At a river or reservoir gauge/1.5 mi away/299 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Blacks Beach
Blacks Beach, California
Beach in San Diego County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
83°
90°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Light breeze 6 mph NE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Blacks Beach until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Blacks Beach is 83° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 94°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 71°. Rain is likely Wednesday (64%). Rain is possible Tuesday (46%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and sets at 9:39 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
24%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
83feels80
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9059
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9468
22mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8971
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8866
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8265
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7363
46%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7160
64%
83°
90°59°
94°68°
89°71°
88°66°
82°65°
73°63°
71°60°
As of 6:00 PM in Blacks Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Blacks Beach
Index 46, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, San Diego Coast (CA), 5 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good7.9 mi
- Ozone46Good51 ppb7.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)20Good7.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 58YesterdayOct 14
- 50TodayOct 15
- 44FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Blacks Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 5 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 Blacks Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing W 273°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: high
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 San Diego County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 4.7 mi away.
- In force High rip current risk
This afternoon through friday
- Rip current risk
- High
- Surf height
- 3 to 5 feet
- Water temperature
- 68 to 72 °F
Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 14 s
- From
- WSW (247°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 14 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.6 ft at 5 s from WNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Thu 6:26 PM
- Distance
- 4.7 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 6:26 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 5:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (240°) |
| Thu 4:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 3:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 2:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 1:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (257°) |
| Thu 12:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 13 s | WSW (251°) |
| Thu 11:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 10:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (246°) |
| Thu 9:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 8:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 7:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 6:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 5:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 4:56 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 3:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (237°) |
| Thu 2:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 1:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (240°) |
| Thu 12:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (242°) |
| Wed 11:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (247°) |
| Wed 10:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 13 s | WSW (250°) |
| Wed 9:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (254°) |
| Wed 8:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (246°) |
| Wed 7:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
Surf zone forecast
San Diego County Coastal Areas. Issued 12:34 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | This afternoon through friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | High | High |
| Surf height | 3 to 5 feet | 3 to 5 feet |
| Water temperature | 68 to 72 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell from 200° | Mixed south swell from 200° and west swell from 290° |
| Tides | La JollaHigh 4.7 ft, 12:08 PMLow 0.9 ft, 8:59 PM | La JollaHigh 4.3 ft, 1:15 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:24 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- San Diego County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 32.8925° N
- Longitude
- 117.2536° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Blacks Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW3667GW3667
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/674 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Miramar NASNKX
At an airfield/7.1 mi away/420 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/37.3 mi away/1,140 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
San Diego 5.0 NWCA-SD-217
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/371 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
San Diego Sea WorldSWDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.8 mi away/-13 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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