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Beaches/California/Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District
Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District, California
Beach in Santa Cruz County, CaliforniaBeach Hazards Statement, in full
* WHAT...An increased risk for sneaker waves and strong rip currents with breaking waves of 7 to 12 ft. * WHERE...Pacific Coast beaches. * WHEN...3 AM Saturday through 9 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Waves can sweep across the shoreline without warning, pulling people into the sea from beaches, jetties, and rocks.
Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean. Monitor local weather, surf and tide forecasts at www.weather.gov/mtr.
58°
76°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 58°·Calm 1 mph NE
Alert. A Beach Hazards Statement is in force for Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District until 9 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 76° today.
Now. Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District is 58° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 72° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 68°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 64°. Rain is likely Tuesday (52%) and Wednesday (69%). Rain is possible Thursday (32%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a first quarter, 53% lit, and sets at 12:38 AM after midnight. 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 bright Moon hides all but the brightest of them. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
60%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
58feels58
now, clear
Today
Oct 18
7654
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6549
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6547
52%
Wed
Oct 21
6449
69%
Thu
Oct 22
6550
32%
Fri
Oct 23
6649
clear day
Sat
Oct 24
6847
15%
58°
76°54°
65°49°
65°47°
64°49°
65°50°
66°49°
68°47°
As of 4:00 AM in Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District, California.
Air quality
The air at Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Santa Cruz (CA), 9 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good8.8 mi
- Ozone23Good30 ppb8.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good9 ppb20 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0 ppm20 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 17
- 46TodayOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Mon 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District
None in the last 3 days, to Sun 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 Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sun 9 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 255°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Santa Cruz County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46042, 32.3 mi away.
Today
- Surf height
- Northwest Facing Beaches - 6 to 10 feet. South Facing Beaches - 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- 64 to 65 °F
Waves at buoy 46042, Monterey
- Wave height
- 7.2 ft
- Period
- 12 s
- From
- NW (305°)
- Water
- 66 °F
- Read
- Sun 3:50 AM
- Distance
- 32.3 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 3:50 AM | 7.2 ft | 12 s | NW (305°) |
| Sun 2:50 AM | 7.5 ft | 13 s | WNW (295°) |
| Sun 1:50 AM | 6.9 ft | 11 s | NW (306°) |
| Sun 12:50 AM | 7.2 ft | 12 s | WNW (300°) |
| Sat 11:50 PM | 6.9 ft | 12 s | NW (306°) |
| Sat 10:50 PM | 6.9 ft | 13 s | NW (322°) |
| Sat 9:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 12 s | NW (318°) |
| Sat 8:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 7 s | NW (319°) |
| Sat 7:50 PM | 6.9 ft | 13 s | W (271°) |
| Sat 6:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 12 s | NW (317°) |
| Sat 5:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 13 s | WNW (296°) |
| Sat 4:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 12 s | NW (306°) |
| Sat 3:50 PM | 5.9 ft | 12 s | WNW (291°) |
| Sat 2:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 13 s | NW (304°) |
| Sat 1:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 13 s | WNW (301°) |
| Sat 12:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 13 s | NW (307°) |
| Sat 11:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 13 s | WNW (290°) |
| Sat 10:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 13 s | WNW (297°) |
| Sat 9:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 13 s | NW (306°) |
| Sat 8:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 14 s | WNW (282°) |
| Sat 7:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 13 s | WNW (296°) |
| Sat 6:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | W (275°) |
| Sat 5:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| Sat 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | WNW (284°) |
Surf zone forecast
Santa Cruz County Coastal Areas. Issued 2:54 AM PDT Sun Oct 18.
| Forecast | Today | Monday |
|---|---|---|
| Surf height | Northwest Facing Beaches - 6 to 10 feet. South Facing Beaches - 3 to 6 feet | 6 to 9 feet |
| Water temperature | 64 to 65 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Weather | Partly cloudy | Mostly cloudy |
| High temperature | 60-80 | 57-67 |
| Wind | NW at 10 mph becoming NW at 19 mph | NW at 14 mph |
| Tides | High 3.8 ft, 7:17 AMLow 3.5 ft, 11:05 AMHigh 4.3 ft, 4:24 PMLow 0.6 ft, 11:15 PM | High 3.9 ft, 7:44 AMLow 3.1 ft, 12:28 PMHigh 4.3 ft, 5:41 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Santa Cruz County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.9220° N
- Longitude
- 121.8492° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District, 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 now4 instruments
Citizen station FW4261FW4261
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/224 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Corralitos RAWSCTOC1
A remote fire weather station/5.5 mi away/295 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR-152 - SR-156CF110
Beside a road/26.1 mi away/252 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Watsonville 2.8 WNWCA-SZ-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/262 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/4.5 mi away/102 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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