Outer Banks, NC

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Currituck Sound

Inland water level

USGS 02043433
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Wind prediction

Daily
24h change
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7d range
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Latest reading
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Northern OBX surf

Duck FRF buoy

NDBC 44056
-- °F water

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-- ft waves

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Swell
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Wind wave
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Air temp
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24h water change
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7d water range
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Wind --
Pressure --
Dew point --

Carova Atlantic

Tide guidance

NOAA 8639428
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Next tide
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Station
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Datum
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Carova Beach

Fire station weather

WeatherSTEM
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-- wind
Humidity
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Pressure
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Rain chance
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Carova 4x4 forecast

Next few hours

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VA line water temps

Buoy temperature map

NOAA NDBC

A northern Outer Banks view centered on the VA/NC line oceanfront, with nearby, northern, and offshore buoys plotted by current water temperature and 24 hour movement.

Dashboard feed map

What this dashboard pulls

Core water feeds

  • Currituck Sound level: USGS station 02043433, instantaneous gage height on the east bank at Corolla, shown with 1, 7, and 30 day chart windows.
  • Duck FRF surf buoy: NOAA NDBC station 44056 realtime observations for wave height, recent water temperature history, and air temperature; nearby Carova/NWS weather fills wind, pressure, and dew point when the buoy leaves those fields blank.
  • Swell details: NOAA NDBC spectral feed for 44056, used for dominant swell and wind-wave breakdown when the spectral file is fresh.
  • Atlantic tides: NOAA CO-OPS high/low predictions for Sandbridge, VA station 8639428, used because it is the closest tide-prediction station currently modeled for the VA/NC line oceanfront.

Map and weather feeds

  • Buoy map: NOAA NDBC realtime station files for Cape Henry, Virginia Beach offshore, OOI Pioneer moorings, Duck FRF, Duck FRF 26m, and Nags Head.
  • Station freshness: The map counts buoys with recent usable water-temperature observations and labels stale readings so they are not mistaken for current conditions.
  • Fire station weather: Currituck WeatherSTEM Carova Beach public portal data, with NWS point observations and forecast data as fallbacks where needed.
  • Forecast strips: Short hourly and daily summaries are normalized into compact cards so wind, precipitation chance, and temperature are comparable at a glance.

Caching and caveats

  • Refresh cadence: Server snapshots are cached briefly to keep the dashboard fast and avoid repeatedly hammering public data providers.
  • Local fallback: The browser keeps the latest valid snapshot in local storage, then clearly marks the dashboard as cached if a refresh fails.
  • Known gaps: Tide predictions are guidance rather than observed water level, and buoy observations can lag.