Buoy Notes:
Updated 2/2012
- The red circles represent the NOAA moored buoys.
- Sustained wind is plotted with a
dark red vector indicating direction
1/10 inch is 10 knots.
- You can click on a station for more detail
- There are 3 reporting stations off the Santa Barbara Coast (but only 2
shortcuts links on the SCPA menu list)
To see the tables of archived hourly
data, you need to scroll down on the pages noted below (a, b, & c)
- The Santa Barbara Pier / Station NTBC1 - Santa Barbara, CA - 9411340
- On the Pier Itself
- 34.408 N 119.685 W (34°24'30" N 119°41'6" W)
- The Inner Buoy /
Station
46216 - Goleta Point, CA / No Wind Data, Wave Info Only
- 8.5 Statute Miles Southwest of the Santa Barbara Pier / about 6
miles off the coast from Patterson Ave
- 34.334 N 119.804 W (34°20'1" N 119°48'13" W)
- No shortcut link on the SCPA Weather menu because no wind data
- The Mid Channel Buoy / Station 46053 (LLNR 196) - E. SANTA BARBARA
- 14.5 Statute Miles Southwest of the Santa Barbara Pier
- 34.248 N 119.841 W (34°14'52" N 119°50'28" W)
- There are also stations off Point Conception and Point Magu, but we
didn't include direct links to them in the menu
- When directional data are present, a blue arrow is drawn showing the mean
swell direction
- Data is compiled and plotted every 15 minutes courtesy:
- Maps of California
and a Northern California
are available.