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Crane Cove Beach, California

Beach in San Francisco County, California

Air quality

The air at Crane Cove Beach

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, San Francisco (CA), 2 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate0.6 mi
  • Ozone6Good2 ppb0.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide28Good30.7 ppb0.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb7 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.9 ppm0.6 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crane Cove Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. 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 Crane Cove Beach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat
Crane Cove Beach from its sand, nowLooking ENE from the sand at 4:30 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.1 ft every 15 s.607080EFacing ENE 75°Wind 3 mphfrom ENE, onshore
Looking ENE from the sand at 4:30 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.1 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing ENE 75°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46026, 24.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco

Wave height
3.9 ft
Period
15 s
From
SW (227°)
Swell
3.6 ft at 15 s from SW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
60 °F
Read
Fri 3:50 AM
Distance
24.7 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 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 3.9 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri3.9 ftWave height at buoy 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 3.9 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoonFri3.9 ft
Significant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 3.9 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
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°)
Thu 10:50 PM4.3 ft15 sSW (219°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.6 ft14 sW (274°)
Thu 8:50 PM4.3 ft-WSW (241°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.6 ft13 sW (260°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.9 ft14 sSW (228°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.9 ft14 sWSW (248°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.3 ft15 sWSW (243°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (230°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (235°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.9 ft14 sW (260°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.3 ft15 sSW (233°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.6 ft-WSW (245°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.9 ft15 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.9 ft-W (280°)

Beach

County
San Francisco County
State
California
Latitude
37.7638° N
Longitude
122.3870° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Crane Cove Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station FW4637FW4637

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/54 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

San Francisco DowntownSFOC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.2 mi away/112 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

OaklandOAK

At an airfield/9.0 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

San Francisco 1.6 SECA-SF-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/215 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

San Francisco DowntownSFOC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.2 mi away/112 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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