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Ocean City Beach, Washington

Beach in Grays Harbor County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Ocean City Beach

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (WA), 19 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good17.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 17, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Ocean City Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.12 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.12in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ocean City Beach, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 10 AM, under a mile for 16 hours.

FriSat
Ocean City Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 11:14 PM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 2.1 ft every 17 s.250260W280Facing W 266°Wind 6 mphfrom E, offshoreSwell 2.1 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the right
Looking W from the sand at 11:14 PM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 2.1 ft every 17 s.
NESW

Facing W 266°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46041, 32.2 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46041, Cape Elizabeth

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
17 s
From
WSW (252°)
Swell
2.6 ft at 17 s from WSW
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from SE
Water
58 °F
Read
Thu 10:20 PM
Distance
32.2 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 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM2.6 ftWave height at buoy 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 2.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:20 PM2.6 ft17 sWSW (252°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.0 ft14 sSSW (207°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.0 ft14 sWSW (241°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.3 ft15 sWSW (237°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.6 ft16 sSSW (199°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSW (207°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.3 ft14 sSW (217°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.6 ft14 sWSW (239°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft16 sSSW (209°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.6 ft16 sWSW (238°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.9 ft16 sSW (216°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.9 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.3 ft16 sSW (230°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft12 sW (281°)
Thu 5:50 AM4.3 ft9 sW (277°)
Thu 4:20 AM4.3 ft9 sWNW (292°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.2 ft9 sWNW (288°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.2 ft9 sWNW (284°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.6 ft9 sWNW (282°)
Wed 11:50 PM5.2 ft11 sWNW (293°)

Beach

County
Grays Harbor County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.0846° N
Longitude
124.1778° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ocean City Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Citizen station CW9107CW9107

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Copalis CrossingCPXW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.1 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Hoquiam/BowermanHQM

At an airfield/13.8 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Quinault 4 NE04237

At a climate reference station/34.1 mi away/286 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Ocean Shores 7.6 NWA-GH-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Humptulips Salmon HatHTUW1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/151 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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