At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/712 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Faria Beach
Red Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Faria Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Faria Beach is 72° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 92° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 71° 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 93°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 70°. Rain is likely Wednesday (69%). Rain is possible Tuesday (44%) and Thursday (34%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 19 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Faria Beach, California.
Air quality
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Carpinteria (CA), 6 miles off.
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Facing SW 232°
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.
The surf zone forecast for Ventura County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46053, 26.0 mi away.
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.
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 3:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 12 s | W (271°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | - | W (271°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 13 s | WSW (257°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WNW (298°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 15 s | WSW (248°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 13 s | W (278°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | W (263°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.6 ft | - | W (265°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | W (267°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | W (270°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 13 s | W (263°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 13 s | WSW (252°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 13 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 12 s | W (279°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (246°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 12 s | W (267°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (256°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | W (259°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 2.0 ft | - | WSW (252°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WNW (299°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | W (264°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
Ventura County Beaches. Issued 2:30 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 2 to 4 feet |
| Water temperature | 69 to 71 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell | South swell |
| Tides | High 4.7 ft, 1:21 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:10 PM | High 4.4 ft, 2:31 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:39 PM |
The 6 instruments nearest Faria Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.8 mi away/712 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW3531EW3531
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/150 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
OxnardOXR
At an airfield/13.9 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Santa Barbara 11 W53152
At a climate reference station/27.6 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Oak View 0.6 SWCA-VT-25
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.1 mi away/506 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OjaiOJAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.8 mi away/764 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.