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Fast Beach, Alaska

Beach in Chugach Census Area, Alaska
Fast Beach from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 10:23 PM, night, overcast, the water nearly flat every 9 s.170S190200Facing S 188°
Looking S from the sand at 10:23 PM, night, overcast, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing S 188°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46081, 5.0 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46081, Western Prince William Sound

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Swell
0.0 ft at 6 s from NNW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 3 s from NNE
Water
46 °F
Read
Fri 9:50 PM
Distance
5.0 mi

Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.

Wave height at buoy 46081, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 2.3 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM0.3 ftWave height at buoy 46081, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 2.3 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonFriNoon0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 2.3 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 9:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 8:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 7:50 PM1.0 ft3 sNNE (32°)
Fri 6:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 5:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 4:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 3:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 2:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 1:50 PM0.7 ft--
Fri 12:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 11:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 10:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 9:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 8:50 AM0.7 ft--
Fri 7:50 AM1.0 ft3 sNE (38°)
Fri 6:50 AM1.0 ft3 sNE (41°)
Fri 5:50 AM1.3 ft3 sNNE (28°)
Fri 4:50 AM1.3 ft3 sNE (36°)
Fri 3:50 AM1.0 ft3 sNE (41°)
Fri 2:50 AM1.0 ft3 sNE (42°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.0 ft3 sNNE (32°)
Fri 12:50 AM1.3 ft3 sNE (45°)
Thu 11:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 10:50 PM0.3 ft--

Beach

Area
Chugach Census Area
State
Alaska
Latitude
60.8256° N
Longitude
148.4234° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fast Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Whittier MAWSWHMA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Wally Noerenburg HatcheryWNHA2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.5 mi away/34 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Girdwood 1.8 ENEAK-AB-74

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.9 mi away/303 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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