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Hermosa City Beach, California

Beach in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Hermosa City Beach

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, S Central LA CO (CA), 12 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Ozone4Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hermosa City 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 Hermosa City Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
Hermosa City Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 12:28 AM, night, clear, waves about 2.4 ft every 16 s.250260W280Facing W 262°Wind 7 mphfrom WNW, onshore
Looking W from the sand at 12:28 AM, night, clear, waves about 2.4 ft every 16 s.
NESW

Facing W 262°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46025, 39.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin

Wave height
3.0 ft
Period
16 s
From
S (173°)
Swell
2.6 ft at 16 s from S
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 4 s from NW
Water
72 °F
Read
Thu 11:50 PM
Distance
39.3 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 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM3.0 ftWave height at buoy 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoon3.0 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:50 PM3.0 ft16 sS (173°)
Thu 10:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (209°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSSW (199°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSE (153°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSSW (200°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.0 ft14 sSSW (192°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (186°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSE (148°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (201°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (172°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.6 ft15 sSSW (210°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.0 ft16 sSSW (212°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.6 ft14 sSSE (166°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (181°)
Thu 7:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (183°)
Thu 6:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (179°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.3 ft15 sSSW (206°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 3:50 AM3.3 ft16 sSSE (161°)
Thu 2:50 AM3.3 ft16 sS (171°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft16 sSSE (163°)
Thu 12:50 AM3.3 ft15 sSSW (198°)

Beach

County
Los Angeles County
State
California
Latitude
33.8618° N
Longitude
118.4024° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Hermosa City Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station EW6618EW6618

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/71 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Los Angeles INTLLAX

At an airfield/5.4 mi away/105 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Los Angeles Berth 161NDBC-PXAC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Redondo Beach 1.7 SSWCA-LA-139

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/71 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Redondo BeachRDOC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/148 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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