In the North Atlantic it is difficult to correlate single magnetic profiles with the spreading ocean floor magnetic models. Within the area of intensive surveys at 45° N, it is possible to average the observations in the direction of the trend of the magnetic anomalies. The profile of averaged anomalies for all data between 45° N and 45.5° N correlates well with a magnetic model spreading (with respect to the ridge axes) westwards at 1.28 cm/y and eastwards at 1.10 cm/y, if the trend of the anomalies is assumed to be 015° East of North.