Duck FRF, NC

NDBC station 44056 (Duck FRF, NC) is a platform - special marine observation station at 36.200°N 75.714°W, operated by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 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; full spectral wave-energy density, which separates overlapping swell trains by period and direction; ocean-current profiles through the water column; and tide predictions from the nearest NOAA CO-OPS station.

A 16-day wave and wind forecast from the NOAA GFS-Wave model is available for this location alongside the live readings, so you can see both what the buoy is measuring now and what is expected to arrive.

The nearest surf break PierMonkey covers is Virginia Beach, roughly 74 km away. The buoy is not necessarily the forecast source for that break, but readings here are a useful cross-check on what is running in the area.