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Rippers Cove, California

Beach in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Rippers Cove

Index 29, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 31 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone22Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)29Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Rippers Cove

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Rippers Cove, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat
Rippers Cove from its sand, nowLooking N from the sand at 4:30 AM, night, clear, waves about 2.4 ft every 15 s.340350N10Facing N 356°Wind 11 mphfrom NE, onshore
Looking N from the sand at 4:30 AM, night, clear, waves about 2.4 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing N 356°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46025, 44.1 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin

Wave height
3.0 ft
Period
15 s
From
S (183°)
Swell
2.6 ft at 15 s from S
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
72 °F
Read
Fri 3:50 AM
Distance
44.1 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 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.0 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri3.0 ftWave height at buoy 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.0 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoonFri3.0 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.0 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 3:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (183°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSW (208°)
Fri 1:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSE (144°)
Fri 12:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (153°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.0 ft16 sS (173°)
Thu 10:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (209°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSSW (199°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSE (153°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSSW (200°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.0 ft14 sSSW (192°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (186°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSE (148°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (201°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (172°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.6 ft15 sSSW (210°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.0 ft16 sSSW (212°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.6 ft14 sSSE (166°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (181°)
Thu 7:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (183°)
Thu 6:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (179°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.3 ft15 sSSW (206°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)

Beach

County
Los Angeles County
State
California
Latitude
33.4274° N
Longitude
118.4277° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rippers Cove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Avalon/CatalinaAVX

At an airfield/1.7 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station CW3786CW3786

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.7 mi away/596 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Rolling Hills 3.9 SECA-LA-97

In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.7 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1

At a cooperative observer's station/25.8 mi away/257 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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