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Station FRDF1 - Search and Rescue Data

8720030 - Fernandina Beach, FL
30.675 N 81.465 W (30°40'31" N 81°27'54" W)

Right whales are active off FL from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater in specific areas and times along the U.S. East Coast. It is illegal to approach right whales within 500 yards. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike.

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2025-04-06 0000Z	145	11	27	-	78	24	73	26
2025-04-05 1800Z	142	10	60	-	80	55	73	60
2025-04-05 1200Z	143	4	60	-	74	44	73	52
2025-04-05 0600Z	145	6	54	-	73	55	72	54
2025-04-05 0000Z	116	6	55	-	76	34	75	47
2025-04-04 1800Z	146	10	60	-	81	48	72	60
2025-04-04 1200Z	145	6	30	-	79	8	74	30
2025-04-03 1800Z	139	10	54	-	81	42	70	54
2025-04-03 1200Z	141	6	60	-	74	45	72	60
2025-04-03 0600Z	145	8	60	-	74	40	69	60
2025-04-03 0000Z	133	9	57	-	77	48	74	57
2025-04-02 1800Z	135	8	60	-	80	39	69	60
2025-04-02 1200Z	130	4	57	-	72	42	71	60
2025-04-02 0600Z	121	2	60	-	72	42	68	60
2025-04-02 0000Z	107	4	57	-	71	39	72	57
2025-04-01 1800Z	93	3	60	-	78	45	69	60
2025-04-01 1200Z	267	4	60	-	69	42	69	60
2025-04-01 0600Z	196	4	60	-	70	48	68	60
2025-04-01 0000Z	220	4	53	-	74	44	70	53
2025-03-31 1800Z	243	6	60	-	81	48	68	60
2025-03-31 1200Z	215	4	57	-	71	45	68	60
2025-03-31 0600Z	168	3	58	-	70	41	68	60
2025-03-31 0000Z	136	3	57	-	70	40	68	57
2025-03-30 1800Z	138	6	60	-	72	45	68	60
2025-03-30 1200Z	116	3	60	-	70	43	68	60
2025-03-30 0600Z	130	3	60	-	70	38	68	58
2025-03-30 0000Z	122	5	57	-	72	51	68	57
2025-03-29 1800Z	110	6	60	-	76	48	68	60
2025-03-29 1200Z	113	3	60	-	69	43	67	60
2025-03-29 0600Z	126	3	60	-	67	48	67	54
2025-03-29 0000Z	132	5	57	-	71	42	67	57
2025-03-28 1800Z	96	5	60	-	75	42	67	60
2025-03-28 1200Z	76	4	60	-	67	45	65	60
2025-03-28 0600Z	59	2	60	-	64	42	66	60
2025-03-28 0000Z	31	4	59	-	64	44	66	59
2025-03-27 1800Z	21	8	58	-	66	40	66	60
2025-03-27 1200Z	14	5	60	-	63	42	65	60
2025-03-27 0600Z	331	1	60	-	61	45	66	60
2025-03-27 0000Z	119	2	57	-	69	45	65	57
2025-03-26 1800Z	10	5	21	-	75	14	66	22
2025-03-26 1200Z	308	3	60	-	62	34	64	49
2025-03-26 0600Z	216	2	60	-	62	48	66	60
2025-03-26 0000Z	139	4	58	-	68	52	64	58
2025-03-25 1800Z	69	4	60	-	72	42	65	57
2025-03-25 1200Z	325	3	60	-	63	48	64	60
2025-03-25 0600Z	286	2	60	-	66	45	64	60
2025-03-25 0000Z	186	3	57	-	73	51	64	57
2025-03-24 1800Z	246	6	60	-	74	60	64	60
2025-03-24 1200Z	199	4	60	-	65	58	63	60
2025-03-24 0600Z	170	4	60	-	65	58	63	60
2025-03-24 0000Z	136	5	57	-	68	57	64	57
2025-03-23 1800Z	135	4	60	-	73	57	63	60
2025-03-23 1200Z	284	2	55	-	58	58	62	60
