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Isla Vista Beach, California

Beach in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Isla Vista Beach

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Goleta (CA), 3 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good2.7 mi
  • Ozone35Good23 ppb2.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-12.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Isla Vista Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Isla Vista Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
Isla Vista Beach from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 9:19 PM, night, clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 4 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.160170S190200Facing S 180°Moon 52° rightWind 5 mphfrom NNW, offshore
Looking S from the sand at 9:19 PM, night, clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 4 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing S 180°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

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 Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast, and the waves at buoy 46053, 11.1 mi away.

This afternoon through friday

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
1 to 3 feet
Water temperature
Around 71 °F

Waves at buoy 46053, East Santa Barbara

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
4 s
From
W (265°)
Swell
2.0 ft at 13 s from WSW
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 4 s from W
Water
71 °F
Read
Thu 8:50 PM
Distance
11.1 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.

Wave height at buoy 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PM2.6 ftWave height at buoy 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoon2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 16 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 8:50 PM2.6 ft4 sW (265°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.0 ft4 sW (267°)
Thu 6:50 PM2.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.6 ft13 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.3 ft13 sWSW (252°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.3 ft13 sWNW (293°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft12 sW (279°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (246°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.0 ft12 sW (267°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.0 ft13 sWSW (256°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.0 ft13 sW (259°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.0 ft13 sWNW (293°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.0 ft-WSW (252°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft14 sWNW (299°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.0 ft13 sW (264°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.0 ft15 sSSW (206°)

Surf zone forecast

Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastThis afternoon through fridaySaturday
Rip current riskLowLow
Surf height1 to 3 feet1 to 3 feet
Water temperatureAround 71 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksNoneNone
TidesHigh 4.8 ft, 1:47 PMLow 0.8 ft, 10:35 PMHigh 4.4 ft, 2:58 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:53 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 1:47 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Fri 10:35 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:58 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sat 11:53 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun4.8 ft1:47 PM0.8 ft10:35 PM4.4 ft2:58 PM0.8 ft11:53 PMTideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 1:47 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Fri 10:35 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:58 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sat 11:53 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSatNoon4.8 ft1:47 PM0.8 ft10:35 PM4.4 ft2:58 PM0.8 ft11:53 PM
Tide. High 4.8 ft at Fri 1:47 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Fri 10:35 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:58 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sat 11:53 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Santa Barbara County
State
California
Latitude
34.4072° N
Longitude
119.8495° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Isla Vista Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Santa Barbara 11 W53152

At a climate reference station/1.2 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Santa Barbara MuniSBA

At an airfield/1.3 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Santa BarbaraSBZC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW5968GW5968

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.6 mi away/58 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Isla Vista 0.3 WSWCA-SB-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Santa BarbaraSBAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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