Site notes
The COMPS Shell Point station physically located at 30° 03.607' N (30.060° N) and 84° 17.43' W (84.290° W), is a 6'x 8'x 7' wood frame building elevated 5 feet above a seawall cap on a steel frame. This station orginally operated as an official NOAA/NOS tide station (Station # 872-8229) from 04/27/1973 until it was abandoned on 12/02/1986. Ownership of the vacant tide house was transferred from NOS to USF/COMPS on 06/01/2000. After necessary structural repairs were made, the tide house was reinstrumented. This site became an operational COMPS coastal station on 11/25/2000.
Instrumentation and recent service history
Station photos
Data Download
NOTE!!! The station is offline since 10 January 2007. It has been taken down and we are looking at relocating the same to a nearby location. Sorry for any inconvenience and we will make an announcement on our web site once we finalze the new location.