Redington Shores Site Notes

The site is located at 18200 Gulf Boulevard, Redington Shores, FL (27° 49.937' N, 82° 50.032' W) within the Pinellas County, FL/Redington Shores Beach Access Park. Offshore sea surface current speed and direction radial data is provided hourly via a dedicated cellular modem to a central processing station located at the University of South Florida/College of Marine Science in St. Petersburg, FL, where the data is processed and web served. Site funding and operation is via a cooperative effort between The University of South Florida's/College of Marine Science's COMPS Program, NOAA IOOS's Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA), the Town of Redington Shores, and Pinellas County Park Department. This site became operational on 9/24/03.