OOI Newport Shelf
Climate ResearchAbout NDBC buoy 46097
NDBC station 46097 (OOI Newport Shelf) is a moored - research climate-research station at 44.639°N 124.304°W, operated by NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative. 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; 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 Pacific City, roughly 69 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.
