West Orca Bay - 8NM NW of Hinchinbrook Is., AK
NDBC station 46060 · 3-meter foam buoy w/ seal cage · Alaska
West Orca Bay - 8NM NW of Hinchinbrook Is., AK, 9 mi NW of Johnstone Point: waves 1.3 ft at 8 s from the SSE, wind SW 6 kt gusting 8 kt, water 47°F, air 42°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 46060
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
- SW (220°) at 6 kt (3.0 m/s), gusting 8 kt (4.0 m/s) 27 min ago
- Waves
- 1.3 ft (0.4 m) · dominant period 8 s, average period 3.3 s, from the SSE (165°) 47 min ago
- Pressure
- 29.36 inHg (994.2 hPa) · tendency +1.2 hPa over 3 h 27 min ago
- Water temperature
- 47°F (8.6°C) 27 min ago
- Air temperature
- 42°F (5.6°C) 27 min ago
- Dew point
- 35°F (1.4°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: Johnstone Point, 9 mi SE of here.
- Johnstone Point · 9 mi SE of this station
- Landlocked Bay, Port Fidalgo · 21 mi NNE of this station
- Naked Island, McPherson Passage · 22 mi WNW 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
- Bligh Reef Light, AK · 19 mi · wind E 7 kt
- Seal Rocks - Between Montague and Hinchinbrook Islands, AK · 24 mi · waves 3.0 ft · wind ESE 8 kt · water 48°F
- Potato Point, AK · 34 mi · wind NNE 11 kt
Station facts
- Station
- NDBC 46060
- Type
- 3-meter foam buoy w/ seal cage · 3DV55
- Operator
- NDBC
- Position
- 60.571°N, 146.795°W
- Region
- Alaska
Full record, wave spectra and station history: NOAA NDBC station 46060.