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Patricks Beach (not official), Alaska

Beach in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
Patricks Beach (not official) from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 10:20 PM, night, mostly cloudy, the water nearly flat every 9 s.130SE140150160170Facing SSE 150°Wind 9 mphfrom SE, onshore
Looking SSE from the sand at 10:20 PM, night, mostly cloudy, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SSE 150°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46081, 51.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46081, Western Prince William Sound

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Swell
0.0 ft at 5 s from ESE
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 3 s from E
Water
47 °F
Read
Thu 9:40 PM
Distance
51.3 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 46081, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 2.3 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 9:40 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.3 ftWave height at buoy 46081, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 2.3 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 9:40 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoon0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 2.3 ft; 0.3 ft at Thu 9:40 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 9:40 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM1.0 ft3 sE (80°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.0 ft3 sE (86°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.0 ft3 sENE (74°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.3 ft3 sNNE (18°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.0 ft3 sE (80°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.0 ft3 sE (92°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.0 ft3 sE (98°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.6 ft4 sESE (107°)
Thu 11:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 10:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 9:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 7:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 6:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 5:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 4:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 3:50 AM0.7 ft--
Thu 2:50 AM1.0 ft3 sNE (38°)
Thu 1:50 AM1.3 ft3 sNNE (28°)
Thu 12:50 AM1.6 ft3 sNNE (21°)
Wed 11:50 PM2.0 ft3 sNNE (23°)
Wed 10:50 PM2.0 ft3 sNE (34°)

Beach

Area
Anchorage Municipality
State
Alaska
Latitude
61.0214° N
Longitude
149.7431° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Patricks Beach (not official), how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

North Potter HeightsPMHA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/1,025 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Lake Hood SeaplanePALH

At an airfield/13.2 mi away/72 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Kenai 29 ENE26563

At a climate reference station/31.4 mi away/282 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Citizen station FW8478FW8478

In a volunteer observer's own ground/34.6 mi away/390 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Anchorage 11.9 SSEAK-AB-82

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,187 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Anchorage - Upper DearmounAUDA2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,335 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Anchorage - Upper Dearmoun (AUDA2), 5.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 22:00. measured daily

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