Beaches/Florida/Spessard Holland South Beach Park

Spessard Holland South Beach Park, Florida

Beach in Brevard County, Florida

79° 88°/77°

Mostly clear· Feels like 79°·Light breeze 4 mph SE

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow afternoon, from about 3 PM (63%).

Now. Spessard Holland South Beach Park is 79° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 76°, so the air feels very oppressive. Light breeze from the southeast at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.

The week. Highs stay close to 82° all week. Thunderstorms is likely tomorrow (75%). Rain is possible Sunday (46%), Monday (35%) and Thursday (32%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 28 mph.

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 11:15 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 30 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

30Air quality

89%Humidity

35%Cloud

Now

4:00 AM

79feels79

12%

Today

Oct 16

8877

76%

UV 7

Sat

Oct 17

8373

75%

22mph

UV 6

Sun

Oct 18

8069

46%

28mph

UV 7

Mon

Oct 19

8169

35%

22mph

UV 7

Tue

Oct 20

8169

20%

19mph

UV 7

Wed

Oct 21

8169

17%

17mph

UV 7

Thu

Oct 22

8168

32%

15mph

UV 7

79°

88°77°

83°73°

80°69°

81°69°

81°68°

As of 4:00 AM in Spessard Holland South Beach Park, Florida.

Air quality

The air at Spessard Holland South Beach Park

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Melbourne (FL), 20 miles off.

30Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good4.8 mi
Ozone30Good30 ppb4.8 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)6Good4.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

GoodModerate

32YesterdayOct 15
GoodTodayOct 16
GoodSatOct 17
GoodSunOct 18
GoodMonOct 19
GoodTueOct 20

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Spessard Holland South Beach Park

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 Spessard Holland South Beach Park, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.

Looking ENE from the sand at 4:52 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 2.0 ft every 4 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.

Facing ENE 64°

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 Coastal Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard, Southern Brevard Barrier Islands, and the waves at buoy 41009, 38.8 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk: Moderate
Surf height: Around 2 feet
Water temperature: In the lower 80s
UV index: High

Waves at buoy 41009, Canaveral

Wave height: 2.6 ft
Period: 4 s
From: E (95°)
Swell: 2.0 ft at 4 s from E
Wind waves: 1.6 ft at 3 s from ESE
Water: -
Read: Fri 3:50 AM
Distance: 38.8 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.

Significant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 3:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.

Every hour, last 24 hours

Time	Wave height	Period	From
Fri 3:50 AM	2.6 ft	4 s	E (95°)
Fri 2:50 AM	2.6 ft	5 s	E (92°)
Fri 1:50 AM	2.6 ft	4 s	E (97°)
Fri 12:50 AM	2.6 ft	4 s	E (88°)
Thu 11:50 PM	2.6 ft	4 s	E (91°)
Thu 10:50 PM	3.0 ft	4 s	E (81°)
Thu 9:50 PM	3.0 ft	4 s	E (92°)
Thu 8:50 PM	2.3 ft	5 s	E (83°)
Thu 7:50 PM	2.6 ft	8 s	E (86°)
Thu 6:50 PM	2.3 ft	8 s	ENE (76°)
Thu 5:50 PM	2.3 ft	8 s	E (83°)
Thu 4:50 PM	2.3 ft	8 s	ENE (75°)
Thu 3:50 PM	2.0 ft	8 s	E (101°)
Thu 2:50 PM	2.0 ft	8 s	E (83°)
Thu 1:50 PM	2.0 ft	8 s	E (83°)
Thu 12:50 PM	2.0 ft	7 s	ENE (76°)
Thu 11:50 AM	2.0 ft	8 s	ENE (75°)
Thu 10:50 AM	2.0 ft	8 s	E (79°)
Thu 9:50 AM	2.0 ft	8 s	E (81°)
Thu 8:50 AM	2.3 ft	7 s	E (81°)
Thu 7:50 AM	2.3 ft	8 s	ENE (70°)
Thu 6:50 AM	2.3 ft	8 s	E (81°)
Thu 5:50 AM	2.3 ft	8 s	E (81°)
Thu 4:50 AM	2.3 ft	7 s	E (86°)

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Indian River-Mainland Southern Brevard, Southern Brevard Barrier Islands, including Vero Beach, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, and Melbourne Beach. Issued 3:00 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

Forecast	Today	Saturday
Rip current risk	Moderate	High
Surf height	Around 2 feet	2 to 3 feet
Water temperature	In the lower 80s	-
UV index	High	-
Thunderstorm potential	Moderate	Moderate
Weather	Mostly sunny. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms	Partly sunny. Showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms
High temperature	In the upper 80s	In the lower 80s
Winds	Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph	Northwest winds around 5 mph, increasing to north around 20 mph in the afternoon
Sunrise	7:23 AM	7:24 AM
Sunset	6:53 PM	6:52 PM
Tides	Port CanaveralHigh 4.1 ft, 12:22 PMSebastian InletLow 0.8 ft, 6:03 AMHigh 2.4 ft, 12:21 PM	Port CanaveralLow 1.3 ft, 6:43 AMHigh 4.0 ft, 1:11 PMSebastian InletLow 0.9 ft, 6:54 AMHigh 2.3 ft, 1:12 PM

Sunday: Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs in the upper 70s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Monday: Mostly sunny. A chance of showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. A chance of showers. Highs around 80. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph

Tide

Tide at Port Canaveral. High 4.1 ft at Fri 12:22 PM, Low 1.3 ft at Sat 6:43 AM, High 4.0 ft at Sat 1:11 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County: Brevard County
State: Florida
Latitude: 28.0458° N
Longitude: 80.5464° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Spessard Holland South Beach Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station DW8248DW8248

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

ValkariaX59

At an airfield/5.9 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

S Prong Sebastian River 4 SW Sebastian 4SWSEBF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.3 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Titusville 7 E92821

At a climate reference station/40.0 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here