Best offshore Galveston buoy?

andyboz

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Just curious as to which buoy y'all use to look at weather/swell height and wind.

42019? If you can give the link, I'm trying to make sure I can get offshore on friday (Yes I know conditions can change every hour but it'll be a good est.)

TRIDENT

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11:39a, 7/9/08

42035 is the Galveston 22 mile buoy, 42019 is the Freeport 65 mile buoy.
See this:
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/maps/WestGulf.shtml

Buoyweather is another good source for their virtual buoys and good forecasting.

http://www.buoyweather.com/wxnav6.jsp?region=GC&program=Maps

Finally, look at the surf cam.
http://www.netsurfing.com/surfcam/index_orig.shtml

andyboz

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11:57a, 7/9/08

Shoulda gone today

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12:02p, 7/9/08

Looks like it is gonna be nice this weekend, too.

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12:13p, 7/9/08

How bad was that storm that blew up around you? Was it big or kinda small and concentrated?

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12:15p, 7/9/08

It wasn't huge like a weather front, but it was big enough that I couldn't outrun it. I would say medium.