	87	14	36	3	22	64	36	-	0
2025-02-24 1200Z	85	15	36	3	23	62	36	-	0
2025-02-24 0600Z	54	17	36	3	20	61	36	-	0
2025-02-24 0000Z	46	8	35	1	21	64	35	-	0
2025-02-23 1800Z	106	9	36	2	20	64	36	-	0
2025-02-23 1200Z	76	11	35	2	22	61	34	-	0
2025-02-23 0600Z	37	9	36	1	16	61	36	-	0
2025-02-23 0000Z	357	9	35	2	21	60	35	-	0
2025-02-22 1800Z	47	4	36	2	21	58	36	-	0
2025-02-22 1200Z	65	11	36	4	19	55	36	-	0
2025-02-22 0600Z	69	16	36	4	22	56	36	-	0
2025-02-22 0000Z	43	15	36	4	23	54	36	-	0
2025-02-21 1800Z	51	14	34	5	23	49	34	-	0
2025-02-21 1200Z	42	18	36	6	21	48	36	-	0
2025-02-21 0600Z	29	17	36	5	22	53	36	-	0
2025-02-21 0000Z	12	15	35	5	21	55	35	-	0
2025-02-20 1800Z	350	14	36	4	22	56	36	-	0
2025-02-20 1200Z	355	15	36	4	21	59	36	-	0
2025-02-20 0600Z	12	15	36	5	21	60	36	-	0
2025-02-20 0000Z	15	14	35	4	17	64	35	-	0
2025-02-19 1800Z	64	17	36	5	19	64	35	-	0
2025-02-19 1200Z	81	15	36	3	21	65	35	-	0
2025-02-19 0600Z	63	13	36	2	21	65	36	-	0
2025-02-19 0000Z	33	12	35	2	17	62	35	-	0
2025-02-18 1800Z	58	10	36	3	22	61	36	-	0
2025-02-18 1200Z	68	10	36	2	20	61	36	-	0
2025-02-18 0600Z	41	11	36	3	22	60	36	-	0
2025-02-18 0000Z	17	9	35	4	20	56	35	-	0
2025-02-17 1800Z	39	11	36	5	20	55	35	-	0
2025-02-17 1200Z	16	16	36	5	22	57	35	-	0
2025-02-17 0600Z	347	15	36	5	19	65	34	-	0
2025-02-17 0000Z	314	16	18	4	11	67	18	-	0

The six-hour averages are calculated as follows:

The 0000Z average uses data from 2100Z to 0259Z.
The 0600Z average uses data from 0300Z to 0859Z.
The 1200Z average uses data from 0900Z to 1459Z.
The 1800Z average uses data from 1500Z to 2059Z.

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