2025-03-23 0600Z	211	3	58	-	58	60	63	60
2025-03-23 0000Z	144	5	60	-	64	60	64	58
2025-03-22 1800Z	261	2	60	-	68	58	62	57
2025-03-22 1200Z	240	2	60	-	52	52	62	60
2025-03-22 0600Z	172	3	60	-	52	44	62	57
2025-03-22 0000Z	141	4	57	-	56	48	64	57
2025-03-21 1800Z	333	2	60	-	57	57	63	57
2025-03-21 1200Z	307	9	60	-	48	60	62	60
2025-03-21 0600Z	291	13	60	-	54	54	63	60
2025-03-21 0000Z	273	12	57	-	66	54	65	57
2025-03-20 1800Z	221	11	60	-	73	59	63	60
2025-03-20 1200Z	179	5	60	-	63	59	64	60
2025-03-20 0600Z	172	4	60	-	62	60	63	60
2025-03-20 0000Z	144	5	57	-	69	57	65	57
2025-03-19 1800Z	106	2	60	-	75	54	63	60
2025-03-19 1200Z	195	2	60	-	57	56	63	60
2025-03-19 0600Z	175	1	60	-	56	57	62	60
2025-03-19 0000Z	113	2	57	-	61	51	64	57
2025-03-18 1800Z	20	4	60	-	63	57	63	57
2025-03-18 1200Z	350	6	60	-	55	48	63	57
2025-03-18 0600Z	291	6	60	-	56	60	62	60
2025-03-18 0000Z	287	8	60	-	63	58	65	60
2025-03-17 1800Z	286	17	60	-	61	57	65	60
2025-03-17 1200Z	281	16	60	-	58	48	65	60
2025-03-17 0600Z	243	9	60	-	65	54	64	60
2025-03-17 0000Z	189	6	55	-	72	57	66	57
2025-03-16 1800Z	171	8	60	-	75	55	65	60
2025-03-16 1200Z	141	7	60	-	69	48	66	60
2025-03-16 0600Z	149	11	60	-	68	52	64	60
2025-03-16 0000Z	137	9	57	-	71	51	65	57
2025-03-15 1800Z	144	11	60	-	75	54	64	60
2025-03-15 1200Z	141	7	60	-	69	52	64	58
2025-03-15 0600Z	121	3	60	-	66	54	63	60
2025-03-15 0000Z	110	3	57	-	68	48	64	57
2025-03-14 1800Z	91	5	60	-	71	54	64	60
2025-03-14 1200Z	317	0	60	-	62	54	63	60
2025-03-14 0600Z	190	1	60	-	63	60	63	60
2025-03-14 0000Z	147	5	57	-	67	54	63	57
2025-03-13 1800Z	196	3	60	-	71	57	63	60
2025-03-13 1200Z	198	3	60	-	61	52	62	57
2025-03-13 0600Z	204	3	60	-	61	54	62	60
2025-03-13 0000Z	148	6	60	-	67	55	62	58
2025-03-12 1800Z	128	3	60	-	73	54	62	60
2025-03-12 1200Z	272	3	60	-	57	54	61	60
2025-03-12 0600Z	198	2	60	-	59	60	61	60
2025-03-12 0000Z	135	4	60	-	66	51	60	60
2025-03-11 1800Z	301	4	57	-	69	51	61	54
2025-03-11 1200Z	279	9	60	-	52	54	60	60
2025-03-11 0600Z	288	14	60	-	52	60	61	60
2025-03-11 0000Z	289	16	57	-	57	54	61	57
2025-03-10 1800Z	254	12	60	-	68	46	62	60
2025-03-10 1200Z	169	3	60	-	66	52	60	58
2025-03-10 0600Z	83	3	60	-	64	60	61	60
2025-03-10 0000Z	31	8	60	-	58	54	60	58
2025-03-09 1800Z	26	7	60	-	60	48	61	58
2025-03-09 1200Z	18	3	60	-	63	41	60	60
2025-03-09 0600Z	245	1	60	-	65	47	61	60
2025-03-09 0000Z	221	5	57	-	69	47	60	57
2025-03-08 1800Z	239	7	60	-	70	50	60	60
2025-03-08 1200Z	218	5	60	-	57	51	60	57
2025-03-08 0600Z	212	4	60	-	56	57	60	60
2025-03-08 0000Z	150	6	57	-	60	51	60	57
2025-03-07 1800Z	106	2	60	-	61	54	59	60
2025-03-07 1200Z	328	2	60	-	52	48	59	60
