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Station 46023 (LLNR 213) - PT ARGUELLO - 17NM WNW of Point Arguello, CA
Funding provided by the Minerals Management Service
Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
10-meter discus buoy
DACT payload
34.714 N 120.967 W (34°42'50" N 120°58'0" W)
Site elevation: sea level
Air temp height: 10 m above site elevation
Anemometer height: 10 m above site elevation
Barometer elevation: sea level
Sea temp depth: 1 m below water line
Water depth: 384.1 m
Watch circle radius: 358 yards
NOTICE: The old 10 meter hull went adrift on 2/23/13 and was recovered 3/19/13.
This station has been disestablished as of 9/8/10. The station is a non-NWS funded station for which the operating agreement between the NWS and the Program Sponsor has expired and will not be renewed.
In the absence of the station, the NOAA-NDBC directs the user to station 46011 (Santa Maria, CA) which is currently located eleven (11) nautical miles from the disestablished station.
Stations with recent data
Stations with no data in last 8 hours(24 hours for tsunami stations)
No Recent Reports
Links which are specific to this station are listed below:
Data for last 24 hours: No data available.
Data for last 5 days: No data available.
Data for last 45 days: No data available.
- Historical data (data descriptions)
- Standard meteorological data: 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2015 2016
- Continuous winds data: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
- Spectral wave density data: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002b 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
- Ocean current data: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
- Search historical meteorological data for observations that meet your threshold conditions
- Climatic summary table (TXT) and plots of (description of tables and plots)
Some data files have been compressed with the GNU gzip program.
The weekly status report and the weekly maintenance report also provide valuable station information.
Note that the payload types and the station locations occasionally change.
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