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Aardvark Beach, California

Beach in San Mateo County, California

Air quality

The air at Aardvark Beach

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Redwood City (CA), 10 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good10.2 mi
  • Ozone13Good13 ppb10.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide18Good19.3 ppb10.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb15.7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm10.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Aardvark Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Aardvark Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

SatSun
Aardvark Beach from its sand, nowLooking NNE from the sand at 11:24 PM, night, clear, waves about 2.6 ft every 9 s.203040NE50Facing NNE 32°
Looking NNE from the sand at 11:24 PM, night, clear, waves about 2.6 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing NNE 32°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46026, 29.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco

Wave height
3.3 ft
Period
-
From
SW (228°)
Swell
3.3 ft at 14 s from SW
Wind waves
1.3 ft at 3 s from WNW
Water
62 °F
Read
Fri 10:50 PM
Distance
29.7 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 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.0 ft to 4.6 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM3.3 ftWave height at buoy 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.0 ft to 4.6 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonFriNoon3.3 ft
Significant wave height from 3.0 ft to 4.6 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 10:50 PM3.3 ft-SW (228°)
Fri 9:50 PM3.0 ft-SSW (197°)
Fri 8:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSW (214°)
Fri 7:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSW (231°)
Fri 6:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSW (214°)
Fri 5:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSW (216°)
Fri 4:50 PM3.0 ft-SSW (199°)
Fri 3:50 PM3.0 ft-SW (223°)
Fri 2:50 PM3.0 ft12 sWSW (248°)
Fri 1:50 PM3.3 ft13 sSW (236°)
Fri 12:50 PM3.3 ft-SW (234°)
Fri 11:50 AM3.6 ft14 sWSW (244°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.6 ft15 sSW (214°)
Fri 9:50 AM3.6 ft15 sSSW (202°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.6 ft15 sSW (229°)
Fri 7:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (221°)
Fri 6:50 AM3.6 ft14 sW (262°)
Fri 5:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (227°)
Fri 4:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (215°)
Fri 3:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (227°)
Fri 2:50 AM3.9 ft13 sWNW (287°)
Fri 1:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (231°)
Fri 12:50 AM4.3 ft-WSW (247°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.9 ft16 sWSW (246°)

Beach

County
San Mateo County
State
California
Latitude
37.5881° N
Longitude
122.3345° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Aardvark Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

San Francisco INTLSFO

At an airfield/3.1 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Spring Vly RAWSHSPC1

A remote fire weather station/5.9 mi away/1,030 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station DW2059DW2059

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.2 mi away/161 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Burlingame 1.5 SECA-SM-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/38 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Redwood CityRWCC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.3 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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