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Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach, California

Beach in Alameda County, California

Air quality

The air at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach

Index 68, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Oakland (CA), 3 miles off.

68Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)68Moderate3.8 mi
  • Ozone28Good19 ppb3.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide18Good19.1 ppb3.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb3.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm3.8 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 10:11 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.1 ft every 9 s.210220SW230240Facing SW 221°Swell 3.1 ft from WLongshore current, to the left
Looking SW from the sand at 10:11 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.1 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SW 221°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46026, 31.0 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco

Wave height
3.9 ft
Period
-
From
W (267°)
Swell
3.9 ft at 14 s from W
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 3 s from WNW
Water
61 °F
Read
Thu 9:20 PM
Distance
31.0 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 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 9:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM3.9 ftWave height at buoy 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 9:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon3.9 ft
Significant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 9:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 9:20 PM3.9 ft-W (267°)
Thu 8:50 PM4.3 ft-WSW (241°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.6 ft13 sW (260°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.9 ft14 sSW (228°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.9 ft14 sWSW (248°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.3 ft15 sWSW (243°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (230°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (235°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.9 ft14 sW (260°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.3 ft15 sSW (233°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.6 ft-WSW (245°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.9 ft15 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.9 ft-W (280°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (252°)
Thu 2:50 AM4.6 ft14 sW (274°)
Thu 1:50 AM4.3 ft15 sW (276°)
Thu 12:50 AM4.3 ft-WNW (287°)
Wed 11:50 PM4.3 ft-W (269°)
Wed 10:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (258°)

Beach

County
Alameda County
State
California
Latitude
37.7622° N
Longitude
122.2715° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

AlamedaNDBC-AAMC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station DW9579DW9579

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/12 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

OaklandOAK

At an airfield/3.7 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-580 - I-205CF133

Beside a road/38.3 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Alameda 1.5 NCA-AL-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Oakland MuseumOAMC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/24 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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