New Buoy off Jersey?

Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by Mitchell, Aug 20, 2009.

  1. Aug 20, 2009 #1
    Mitchell

    Mitchell Well-Known Member

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    Jan 5, 2009
    Micah,

    This looks to me like a brand new NDBC buoy?? Like 100 miles off Central Jersey.

    Considering budgets..it seems coincidental that it started reporting data right when 44009 stopped. But its way further out...More like a replacement for the old "Hotel" that went adrift last year?


    http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44066
     
    Mitchell, Aug 20, 2009
    Mitchell, Aug 20, 2009
  3. Aug 20, 2009 #2
    Swellinfo

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    May 19, 2006
    look at the title of the buoy - Station 44066 - Texas Tower #4

    Sounds like a buoy that went a drift from Texas, and they decided to moor it off the Jersey coast for whatever reason. Perhaps, as you said as a replacement for the hotel buoy.
     
    Swellinfo, Aug 20, 2009
    Swellinfo, Aug 20, 2009

  5. Aug 20, 2009 #3
    Lumpy

    Lumpy Well-Known Member

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  6. Aug 20, 2009 #4
    Swellinfo

    Swellinfo Administrator

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    thats how much i know...
     
    Swellinfo, Aug 20, 2009
    Swellinfo, Aug 20, 2009