Realtime Coastal Observation Network (ReCON) Station
Muskegon Buoy   Location: 43° 11.1216´ N,   86° 21.1104´ W,   Depth: 59 ft (18 m)

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Conditions around 9:57 pm EDT on Fri, Jul 25, 2025 (01:57 GMT)
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Air Data:   
Wind Speed: 9.45 kts (4.86 m/s)   [4:50 pm] R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Maximum Wind Speed: 0.61 kts (0.31 m/s) R.M. Young Wind Monitor
Wind Direction: 328.4° (NNW)   [4:50 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
Air Temperature: 73.4 °F (23.0 °C) CSI Temp Probe
Air Pressure (sea level): 30.30 inHg (1025.87 hPa) R.M. Young Barometer
PAR Radiation: 0 umole/m^2/s Li-COR PAR Sensor
   
Water Near-Surface Data:   
Significant Wave Height: 1.1 ft (0.35 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Maximum Wave Height: 1.9 ft (0.58 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Zero-Crossing Period: 2.85 secs Nortek AWAC Profiler
Wave Direction: 0.0° (N) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 74.0 °F (23.3 °C) CSI Temp Probe
   
Water Temperature (near surface): 74.0 °F (23.3 °C) YSI Sonde
Phycocyanin (near surface): 0.0 RFU YSI Sonde
Fluorescent DOM (near surface): -0.29 RFU YSI Sonde
pH (near surface): 8.59 YSI Sonde
Chlorophyll (near surface): 0.8 RFU YSI Sonde
Turbidity (near surface): 0.2 NTU YSI Sonde
YSI Sensor Depth: 5.30 ft (1.615 m) YSI Sonde
   
Water Column Data:   
Current @ 4.9 ft (1.5 m) Depth: 0.094 kts (4.8 cm/s), 76.8° (ENE) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 14.8 ft (4.5 m) Depth: 0.071 kts (3.7 cm/s), 64.1° (ENE) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 24.6 ft (7.5 m) Depth: 0.320 kts (16.5 cm/s), 310.6° (NW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 34.5 ft (10.5 m) Depth: 0.411 kts (21.2 cm/s), 343.5° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 44.3 ft (13.5 m) Depth: 0.342 kts (17.6 cm/s), 336.9° (NNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Current @ 50.9 ft (15.5 m) Depth: 0.353 kts (18.2 cm/s), 303.8° (NW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Water Near-Bottom Data:   
Conductivity (near bottom): 239.4 uS/cm SeaBird CTD
Water Temperature (near bottom): 55.5 °F (13.0 °C) SeaBird CTD
SBE Sensor Depth: 62.5 ft (19.1 m) SeaBird CTD
   
Water Temperature (near bottom): 57.8 °F (14.4 °C) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Sensor Depth: 63.04 ft (19.21 m) Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Engineering Data:   
GPS Latitude: 43.180710 N   [Jul 16] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Longitude: -86.353300 E   [Jul 16] AirMar Weather Sensor
GPS Altitude: 611 ft (186 m)   [Jul 16] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset North: 7 ft (2 m)   [Jul 16] AirMar Weather Sensor
Buoy Location Offset East: 0 ft (0 m)   [Jul 16] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Compass: 125.6° (SE)   [4:50 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Pitch: -1.0°   [4:50 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
AirMar Roll: -0.6°   [4:50 pm] AirMar Weather Sensor
   
Nortek Compass: 300.1° (WNW) Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Pitch: 1.6° Nortek AWAC Profiler
Nortek Roll: 0.0° Nortek AWAC Profiler
   
Solar Panel Voltage: 0.40 volts SPC Board
Solar Panel Current: 0.122 amps Campbell Logger
Battery Voltage: 12.13 volts SPC Board
Battery Current: -1.294 amps (+=charging) Campbell Logger
Current to UW Hub: 0.707 amps Campbell Logger
Voltage at UW Hub: 49.23 volts SPC Board

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