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Little Beach, California

Beach in Ventura County, California

Air quality

The air at Little Beach

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Ojai (CA), 11 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)5Good-
  • Ozone34Good43 ppb14.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Little Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Little Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

SatSun
Little Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 12:33 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 13 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.220SW230240250260Facing WSW 240°Wind 16 mphfrom NE, offshoreSwell 3.0 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the leftRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking WSW from the sand at 12:33 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 13 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing WSW 240°

300 ft

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 Ventura County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46053, 32.9 mi away.

This afternoon through saturday

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
69 to 71 °F

Waves at buoy 46053, East Santa Barbara

Wave height
1.6 ft
Period
13 s
From
WSW (257°)
Swell
1.6 ft at 13 s from WSW
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from SW
Water
70 °F
Read
Fri 11:50 PM
Distance
32.9 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 1.6 ft to 3.6 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM1.6 ftWave height at buoy 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.6 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonFriNoon1.6 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.6 ft; 1.6 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 11:50 PM1.6 ft13 sWSW (257°)
Fri 10:50 PM1.6 ft12 sW (268°)
Fri 9:50 PM1.6 ft12 sW (273°)
Fri 8:50 PM2.0 ft12 sW (260°)
Fri 7:50 PM2.0 ft13 sW (273°)
Fri 6:50 PM2.0 ft13 sWSW (255°)
Fri 5:50 PM2.0 ft13 sWNW (286°)
Fri 4:50 PM2.3 ft11 sWNW (294°)
Fri 3:50 PM2.6 ft12 sW (261°)
Fri 2:50 PM2.6 ft12 sW (266°)
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft11 sW (266°)
Fri 12:50 PM3.3 ft12 sWSW (258°)
Fri 11:50 AM3.3 ft5 sESE (113°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.0 ft12 sWSW (253°)
Fri 9:50 AM2.0 ft14 sW (277°)
Fri 8:50 AM2.0 ft-WSW (256°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (251°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.0 ft15 sSW (236°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.0 ft14 sW (277°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.0 ft13 sSW (227°)
Fri 3:50 AM2.0 ft12 sW (271°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.0 ft-W (271°)
Fri 1:50 AM2.3 ft13 sWSW (257°)
Fri 12:50 AM2.0 ft14 sWNW (298°)

Surf zone forecast

Ventura County Beaches. Issued 1:26 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastThis afternoon through saturdaySunday
Rip current riskModerateModerate
Surf height2 to 4 feet2 to 4 feet
Water temperature69 to 71 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksSouth swellMixed south swell and west swell
TidesHigh 4.4 ft, 2:31 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:39 PMHigh 3.6 ft, 8:30 AMLow 3.6 ft, 11:06 AMHigh 4.2 ft, 4:29 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:38 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 8:30 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:06 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:29 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:38 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSun6 AMNoon6 PMMon4.4 ft2:31 PM0.9 ft11:39 PM3.6 ft8:30 AM3.6 ft11:06 AM4.2 ft4:29 PM0.8 ft11:38 PMTideHigh 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 8:30 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:06 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:29 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:38 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSunNoon4.4 ft2:31 PM0.9 ft11:39 PM3.6 ft8:30 AM3.6 ft11:06 AM4.2 ft4:29 PM0.8 ft11:38 PM
Tide. High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 8:30 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:06 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:29 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:38 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Ventura County
State
California
Latitude
34.2600° N
Longitude
119.2669° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Little Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW3531EW3531

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/150 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

OxnardOXR

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Santa Barbara 11 W53152

At a climate reference station/35.9 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Ventura 1.8 ECA-VT-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/160 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

OjaiOJAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.2 mi away/764 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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