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Ocean Shores Beach, Washington

Beach in Grays Harbor County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Ocean Shores Beach

Index 9, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (WA), 20 miles off.

9Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ocean Shores Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ocean Shores Beach, the next 42 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Sat 12 AM, under a mile for 2 hours.

SatSun
Ocean Shores Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 12:32 AM, night, overcast, waves about 5.3 ft every 13 s.240250260WFacing WSW 255°Wind 2 mphfrom SSE, along the beachSwell 5.3 ft from WNWLongshore current, to the left
Looking WSW from the sand at 12:32 AM, night, overcast, waves about 5.3 ft every 13 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 255°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46041, 36.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46041, Cape Elizabeth

Wave height
6.6 ft
Period
13 s
From
WNW (282°)
Swell
6.2 ft at 13 s from WNW
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 4 s from WSW
Water
58 °F
Read
Fri 11:50 PM
Distance
36.3 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 7.5 ft; 6.6 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM6.6 ftWave height at buoy 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 7.5 ft; 6.6 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftNoonFriNoon6.6 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 7.5 ft; 6.6 ft at Fri 11:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 11:50 PM6.6 ft13 sWNW (282°)
Fri 10:50 PM6.2 ft13 sWNW (284°)
Fri 9:50 PM5.9 ft12 sW (276°)
Fri 8:50 PM6.2 ft12 sW (278°)
Fri 7:50 PM6.9 ft12 sW (281°)
Fri 6:50 PM6.6 ft12 sWNW (283°)
Fri 5:50 PM6.9 ft12 sWNW (284°)
Fri 4:50 PM5.9 ft13 sW (275°)
Fri 3:50 PM5.6 ft13 sW (281°)
Fri 2:50 PM4.9 ft13 sWNW (288°)
Fri 1:50 PM5.9 ft14 sW (273°)
Fri 12:50 PM5.6 ft14 sWNW (284°)
Fri 11:50 AM5.2 ft14 sWNW (291°)
Fri 10:50 AM6.6 ft15 sWNW (292°)
Fri 9:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (268°)
Fri 8:50 AM6.2 ft15 sW (275°)
Fri 7:50 AM5.2 ft15 sWNW (288°)
Fri 6:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (280°)
Fri 5:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (271°)
Fri 4:50 AM4.9 ft16 sW (276°)
Fri 3:50 AM4.3 ft16 sWNW (282°)
Fri 2:50 AM3.9 ft16 sWNW (296°)
Fri 1:50 AM3.3 ft16 sW (274°)
Fri 12:50 AM3.0 ft16 sWSW (256°)

Beach

County
Grays Harbor County
State
Washington
Latitude
46.9937° N
Longitude
124.1730° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ocean Shores Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Citizen station KF7MJQ-10KF7MJQ-10

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

WestportNDBC-WPTW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.0 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Hoquiam/BowermanHQM

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Quinault 4 NE04237

At a climate reference station/39.5 mi away/286 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Ocean Shores 2.0 NWA-GH-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/25 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Humptulips Salmon HatHTUW1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.7 mi away/151 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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