<![CDATA[Buoy report is wrong or the reported location is wrong]]>In Tampa Bay, Florida USA Windy is showing a buoy, WTER, in the gulf, west of Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key that consistently shows much higher wind speeds than other local offshore buoys. I suspect that the GPS location is incorrect and that the buoy is actually located somewhere else.

Below I've tried to upload a captured image with the suspect buoy highlighted via a red circle.
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Regards
Likisaurus

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"Nancy Foster" track
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You are probably right. The identification of this so-called buoy is "WTER". This identification is the same as the "call sign" of a NOAA's ship whose name is Nancy Foster. This ship is currently is moored in the South of Porto Rico.

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The conditions of wind reported by this buoy are similar to those you can observe in South of Porto Rico.
So the position of this so-called buoy is wrong.

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