2025-03-07 0600Z	271	5	60	-	53	57	60	60
2025-03-07 0000Z	267	8	58	-	60	46	61	58
2025-03-06 1800Z	277	15	60	-	58	54	61	60
2025-03-06 1200Z	269	15	60	-	51	54	60	60
2025-03-06 0600Z	278	16	59	-	58	45	61	60
2025-03-06 0000Z	226	12	59	-	71	53	63	60
2025-03-05 1800Z	215	10	58	-	70	60	61	60
2025-03-05 1200Z	153	10	60	-	68	60	61	60
2025-03-05 0600Z	149	11	60	-	65	48	60	60
2025-03-05 0000Z	139	8	58	-	67	46	62	58
2025-03-04 1800Z	138	9	60	-	72	45	59	60
2025-03-04 1200Z	98	3	60	-	63	57	59	60
2025-03-04 0600Z	82	2	60	-	60	51	58	60
2025-03-04 0000Z	21	6	57	-	59	46	60	57
2025-03-03 1800Z	22	9	60	-	60	42	58	60
2025-03-03 1200Z	31	6	60	-	54	51	59	60
2025-03-03 0600Z	32	5	60	-	53	54	58	60
2025-03-03 0000Z	31	7	57	-	54	54	61	57
2025-03-02 1800Z	4	12	48	-	57	42	59	50
2025-03-02 1200Z	336	6	58	-	56	52	60	60
2025-03-02 0600Z	242	7	60	-	61	58	59	60
2025-03-02 0000Z	225	6	57	-	71	57	61	57
2025-03-01 1800Z	250	5	60	-	71	59	60	60
2025-03-01 1200Z	231	3	60	-	55	48	59	60
2025-03-01 0600Z	212	3	60	-	56	57	59	60
2025-03-01 0000Z	149	6	53	-	63	50	60	53
2025-02-28 1800Z	48	2	60	-	67	55	59	60
2025-02-28 1200Z	305	2	60	-	58	57	59	60
2025-02-28 0600Z	254	5	60	-	63	48	59	60
2025-02-28 0000Z	235	7	60	-	71	49	59	55
2025-02-27 1800Z	238	6	60	-	74	42	59	60
2025-02-27 1200Z	234	2	60	-	59	39	58	60
2025-02-27 0600Z	168	4	60	-	61	39	59	60
2025-02-27 0000Z	131	4	57	-	67	39	58	57
2025-02-26 1800Z	105	3	60	-	72	48	58	60
2025-02-26 1200Z	262	2	60	-	57	42	57	60
2025-02-26 0600Z	255	1	60	-	59	48	58	60
2025-02-26 0000Z	138	3	57	-	64	36	57	57
2025-02-25 1800Z	335	4	60	-	64	45	57	57
2025-02-25 1200Z	344	7	60	-	55	48	56	60
2025-02-25 0600Z	356	6	58	-	56	46	57	60
2025-02-25 0000Z	15	4	57	-	55	39	57	57
2025-02-24 1800Z	29	4	60	-	56	42	57	60
2025-02-24 1200Z	1	4	60	-	54	39	57	59
2025-02-24 0600Z	216	2	60	-	57	38	57	59
2025-02-24 0000Z	135	2	56	-	60	37	57	54
2025-02-23 1800Z	90	3	59	-	62	43	57	60
2025-02-23 1200Z	312	2	58	-	51	43	57	60
2025-02-23 0600Z	343	1	60	-	52	35	57	58
2025-02-23 0000Z	13	4	57	-	55	36	57	57
2025-02-22 1800Z	22	6	56	-	58	34	56	58
2025-02-22 1200Z	31	5	60	-	52	37	57	60
2025-02-22 0600Z	34	4	57	-	47	38	57	60
2025-02-22 0000Z	32	5	60	-	45	45	57	60
2025-02-21 1800Z	7	9	60	-	43	45	57	60
2025-02-21 1200Z	351	11	55	-	39	39	58	60
2025-02-21 0600Z	332	8	60	-	42	45	59	60
2025-02-21 0000Z	312	8	57	-	49	37	60	57
2025-02-20 1800Z	290	10	60	-	52	42	60	60
2025-02-20 1200Z	311	7	30	-	46	40	60	60
2025-02-20 0600Z	344	7	22	-	51	42	60	55
2025-02-20 0000Z	358	10	12	-	54	24	61	30

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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