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William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach, California

Beach in San Luis Obispo County, California

Air quality

The air at William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Morro Bay (CA), 28 miles off.

41Good
  • Ozone41Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 9:27 PM, night, clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.140150160170Facing SSE 158°Moon 75° rightWind 2 mphfrom NE, along the beachSwell 4.5 ft from SLongshore current, to the left
Looking SSE from the sand at 9:27 PM, night, clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 158°

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 46028, 40.8 mi away.

This afternoon through friday

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

Waves at buoy 46028, Cape San Martin

Wave height
4.6 ft
Period
15 s
From
S (190°)
Swell
4.6 ft at 15 s from S
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from NW
Water
63 °F
Read
Thu 8:50 PM
Distance
40.8 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 46028, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.6 ft to 7.9 ft; 4.6 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM4.6 ftWave height at buoy 46028, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.6 ft to 7.9 ft; 4.6 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftWedNoonThuNoon4.6 ft
Significant wave height from 4.6 ft to 7.9 ft; 4.6 ft at Thu 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 8:50 PM4.6 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 7:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (248°)
Thu 6:50 PM4.9 ft15 sSW (234°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.9 ft15 sWSW (249°)
Thu 4:50 PM5.2 ft15 sS (186°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.6 ft14 sSW (236°)
Thu 2:50 PM4.9 ft15 sWNW (292°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Thu 12:50 PM4.9 ft15 sSW (230°)
Thu 11:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (274°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.9 ft16 sSW (225°)
Thu 9:50 AM4.9 ft13 sWNW (292°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.9 ft15 sW (267°)
Thu 7:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (215°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.9 ft15 sSW (231°)
Thu 5:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (269°)
Thu 4:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (261°)
Thu 3:50 AM5.9 ft15 sSW (223°)
Thu 2:50 AM6.2 ft15 sSW (217°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (260°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.9 ft15 sSW (214°)
Wed 11:50 PM5.6 ft15 sWSW (244°)
Wed 10:50 PM5.9 ft14 sWSW (257°)
Wed 9:50 PM5.9 ft15 sSSW (193°)

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
San Luis Obispo County
State
California
Latitude
35.6428° N
Longitude
121.1877° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

San Luis ObispoOBPC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.9 mi away/209 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW1939FW1939

In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.0 mi away/879 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Paso RoblesPRB

At an airfield/31.4 mi away/824 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

San Simeon 0.3 ECA-SL-19

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Hearst CastleHSCC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/1,611 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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