At an airfield/5.5 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Bolsa Chica State Beach
Bolsa Chica State Beach, California
Beach in Orange 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.
81°
94°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Light breeze 7 mph W
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Bolsa Chica State Beach until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Bolsa Chica State Beach is 81° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 72° 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 98°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 70°. Rain is likely Tuesday (56%) and Wednesday (62%). Tomorrow is hot, 98°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:40 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
22%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
81feels79
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9463
12mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9871
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9373
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8767
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8165
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7262
56%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
7058
62%
81°
94°63°
98°71°
93°73°
87°67°
81°65°
72°62°
70°58°
As of 8:00 PM in Bolsa Chica State Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Bolsa Chica State Beach
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Central Orange (CA), 9 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
- Ozone36Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)28Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- 53TodayOct 15
- 64FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bolsa Chica State Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Bolsa Chica State Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 217°
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 Orange County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46025, 58.3 mi away.
- In force High rip current risk
This afternoon through friday
- Rip current risk
- High
- Surf height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- 70 to 73 °F
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSW (200°)
- Swell
- 2.6 ft at 15 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 3.0 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Thu 7:50 PM
- Distance
- 58.3 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (200°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (192°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (148°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (210°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSW (212°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | SSE (166°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (198°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (156°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSW (205°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (200°) |
Surf zone forecast
Orange 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 6 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | 70 to 73 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell from 160° | South swell from 150° |
| Tides | Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft, 12:18 PMLow 0.9 ft, 9:08 PM | Newport BeachHigh 4.3 ft, 1:32 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:32 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Orange County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.7115° N
- Longitude
- 118.0639° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Bolsa Chica State Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Los Angeles Pier JNDBC-PRJC1
At a harbour/7.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW2644GW2644
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/58 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/37.5 mi away/908 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Huntington Beach 2.6 NNWCA-OR-106
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa Ana Fire STNSTAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.6 mi away/125 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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