Smith Island is a midpoint for boats crossing the Strait of Juan de Fuca, from Puget Sound to the San Juan Islands. This station helps validate the best weather model to reference on any given day for the area. This observation station got dropped in your last update:
Station SISW1 - Smith Island, WA
Owned and maintained by National Data Buoy Center
C-MAN Station
SCOOP payload
48.321 N 122.831 W (48°19'14" N 122°49'51" W)