Seaford station location
Station location

Sea Conditions at
SEAFORD

Long Island New York USA
Latitude 40 degrees 38.9 minutes North
Longitude 73 degrees 29.5 minutes West

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Page last updated 02/23/2012 07:21 EST

STATUS NOTICE February 2011: Funding for this newly established station provided by the Department of Conservation and Waterways,Town of Hempstead, and the New York State Department of State. Thanks to all!
Bay Tide on Seaman's Creek at Seaman's Neck Park.
See notes below regarding level references.
Time 02/23 07:18 Highest, last 24 hr Lowest, last 24 hr
Water level 0.8 feet ( 0.2 meters) MSL
1.9 feet NGVD29 		1.6 feet ( 0.5 meters) MSL
2.7 feet NGVD29
at 02/22 09:24		 -1.8 feet (-0.5 meters) MSL
-0.6 feet NGVD29
at 02/22 15:24
Tide Tide is flooding.
Rate of change: 0.7 feet/hr
( 0.21 meters/hr).		    
Water temperature 44 deg F ( 7deg C) 44 deg F ( 7deg C)
at 02/23 04:36		 42deg F ( 6 deg C)
at 02/22 08:00

NOTES:

  1. Real-time data are unchecked and preliminary. Please read this disclaimer.
  2. MSL = measurement referenced to Mean Sea Level. Seasonal and weather system biases highly affect estuarine water levels, therefore the MSL datum for this station is preliminary until data are collected over a sufficient length of time to define it accurately.
  3. NGVD29 = measurement referenced to National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
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