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temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Buccaneer Beach
Buccaneer Beach, California
Beach in San Diego County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
76°
94°/67°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Gentle breeze 8 mph NNE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Buccaneer Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Buccaneer Beach is 76° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 72° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Thursday, near 67°. Rain is likely Wednesday (76%) and Thursday (57%). Rain is possible Tuesday (30%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south. 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
37Air quality
46%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9467
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8771
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8364
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7962
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7360
30%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
6957
76%
Thu
Oct 22
6755
57%
76°
94°67°
87°71°
83°64°
79°62°
73°60°
69°57°
67°55°
As of 11:00 PM in Buccaneer Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Buccaneer Beach
Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Temecula Vly (CA), 25 miles off.
37Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good2.1 mi
- Ozone37Good34 ppb2.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)31Good2.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- 41TodayOct 16
- 42SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 88, moderate, Sat 7 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buccaneer 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 Buccaneer Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 228°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for San Diego County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 17.1 mi away.
- In force High rip current risk Sunday
This afternoon through saturday
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet. Sets to 5 feet
- Water temperature
- 69 to 72 °F
Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 13 s
- From
- WSW (246°)
- Swell
- 1.6 ft at 13 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 10 s from W
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Fri 10:26 PM
- Distance
- 17.1 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 10:26 PM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 9:56 PM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 8:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 20 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 7:56 PM | 1.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Fri 6:56 PM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (249°) |
| Fri 5:56 PM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 4:56 PM | 2.0 ft | 15 s | WSW (244°) |
| Fri 3:56 PM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (251°) |
| Fri 2:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 1:56 PM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (237°) |
| Fri 12:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| Fri 11:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| Fri 10:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (251°) |
| Fri 9:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (251°) |
| Fri 8:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 7:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (240°) |
| Fri 6:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 5:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Fri 4:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 3:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 2:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (253°) |
| Fri 1:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 12:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (254°) |
| Thu 11:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (242°) |
Surf zone forecast
San Diego County Coastal Areas. Issued 1:14 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | This afternoon through saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet. Sets to 5 feet | 3 to 5 feet. Sets to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | 69 to 72 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | Mixed swell from 190° and 300° | Mixed swell from 200° and 300° |
| Tides | La JollaHigh 4.3 ft, 1:15 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:24 PM | La JollaHigh 3.6 ft, 7:16 AMLow 3.5 ft, 9:40 AMHigh 4.1 ft, 3:13 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:25 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- San Diego County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.1895° N
- Longitude
- 117.3802° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Buccaneer Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Oceanside - Wire MountainWIRC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.3 mi away/264 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW6626FW6626
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/342 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/19.9 mi away/1,140 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a harbour/1.6 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Oceanside 3.5 SWCA-SD-95
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/97 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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