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Seal Beach, California

Beach in Orange County, California

Air quality

The air at Seal Beach

Index 46, good, led by nitrogen dioxide. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 8 miles off.

46Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good11.6 mi
  • Ozone22Good37 ppb11.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)29Good11.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide46Good49.4 ppb10.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb24.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm12.1 mi

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 Seal Beach

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 Seal Beach, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat
Seal Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 4:44 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.130SE140150160Facing SE 141°Wind 11 mphfrom NE, along the beachSwell 3.0 ft from SLongshore current, to the leftRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SE from the sand at 4:44 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 SE 141°

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 Orange County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46025, 56.2 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
70 to 72 °F

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
56.2 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°)

Surf zone forecast

Orange County Coastal Areas. Issued 12:44 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskModerateLow
Surf height2 to 4 feet1 to 3 feet
Water temperature70 to 72 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksMixed south wind swell from 190° and west swell from 300°Mixed south wind swell from 160° and northwest swell from 320°
TidesNewport BeachHigh 4.7 ft, 12:18 PMLow 0.9 ft, 9:08 PMNewport BeachHigh 4.3 ft, 1:32 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:32 PM

Tide

Tide at Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft at Fri 12:18 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 9:08 PM, High 4.3 ft at Sat 1:32 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:32 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PM4.7 ft12:18 PM0.9 ft9:08 PM4.3 ft1:32 PM0.9 ft10:32 PMTide at Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft at Fri 12:18 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 9:08 PM, High 4.3 ft at Sat 1:32 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:32 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonSatNoon4.7 ft12:18 PM0.9 ft9:08 PM4.3 ft1:32 PM0.9 ft10:32 PM
Tide at Newport Beach. High 4.7 ft at Fri 12:18 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 9:08 PM, High 4.3 ft at Sat 1:32 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 10:32 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Orange County
State
California
Latitude
33.7349° N
Longitude
118.1002° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Seal Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Los Alamitos AAFSLI

At an airfield/4.7 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Los Angeles Pier JNDBC-PRJC1

At a harbour/4.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station GW2644GW2644

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.5 mi away/58 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174

Beside a road/38.2 mi away/908 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Seal Beach 1.8 SWCA-OR-75

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Santa Ana Fire STNSTAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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