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Sunset Beach Nearshore Buoy Detailed Wave Buoy Record

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Data Age 17 hr 16 hr 15 hr 14 hr 13 hr 12 hr 11 hr 10 hr 9 hr 8 hr 7 hr 6 hr 5 hr 4 hr 3 hr 2 hr 1 hr 0 hr
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Dominant period (s) (?) 10 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 -
Average period (s) (?) 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.7 4.2 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.0 -
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24 closest surf breaks to Sunset Beach Nearshore Buoy:

1. Cherry Grove Pier (14 km W) 7. Myrtle Beach - Pier 14 (34 km WSW) 13. Ocean Lakes (50 km WSW) 19. Murrells Inlet (61 km WSW)
2. North Myrtle/27th Avenue South (15 km W) 8. Long Beach (37 km E) 14. Surfside Pier (53 km WSW) 20. Masonboro Inlet (72 km ENE)
3. Ocean Isle Beach/pier (17 km ENE) 9. Springmaid Beach (41 km WSW) 15. Garden City Pier (56 km WSW) 21. Mason s Inlet (73 km ENE)
4. Apache Pier (24 km WSW) 10. 13th Ave South Surfside (43 km WSW) 16. Shit Pipe (57 km ENE) 22. Oceanic Pier (73 km ENE)
5. Holden Beach (28 km ENE) 11. Springmaid Pier (45 km WSW) 17. Beauregard (58 km ENE) 23. Columbia St (75 km ENE)
6. Dunes Cove (30 km WSW) 12. Fort Fisher (49 km E) 18. Pelican Watch (59 km ENE) 24. Wrightsville Beach (76 km ENE)
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