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Berkeley Beach, California

Beach in Alameda County, California

Air quality

The air at Berkeley Beach

Index 51, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Oakland (CA), 4 miles off.

51Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)51Moderate0.4 mi
  • Ozone44Good20 ppb0.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide16Good17 ppb0.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb3.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm0.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Berkeley Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. 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 Berkeley Beach, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 AM.

ThuFriSat
Berkeley Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 7:39 PM, the moon 25 percent lit over the water, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 14 s.210220SW230240Facing SW 227°Wind 1 mphfrom NW, along the beachSwell 3.4 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the left
Looking SW from the sand at 7:39 PM, the moon 25 percent lit over the water, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 14 s.
NESW

Facing SW 227°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46026, 30.2 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco

Wave height
4.3 ft
Period
14 s
From
WSW (250°)
Swell
3.9 ft at 14 s from WSW
Wind waves
1.3 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
61 °F
Read
Thu 7:20 PM
Distance
30.2 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 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Thu 7:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM4.3 ftWave height at buoy 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Thu 7:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWedNoonThuNoon4.3 ft
Significant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Thu 7:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 7:20 PM4.3 ft14 sWSW (250°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.9 ft14 sSW (228°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.9 ft14 sWSW (248°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.3 ft15 sWSW (243°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (230°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (235°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.9 ft14 sW (260°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.3 ft15 sSW (233°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.6 ft-WSW (245°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.9 ft15 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.9 ft-W (280°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (252°)
Thu 2:50 AM4.6 ft14 sW (274°)
Thu 1:50 AM4.3 ft15 sW (276°)
Thu 12:50 AM4.3 ft-WNW (287°)
Wed 11:50 PM4.3 ft-W (269°)
Wed 10:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (258°)
Wed 9:50 PM4.3 ft16 sSW (224°)
Wed 8:50 PM3.9 ft14 sWSW (249°)

Beach

County
Alameda County
State
California
Latitude
37.8616° N
Longitude
122.3028° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Berkeley Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station KJ6WEGKJ6WEG

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/88 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Oakland Berth 34NDBC-OKXC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

OaklandOAK

At an airfield/10.6 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

SR-12 - SR-160CF105

Beside a road/39.7 mi away/-6 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Berkeley 0.9 SSECA-AL-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/45 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

BerkleyBEYC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/333 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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