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The Sands, South Carolina

Beach in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at The Sands

Index 55, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 30 miles off.

55Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)55Moderate-
  • Ozone20Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at The Sands

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 1 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 The Sands, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 10 AM.

SatSun
The Sands from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 2:24 AM, night, clear, waves about 2.5 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.110120130SE140Facing SE 125°Wind 7 mphfrom WSW, offshoreRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SE from the sand at 2:24 AM, night, clear, waves about 2.5 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SE 125°

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 Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper.

Saturday

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 3 feet
Water temperature
In the upper 70s
UV index
Low

Surf zone forecast

Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper, including Hunting Island, Fripp Island, Hilton Head Island, Daufuskie Island, and Edisto Beach. Issued 2:14 AM EDT Sat Oct 17.

ForecastSaturdaySunday
Rip current riskModerateHigh
Surf height2 to 3 feet2 to 3 feet
Water temperatureIn the upper 70s-
UV indexLow-
WeatherPartly sunny. A chance of showersSunny
High temperatureIn the upper 60sIn the mid 60s
WindsBreezy. North winds 20 to 25 mphBreezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
TidesHilton Head IslandLow, 6:44 AMHigh, 1:35 PMHilton Head IslandLow, 7:36 AMHigh, 2:28 PM
Monday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
Tuesday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Wednesday
Surf height around 1 foot. Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around 15 mph

Beach

County
Beaufort County
State
South Carolina
Latitude
32.3705° N
Longitude
80.6858° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest The Sands, 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

BeaufortARW

At an airfield/4.2 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station EW9629EW9629

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Youmans FarmS2038

At a soil climate station/36.3 mi away/75 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Port Royal 0.4 SESC-BF-118

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Edisto Beach State ParkEDIS1

In a park or preserve/21.6 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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