Ponce de Leon Inlet, FL (PNC)

NDBC station 41069 (Ponce de Leon Inlet, FL (PNC)) is a moored - research climate-research station at 29.289°N 80.803°W, operated by CORMP. PierMonkey reads its observations straight from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center and republishes them free, with no account required to see current conditions.

It reports significant wave height, dominant and average wave period, wind speed, gusts and direction, air and sea-surface temperature, and barometric pressure; and tide predictions from the nearest NOAA CO-OPS station.

PierMonkey uses buoy 41069 as the observation source for the surf forecast at New Smyrna Beach, about 26 km away. Swell that registers here shows up at the break shortly afterwards, which is what makes this station worth watching.