Buoy Notes:
Updated 8/2006

1. The red circles represent the NOAA moored buoys.
2. Sustained wind is plotted with a
   dark red vector indicating direction
   1/10 inch is 10 knots.
3. You can click on a buoy for more detail
    
4. When directional data are present, a blue arrow is drawn showing the mean swell direction
    
5. Data is compiled and plotted every 15 minutes courtesy:
   • National Data Buoy Center
   • NOAA NWS Interactive Marine Observations, Tallahassee, Florida
   • Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO) Weather
     • http://splash.ucsd.edu/weather.html (broken link?)
   • Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP)
   • Center for Coastal Studies - SIO
   • GMT-3 (Generic Mapping Tools) - SOEST University of Hawai`i
      
6. Maps of California and a Northern California are available.