Orange Beach - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL
NDBC station 42012 · 3-meter discus buoy · Gulf Coast
Orange Beach - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL, 15 mi SSE of Gulf State Park Pier: waves 1.0 ft at 4 s from the ENE, wind WNW 4 kt gusting 6 kt, water 77°F, air 68°F — observed 27 min ago.
Wind reported 27 min ago · Waves reported 47 min ago · Water temp reported 27 min ago
Observed 9:10 PM UTC, Nov 8 · 27 min ago · Source: NOAA NDBC station 42012
The last 24 hours
Hourly readings from this station’s own reports. The dot is the latest report in the trend window.
Conditions in full
- Wind
- WNW (300°) at 4 kt (2.0 m/s), gusting 6 kt (3.0 m/s) 27 min ago
- Waves
- 1.0 ft (0.3 m) · dominant period 4 s, average period 3.2 s, from the ENE (76°) 47 min ago
- Pressure
- 30.07 inHg (1,018.2 hPa) · tendency -1.5 hPa over 3 h 27 min ago
- Water temperature
- 77°F (24.8°C) 27 min ago
- Air temperature
- 68°F (19.8°C) 27 min ago
- Dew point
- 50°F (9.9°C) 27 min ago
Every value is this station’s own latest report; the time beside it is when that reading was taken. Fields this station does not report are not shown.
Tides near this station
Nearest tide station: Gulf State Park Pier, 15 mi NNW of here.
- Gulf State Park Pier · 15 mi NNW of this station
- Alabama Point · 15 mi N of this station
- Gulf Shores, Icww · 17 mi NNW of this station
Tide times are NOAA CO-OPS predictions for the named station, in that station’s local time, fetched live when you open this page. Predictions, not observations.
Nearest stations
- Safe Harbor Met Station, Weeks Bay Reserve, AL · 30 mi · wind WNW 2 kt
- Dauphin Island Sea Lab, AL · 34 mi · wind 5 kt · water 70°F
- DISL Sofar Spotter · 40 mi · waves 1.0 ft · water 74°F
Station facts
- Station
- NDBC 42012
- Type
- 3-meter discus buoy · 3D90
- Operator
- NDBC
- Position
- 30.061°N, 87.547°W
- Region
- Gulf Coast
Full record, wave spectra and station history: NOAA NDBC station 42012.