Santa Monica PierNDBC-ICAC1
At a harbour/0.4 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Bay Street Beach
Bay Street Beach, California
Beach in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and combined seas 2 to 5 ft expected when conditions are worst. * WHERE...East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island and Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 3 AM PDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 3 AM to 5 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will create dangerous sea conditions which could capsize or damage small and large vessels. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX) for more.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions.
74°
92°/71°
Clear·
Feels like 74°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Bay Street Beach until 5 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Bay Street Beach is 74° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 90° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 72° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 88°, and the coolest Thursday, near 66°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (58%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:19 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:35 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
34%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
74feels74
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9271
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8871
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8366
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7865
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6961
53%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6757
58%
Thu
Oct 22
6656
27%
74°
92°71°
88°71°
83°66°
78°65°
69°61°
67°57°
66°56°
As of 1:00 AM in Bay Street Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Bay Street Beach
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, NW Coastal LA (CA), 3 miles off.
19Good
- Ozone19Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- 50TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bay Street Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Bay Street Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 230°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46025, 37.4 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- S (179°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 15 s from S
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 4 s from NW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:20 AM
- Distance
- 37.4 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12:20 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | S (173°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (209°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (199°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (200°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (192°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (148°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (210°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSW (212°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | SSE (166°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSE (163°) |
Beach
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.0054° N
- Longitude
- 118.4932° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Bay Street Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW5537EW5537
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/2.9 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Monica 1.3 NNECA-LA-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/186 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Culver CityCVRC1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.6 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Bay Street Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- El Segundocity, 7 mi
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- Inglewoodcity, 9 mi
- Lennoxcommunity, 9 mi
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- West Hollywoodcity, 9 mi
- Del Airecommunity, 10 mi
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