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Olde Port Beach, California

Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California

Air quality

The air at Olde Port Beach

Index 32, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Nipomo CDF (CA), 13 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good13 mi
  • Ozone-50 ppb17.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)32Good13 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.3 ppb17.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 47, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Olde Port Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Olde Port Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat
Olde Port Beach from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 2:49 AM, night, clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.170S190200Facing S 188°Wind 9 mphfrom NE, offshoreSwell 4.5 ft from SWLongshore current, to the left
Looking S from the sand at 2:49 AM, night, clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing S 188°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46011, 21.8 mi away.

Today

Surf height
3 to 6 feet
Water temperature
64 to 66 °F

Waves at buoy 46011, Santa Maria

Wave height
4.6 ft
Period
15 s
From
SW (224°)
Swell
4.6 ft at 15 s from SW
Wind waves
1.3 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
68 °F
Read
Fri 12:50 AM
Distance
21.8 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 46011, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM4.6 ftWave height at buoy 46011, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftNoonThuNoon4.6 ft
Significant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:50 AM4.6 ft15 sSW (224°)
Thu 11:50 PM4.9 ft15 sSSW (205°)
Thu 10:50 PM4.6 ft15 sSSW (198°)
Thu 9:50 PM4.9 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 8:50 PM4.9 ft15 sS (171°)
Thu 7:50 PM4.9 ft15 sSSW (194°)
Thu 6:50 PM5.2 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.6 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 4:50 PM4.6 ft14 sWNW (287°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 2:50 PM4.3 ft13 sW (274°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.3 ft15 sW (272°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (227°)
Thu 11:50 AM4.6 ft15 sW (259°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.6 ft14 sWNW (290°)
Thu 9:50 AM4.9 ft14 sWNW (282°)
Thu 8:50 AM5.2 ft14 sW (276°)
Thu 7:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (266°)
Thu 6:50 AM5.6 ft15 sWSW (237°)
Thu 5:50 AM5.6 ft15 sWSW (258°)
Thu 4:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (262°)
Thu 3:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (219°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (235°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.2 ft15 sWSW (245°)

Surf zone forecast

San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches. Issued 2:30 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Surf height3 to 6 feet3 to 5 feet
Water temperature64 to 66 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksMixed west swell and south swellMixed south swell and west swell
TidesHigh 4.8 ft, 2:18 PMLow 0.7 ft, 10:50 PMHigh 4.5 ft, 3:24 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:00 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PM4.8 ft2:18 PM0.7 ft10:50 PM4.5 ft3:24 PM0.7 ft11:00 PMTideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSatNoon4.8 ft2:18 PM0.7 ft10:50 PM4.5 ft3:24 PM0.7 ft11:00 PM
Tide. High 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
San Luis Obispo County
State
California
Latitude
35.1774° N
Longitude
120.7498° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Olde Port Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station FW6490FW6490

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/166 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

San Luis ObispoSBP

At an airfield/7.3 mi away/182 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Morro Bay1MB

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.7 mi away/56 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Pismo BeachPISC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/65 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Pismo Beach 2.3 ENECA-SL-38

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.6 mi away/207 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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