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Seal Beach, California

Beach in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Seal Beach

Index 42, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Lompoc (CA), 12 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good19.7 mi
  • Ozone42Good50 ppb11 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)25Good11.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.2 ppb21.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Seal Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Seal Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
Seal Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 11:16 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.200210220SW230Facing SW 218°Wind 5 mphfrom E, offshoreSwell 4.5 ft from SSWLongshore current, to the right
Looking SW from the sand at 11:16 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing SW 218°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46011, 25.4 mi away.

This afternoon through friday

Surf height
3 to 6 feet
Water temperature
64 to 66 °F

Waves at buoy 46011, Santa Maria

Wave height
4.6 ft
Period
15 s
From
SSW (205°)
Swell
3.9 ft at 15 s from SSW
Wind waves
2.0 ft at 5 s from WNW
Water
68 °F
Read
Thu 10:20 PM
Distance
25.4 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 46011, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM4.6 ftWave height at buoy 46011, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftNoonThuNoon4.6 ft
Significant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:20 PM4.6 ft15 sSSW (205°)
Thu 9:50 PM4.9 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 8:50 PM4.9 ft15 sS (171°)
Thu 7:50 PM4.9 ft15 sSSW (194°)
Thu 6:50 PM5.2 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.6 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 4:50 PM4.6 ft14 sWNW (287°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 2:50 PM4.3 ft13 sW (274°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.3 ft15 sW (272°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (227°)
Thu 11:50 AM4.6 ft15 sW (259°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.6 ft14 sWNW (290°)
Thu 9:50 AM4.9 ft14 sWNW (282°)
Thu 8:50 AM5.2 ft14 sW (276°)
Thu 7:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (266°)
Thu 6:50 AM5.6 ft15 sWSW (237°)
Thu 5:50 AM5.6 ft15 sWSW (258°)
Thu 4:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (262°)
Thu 3:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (219°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (235°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.2 ft15 sWSW (245°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.9 ft14 sWNW (291°)
Wed 11:50 PM6.2 ft16 sW (261°)

Surf zone forecast

San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastThis afternoon through fridaySaturday
Surf height3 to 6 feet3 to 6 feet
Water temperature64 to 66 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksMixed south swell and west swellMixed west swell and south swell
TidesHigh 4.8 ft, 2:18 PMLow 0.7 ft, 10:50 PMHigh 4.5 ft, 3:24 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:00 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PM4.8 ft2:18 PM0.7 ft10:50 PM4.5 ft3:24 PM0.7 ft11:00 PMTideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSatNoon4.8 ft2:18 PM0.7 ft10:50 PM4.5 ft3:24 PM0.7 ft11:00 PM
Tide. High 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Santa Barbara County
State
California
Latitude
34.7375° N
Longitude
120.6239° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Seal Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Vandenberg AFBVBG

At an airfield/2.7 mi away/367 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Alert #75CASC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW4729FW4729

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.6 mi away/278 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

LompocLOMC1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.4 mi away/95 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Lompoc 4.9 SCA-SB-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.3 mi away/468 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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