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Beaches/California/Point Dume State Beach & Preserve
Point Dume State Beach & Preserve, California
Beach in Los Angeles County, California* WHAT...Hazardous sea conditions. * WHERE...East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island and Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands. * WHEN...Until 2 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX) for more.
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
82°
93°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Fresh breeze 20 mph NE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Point Dume State Beach & Preserve until 2 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Point Dume State Beach & Preserve is 82° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northeast at 20 mph, gusting to 38 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Thursday, near 67°. Rain is likely Wednesday (75%). Rain is possible Tuesday (38%) and Thursday (37%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:36 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
20%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
82feels80
20mph
Today
Oct 16
9370
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8970
18mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8363
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7860
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7055
38%
Wed
Oct 21
6853
75%
Thu
Oct 22
6752
37%
12mph
82°
93°70°
89°70°
83°63°
78°60°
70°55°
68°53°
67°52°
As of 9:00 PM in Point Dume State Beach & Preserve, California.
Air quality
The air at Point Dume State Beach & Preserve
Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Thousand Oaks (CA), 12 miles off.
41Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good14.1 mi
- Ozone41Good45 ppb14.1 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-20 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb20 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
- 44SatOct 17
- 42SunOct 18
- 40MonOct 19
- 39TueOct 20
- 38WedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Point Dume State Beach & Preserve
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Point Dume State Beach & Preserve, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WSW 244°
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 Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 22.6 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk
This afternoon through saturday
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- 68 to 75 °F
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 2.0 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSW (204°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 15 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 3 s from ESE
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Fri 9:20 PM
- Distance
- 22.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9:20 PM | 2.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (204°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | S (182°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | S (184°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | S (173°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | S (177°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | S (177°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (197°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (202°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | S (177°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSE (166°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | S (171°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | - | S (175°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (245°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | ESE (111°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (166°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (158°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (208°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SE (144°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | S (173°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (209°) |
Surf zone forecast
Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches. Issued 1:26 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | This afternoon through saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | High |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | 68 to 75 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell | Mixed south swell and west swell |
| Tides | High 4.4 ft, 2:23 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:33 PM | High 3.8 ft, 8:18 AMLow 3.7 ft, 11:10 AMHigh 4.2 ft, 4:24 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:33 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.0100° N
- Longitude
- 118.8170° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Point Dume State Beach & Preserve, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station EW5537EW5537
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.1 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Pt Mugu NawsNTD
At an airfield/18.9 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Calabasas 2.6 WSWCA-LA-42
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/718 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Thousand Oaks - Westlake VillageWLVC1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/1,023 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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