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Rice's Beach, Massachusetts

Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Rice's Beach

Index 26, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Essex (MA), 10 miles off.

26Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good7.7 mi
  • Ozone17Good10 ppb7.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)8Good19 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide16Good17.9 ppb7.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1.2 ppb18.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm18.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Rice's Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.23 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.23in

Visibility

How far you can see at Rice's Beach, the next 45 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat
Rice's Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 12:18 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 8 s, the tide falling at 5.3 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.130SE140150160Facing SSE 148°Wind 2 mphfrom S, onshoreSwell 3.0 ft from ELongshore current, to the rightRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SSE from the sand at 12:18 AM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 8 s, the tide falling at 5.3 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SSE 148°

300 ft

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 Eastern Essex MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 17.4 mi away.

Rest of today

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
Around 3 feet
Water temperature
In the upper 50s
UV index
Moderate

Waves at buoy 44013, Boston

Wave height
1.3 ft
Period
8 s
From
E (87°)
Swell
1.0 ft at 8 s from E
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from NE
Water
58 °F
Read
Thu 11:50 PM
Distance
17.4 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 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.3 ftWave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoon1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (87°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.3 ft10 sE (96°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (92°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.3 ft5 sNE (52°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNNE (32°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNE (35°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.0 ft5 sNE (37°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.0 ft5 sNNE (28°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.3 ft5 sNE (35°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sNE (34°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft5 sNE (41°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.6 ft7 sE (87°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (15°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.0 ft4 sNNW (348°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.3 ft3 sNNW (337°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNW (315°)
Thu 7:20 AM3.9 ft4 sNW (313°)
Thu 6:50 AM3.9 ft4 sNW (317°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNW (317°)
Thu 4:50 AM4.3 ft4 sNW (320°)
Thu 3:20 AM4.3 ft4 sNNW (328°)
Thu 2:50 AM3.6 ft4 sNNW (335°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft3 sNNW (334°)
Thu 12:50 AM2.6 ft6 sE (101°)

Surf zone forecast

Eastern Essex MA, including Beverly, Gloucester, and Newburyport. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastRest of todayFriday
Rip current riskModerateLow
Surf heightAround 3 feet3 to 6 feet
Water temperatureIn the upper 50s-
UV indexModerate-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherSunnyCloudy. Patchy fog. Showers
High temperatureAround 60In the upper 60s
WindsEast winds around 5 mphSouth winds 15 to 20 mph
TidesNewburyportHigh 8.5 ft, 3:21 PMGloucester HarborHigh 9.1 ft, 2:56 PMNewburyportLow 1.5 ft, 10:13 AMHigh 8.2 ft, 4:07 PMGloucester HarborLow 1.9 ft, 9:27 AMHigh 8.7 ft, 3:41 PM
Saturday
Surf height 4 to 6 feet. Partly sunny. Cooler. Highs in the lower 50s. Northwest winds around 20 mph
Sunday
Surf height 2 to 4 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph
Monday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 10 mph

Tide

Tide at NewburyportHigh 8.5 ft at Thu 3:21 PM, Low 1.5 ft at Fri 10:13 AM, High 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 PMFri6 AMNoon8.5 ft3:21 PM1.5 ft10:13 AM8.2 ft4:07 PMNow 5.3 ftTide at NewburyportHigh 8.5 ft at Thu 3:21 PM, Low 1.5 ft at Fri 10:13 AM, High 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftFriNoon8.5 ft3:21 PM1.5 ft10:13 AM8.2 ft4:07 PMNow 5.3 ft
Tide at Newburyport. High 8.5 ft at Thu 3:21 PM, Low 1.5 ft at Fri 10:13 AM, High 8.2 ft at Fri 4:07 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Essex County
State
Massachusetts
Latitude
42.5466° N
Longitude
70.8568° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Rice's Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station FW4377FW4377

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/74 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Beverly MunicipalBVY

At an airfield/4.0 mi away/108 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

PeabodyMA009

Beside a road/8.4 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Beverly 1.4 WSWMA-ES-98

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Beverly 7NWBEVM3

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/86 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Beverly 7NW (BEVM3), 2.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

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