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San Buenaventura State Beach, California

Beach in Ventura County, California

Air quality

The air at San Buenaventura State Beach

Index 31, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Oxnard (CA), 8 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-
  • Ozone27Good36 ppb13.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-

The days ahead

Highest 61, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at San Buenaventura State Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 San Buenaventura State Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
San Buenaventura State Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 12:37 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 15 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.210220SW230240Facing SW 221°Wind 10 mphfrom N, offshoreSwell 3.0 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the leftRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SW from the sand at 12:37 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 15 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SW 221°

300 ft

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 Ventura County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46053, 32.0 mi away.

This afternoon through friday

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
69 to 71 °F

Waves at buoy 46053, East Santa Barbara

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
15 s
From
WSW (248°)
Swell
1.6 ft at 14 s from SSW
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 4 s from WSW
Water
71 °F
Read
Thu 11:50 PM
Distance
32.0 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 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PM2.0 ftWave height at buoy 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoon2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 19 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:50 PM2.0 ft15 sWSW (248°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.3 ft13 sW (278°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.6 ft14 sW (263°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.6 ft-W (265°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.0 ft4 sW (267°)
Thu 6:50 PM2.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.6 ft13 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.3 ft13 sWSW (252°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.3 ft13 sWNW (293°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft12 sW (279°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (246°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.0 ft12 sW (267°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.0 ft13 sWSW (256°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.0 ft13 sW (259°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.0 ft13 sWNW (293°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.0 ft-WSW (252°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft14 sWNW (299°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.0 ft13 sW (264°)
Thu 5:50 AM2.0 ft15 sSSW (206°)

Surf zone forecast

Ventura County Beaches. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastThis afternoon through fridaySaturday
Rip current riskModerateModerate
Surf height2 to 4 feet2 to 4 feet
Water temperature69 to 71 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksSouth swellSouth swell
TidesHigh 4.7 ft, 1:21 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:10 PMHigh 4.4 ft, 2:31 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:39 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.7 ft at Fri 1:21 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 10:10 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun4.7 ft1:21 PM0.9 ft10:10 PM4.4 ft2:31 PM0.9 ft11:39 PMTideHigh 4.7 ft at Fri 1:21 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 10:10 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSatNoon4.7 ft1:21 PM0.9 ft10:10 PM4.4 ft2:31 PM0.9 ft11:39 PM
Tide. High 4.7 ft at Fri 1:21 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 10:10 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Ventura County
State
California
Latitude
34.2706° N
Longitude
119.2833° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest San Buenaventura State Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW3531EW3531

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/150 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

OxnardOXR

At an airfield/6.5 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Santa Barbara 11 W53152

At a climate reference station/34.8 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Ventura 1.8 ECA-VT-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/160 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

OjaiOJAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/764 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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