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South Beach Park, California

Beach in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at South Beach Park

Index 45, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, NW Coastal LA (CA), 4 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-15.2 mi
  • Ozone45Good61 ppb3.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-15.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.7 ppb3.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb15.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm15.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 82, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Beach Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 South Beach Park, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.

FriSatSun
South Beach Park from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 2:18 PM, daylight, clear, waves about 2.1 ft every 15 s.SW230240250260Facing WSW 245°Sun 32° leftMoon 108° leftWind 6 mphfrom E, offshoreSwell 2.1 ft from SSWLongshore current, to the right
Looking WSW from the sand at 2:18 PM, daylight, clear, waves about 2.1 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 245°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46025, 37.7 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
15 s
From
SSW (195°)
Swell
2.6 ft at 15 s from SSW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 3 s from NNE
Water
72 °F
Read
Fri 1:50 PM
Distance
37.7 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 2.3 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 1:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon2.6 ftWave height at buoy 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 1:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftThuNoonFri2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 2.3 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 1:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Fri 12:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (202°)
Fri 11:50 AM2.6 ft14 sS (177°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.0 ft15 sSSE (166°)
Fri 9:50 AM2.6 ft15 sS (171°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.0 ft-S (175°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.3 ft15 sWSW (245°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.3 ft15 sESE (111°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (166°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (158°)
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°)

Beach

County
Los Angeles County
State
California
Latitude
33.9967° N
Longitude
118.4818° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest South Beach Park, 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 now3 instruments

Santa Monica PierNDBC-ICAC1

At a harbour/1.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Santa Monica MuniSMO

At an airfield/2.6 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station EW5537EW5537

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Santa Monica 1.3 NNECA-LA-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/186 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Culver CityCVRC1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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