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Scripps Coastal Reserve, California

Beach in San Diego County, California

Air quality

The air at Scripps Coastal Reserve

Index 95, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, San Diego Coast (CA), 4 miles off.

95Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
  • Ozone34Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)95Moderate-

The days ahead

Highest 51, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Scripps Coastal Reserve

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Scripps Coastal Reserve, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

SatSun
Scripps Coastal Reserve from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 12:33 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 14 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.W280290300Facing WNW 285°Wind 8 mphfrom E, offshoreSwell 3.0 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the rightRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking WNW from the sand at 12:33 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 14 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing WNW 285°

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 San Diego County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 6.3 mi away.

This afternoon through saturday

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet. Sets to 5 feet
Water temperature
69 to 72 °F

Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore

Wave height
2.3 ft
Period
14 s
From
WSW (242°)
Swell
2.0 ft at 14 s from WSW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 10 s from W
Water
72 °F
Read
Fri 11:56 PM
Distance
6.3 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 46266, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.3 ft at Fri 11:56 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM2.3 ftWave height at buoy 46266, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.3 ft at Fri 11:56 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoonFriNoon2.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.3 ft at Fri 11:56 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 11:56 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (242°)
Fri 10:56 PM2.0 ft13 sWSW (240°)
Fri 9:56 PM2.0 ft13 sWSW (246°)
Fri 8:56 PM1.6 ft20 sWSW (246°)
Fri 7:56 PM1.6 ft14 sWSW (244°)
Fri 6:56 PM2.0 ft13 sWSW (249°)
Fri 5:56 PM2.0 ft13 sWSW (246°)
Fri 4:56 PM2.0 ft15 sWSW (244°)
Fri 3:56 PM2.0 ft14 sWSW (251°)
Fri 2:56 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Fri 1:56 PM2.0 ft14 sWSW (237°)
Fri 12:56 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (250°)
Fri 11:56 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (250°)
Fri 10:56 AM2.3 ft14 sWSW (251°)
Fri 9:56 AM2.0 ft13 sWSW (251°)
Fri 8:56 AM2.0 ft13 sWSW (243°)
Fri 7:56 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (240°)
Fri 6:56 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (242°)
Fri 5:56 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (244°)
Fri 4:56 AM2.3 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Fri 3:56 AM2.3 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Fri 2:56 AM2.0 ft13 sWSW (253°)
Fri 1:56 AM2.3 ft14 sWSW (246°)
Fri 12:56 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (254°)

Surf zone forecast

San Diego County Coastal Areas. Issued 1:14 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastThis afternoon through saturdaySunday
Rip current riskModerateHigh
Surf height2 to 4 feet. Sets to 5 feet3 to 5 feet. Sets to 6 feet
Water temperature69 to 72 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksMixed swell from 190° and 300°Mixed swell from 200° and 300°
TidesLa JollaHigh 4.3 ft, 1:15 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:24 PMLa JollaHigh 3.6 ft, 7:16 AMLow 3.5 ft, 9:40 AMHigh 4.1 ft, 3:13 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:25 PM

Tide

Tide at La JollaHigh 4.3 ft at Sat 1:15 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:24 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 7:16 AM, Low 3.5 ft at Sun 9:40 AM, High 4.1 ft at Sun 3:13 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:25 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSun6 AMNoon6 PMMon4.3 ft1:15 PM0.9 ft10:24 PM3.6 ft7:16 AM3.5 ft9:40 AM4.1 ft3:13 PM0.8 ft11:25 PMTide at La JollaHigh 4.3 ft at Sat 1:15 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:24 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 7:16 AM, Low 3.5 ft at Sun 9:40 AM, High 4.1 ft at Sun 3:13 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:25 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSunNoon4.3 ft1:15 PM0.9 ft10:24 PM3.6 ft7:16 AM3.5 ft9:40 AM4.1 ft3:13 PM0.8 ft11:25 PM
Tide at La Jolla. High 4.3 ft at Sat 1:15 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:24 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 7:16 AM, Low 3.5 ft at Sun 9:40 AM, High 4.1 ft at Sun 3:13 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:25 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
San Diego County
State
California
Latitude
32.8677° N
Longitude
117.2541° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Scripps Coastal Reserve, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

La JollaNDBC-LJAC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW3667GW3667

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/674 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Miramar NASNKX

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/420 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Fallbrook 5 NE53151

At a climate reference station/39.0 mi away/1,140 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

San Diego 9.5 NNWCA-SD-60

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/284 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

San Diego Sea WorldSWDC1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/-13 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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