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Frying Pan Shoals Buoy 6 Day Wave Buoy Record

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Data Age 102 hr 96 hr 90 hr 84 hr 78 hr 72 hr 66 hr 60 hr 54 hr 48 hr 42 hr 36 hr 30 hr 24 hr 18 hr 12 hr 6 hr 0 hr
Wave height (m) & direction (?) 1.0
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Dominant period (s) (?) 11 11 11 10 11 6 - 7 11 11 - 10 - 12 10 - 6 -
Average period (s) (?) 6.4 7.1 6.4 5.8 4.8 5.2 - 5.4 5.3 4.5 - 5.1 4.7 4.6 4.6 - 4.8 -
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Water Temp. °C 22.6 22.8 22.7 23.3 22.9 23.3 22.7 23.2 22.9 23.2 22.9 23.0 23.0 22.8 22.9 22.8 22.9 -
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Swell1 (m) & direction -
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Mean Pressure at Sea Level 1022.1 1021.9 1021.6 1018.4 1012.9 1013.3 1014.1 1014.4 1015.4 1017.1 1018.7 1018.8 1018.0 1017.7 1015.3 1014.3 1013.1 -
Temp. °C 11.1 13.6 15.5 18.2 19.7 13.3 11.8 11.8 12.0 11.2 10.3 11.8 13.6 13.7 14.4 14.4 14.8 -
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24 closest surf breaks to Frying Pan Shoals Buoy:

1. Fort Fisher (55 km NNW) 7. Ocean Isle Beach/pier (75 km NW) 13. Cherry Grove Pier (93 km WNW) 19. Surf City Pier (111 km N)
2. Long Beach (61 km NNW) 8. Masonboro Inlet (82 km N) 14. North Myrtle/27th Avenue South (94 km WNW) 20. 13th Ave South Surfside (111 km WNW)
3. Shit Pipe (65 km NNW) 9. Oceanic Pier (83 km N) 15. Apache Pier (100 km WNW) 21. Springmaid Pier (112 km WNW)
4. Beauregard (67 km NNW) 10. Mason s Inlet (84 km N) 16. Dunes Cove (103 km WNW) 22. Ocean Lakes (115 km W)
5. Holden Beach (67 km NW) 11. Columbia St (85 km N) 17. Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 (106 km WNW) 23. Topsail Island (115 km NNE)
6. Pelican Watch (68 km NNW) 12. Wrightsville Beach (86 km N) 18. Springmaid Beach (109 km WNW) 24. Surfside Pier (116 km W)
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