Updated 2026-05-16
How NOAA/NDBC buoy data works
Understand the official NDBC station feeds behind BuoyStat.us, including active stations, latest observations, and realtime station files.
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Marine data guides
Practical NOAA/NDBC buoy-data guides for reading marine station freshness, wave height, wind, water temperature, pressure, and source context.
Updated 2026-05-16
Marine station freshness explained
Learn how live, current, recent, stale, partial, offline, and missing station states map to operational marine data freshness.
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Reading wave, wind, and water-temperature observations
A practical field guide to the wave height, wind speed, gust, pressure, air temperature, and water temperature values shown on BuoyStat.us.
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Marine glossary
Short definitions for station types, freshness labels, wave-period terms, and operational source labels used across BuoyStat.us.