Excuse Me, Can We Have Our Buoy Back?

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AN Irish “visitor” caused a stir on Monday when it was discovered washed up on Woolacombe beach.

The large buoy, part of Ireland’s marine weather buoy network, had broken free from its anchor and drifted to North Devon, some 270 miles as the crow flies.

It is normally chained to the sea bed off the Emerald Isle’s southern coast and collects a range of data for weather and marine observation, including wave height, sea temperature, wind speed and direction.

Swansea Coastguard Station told the North Devon Gazette its owners, the Marine Institute in Ireland, were making arrangements for its collection.

The Institute’s website lists buoy M3, normally positioned off the south west corner of Ireland, as “experiencing technical problems” at the present time

 

Giant Irish visitor washed up at Woolacombe (North Devon Gazette)


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