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Important NDBC Web Site Changes Dial-A-Buoy is working, but occasionally requires the phone to ring six or seven rings before answering. We're working on the solution to this technical difficulty. Sorry for the inconvenience. Station 46219 - San Nicolas Island, CA (067)Station 46219 is located at 33.22 N 119.88 W (33°13'17" N 119°52'55" W) 
The source of QuikSCAT wind information displayed here is NOAA's National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service (NESDIS). The user assumes the entire risk related to its use of this data. NWS/NDBC is providing this data "as is," and NWS/NDBC disclaims any and all warranties, whether express or implied, including (without limitation) any implied warranties of merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will NWS/NDBC be liable to you or to any third party for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages or lost profit resulting from any use or misuse of this data. Satellites can determine the winds over the surface of the ocean to a degree of accuracy rivaling moored buoy measurements. Because the satellite used crosses the poles as it orbits the earth, it passes over the same location only twice a day. Therefore, no more than two wind estimates each day are possible for any specific location. To find the time of each image, look at the bottom of the map, and you will see one or more times in GMT (or UTC). These times are when the satellite crossed the lowest latitude on your map for that pass. All winds shown on the map are within two hours of that time. Note that there are breaks between the passes, so the coverage is not continuous in either space of time. Our web site knows about when the satellite passes overhead, so we try to pick the most recent map of surface winds for your area. For an explanation of wind barbs, see the chart below:
DO NOT USE BLACK WIND BARBS. These are possibly contaminated by rainfall and could be incorrect. For maps showing ocean winds for other areas, see: http://manati.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/quikscat/. For a description of how ocean winds are measured by satellite, see: http://winds.jpl.nasa.gov/aboutScat/index.cfm.
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