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South Beach, Florida

Beach in Monroe County, Florida

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Beach

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.19 in over the last 3 days, to Sun 3 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Beach, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Mon 4 AM.

SunMonTue
South Beach from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 4:47 PM, daylight, overcast, waves about 3.9 ft every 5 s.160170S190Facing S 175°Sun 68° rightMoon 40° leftWind 15 mphfrom ENE, offshore
Looking S from the sand at 4:47 PM, daylight, overcast, waves about 3.9 ft every 5 s.
NESW

Facing S 175°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 42095, 14.5 mi away.

Waves at buoy 42095, Satan Shoal

Wave height
4.9 ft
Period
5 s
From
E (88°)
Swell
0.7 ft at 10 s from WSW
Wind waves
4.9 ft at 5 s from E
Water
86 °F
Read
Sun 3:30 PM
Distance
14.5 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 42095, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.0 ft to 4.9 ft; 4.9 ft at Sun 3:30 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun6 AMNoon4.9 ftWave height at buoy 42095, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.0 ft to 4.9 ft; 4.9 ft at Sun 3:30 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSatNoonSunNoon4.9 ft
Significant wave height from 1.0 ft to 4.9 ft; 4.9 ft at Sun 3:30 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sun 3:30 PM4.9 ft5 sE (88°)
Sun 2:30 PM4.6 ft6 sE (92°)
Sun 1:30 PM4.6 ft6 sE (96°)
Sun 12:30 PM4.3 ft5 sE (95°)
Sun 11:30 AM4.6 ft5 sE (96°)
Sun 10:30 AM4.6 ft5 sE (96°)
Sun 9:30 AM4.3 ft5 sE (98°)
Sun 8:30 AM4.6 ft5 sE (94°)
Sun 7:30 AM4.3 ft5 sE (96°)
Sun 6:30 AM3.9 ft5 sE (91°)
Sun 5:30 AM3.6 ft5 sE (92°)
Sun 4:30 AM3.6 ft5 sE (91°)
Sun 3:30 AM3.0 ft4 sE (80°)
Sun 2:30 AM2.6 ft4 sE (87°)
Sun 1:30 AM2.3 ft3 sNE (56°)
Sun 12:30 AM2.0 ft3 sNE (44°)
Sat 11:30 PM2.3 ft3 sNE (38°)
Sat 10:30 PM2.3 ft3 sNNE (22°)
Sat 9:30 PM2.0 ft3 sNNE (12°)
Sat 8:30 PM1.3 ft5 sE (95°)
Sat 7:30 PM1.3 ft4 sESE (105°)
Sat 6:30 PM1.0 ft4 sESE (107°)
Sat 5:30 PM1.0 ft4 sESE (105°)
Sat 4:30 PM1.3 ft5 sESE (104°)

Beach

County
Monroe County
State
Florida
Latitude
24.5467° N
Longitude
81.7959° W

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest South Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Key WestNDBC-KYWF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Key WestEYW

At an airfield/2.4 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Key West 1.8 WSWFL-MN-81

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Key West WFOKWFF1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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