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Bowling Ball Beach, California

Beach in Mendocino County, California

Air quality

The air at Bowling Ball Beach

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Ukiah (CA), 31 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone19Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bowling Ball Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Bowling Ball Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
Bowling Ball Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 11:13 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 5.5 ft every 13 s.200210220SW230Facing SW 214°Wind 3 mphfrom NNE, offshoreSwell 5.5 ft from WLongshore current, to the left
Looking SW from the sand at 11:13 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 5.5 ft every 13 s.
NESW

Facing SW 214°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Mendocino Coast, and the waves at buoy 46014, 30.0 mi away.

Friday

Surf height
4 to 7 feet
Water temperature
56 to 60 °F

Waves at buoy 46014, Pt Arena

Wave height
5.6 ft
Period
13 s
From
W (270°)
Swell
5.6 ft at 13 s from W
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
58 °F
Read
Thu 10:20 PM
Distance
30.0 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 46014, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.6 ft to 6.6 ft; 5.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM5.6 ftWave height at buoy 46014, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.6 ft to 6.6 ft; 5.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon5.6 ft
Significant wave height from 4.6 ft to 6.6 ft; 5.6 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:20 PM5.6 ft13 sW (270°)
Thu 9:50 PM4.9 ft10 sNW (307°)
Thu 8:50 PM5.6 ft15 sSSW (212°)
Thu 7:50 PM4.9 ft14 sW (265°)
Thu 6:50 PM4.9 ft14 sWSW (245°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.9 ft14 sW (259°)
Thu 4:50 PM5.2 ft14 sW (267°)
Thu 3:50 PM5.6 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 2:50 PM5.9 ft15 sWSW (249°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.9 ft14 sWNW (288°)
Thu 12:50 PM5.2 ft13 sW (267°)
Thu 11:50 AM5.2 ft15 sWSW (243°)
Thu 10:50 AM5.2 ft14 sSSW (205°)
Thu 9:50 AM5.2 ft13 sWNW (296°)
Thu 8:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (219°)
Thu 7:50 AM5.2 ft14 sWSW (239°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.9 ft15 sWSW (243°)
Thu 5:50 AM4.9 ft14 sW (264°)
Thu 4:50 AM4.6 ft15 sSW (231°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.9 ft13 sW (262°)
Thu 2:50 AM4.9 ft15 sSSW (203°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.6 ft13 sW (280°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.9 ft16 sSSE (149°)
Wed 11:50 PM4.9 ft14 sW (280°)

Surf zone forecast

Mendocino Coast. Issued 8:25 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastFridaySaturday
Surf height4 to 7 feet4 to 7 feet
Offshore wavesNW 2 feet at 5 seconds. NW 5 feet at 13 seconds. SW 2 feet at 15 secondsNW 5 feet at 8 seconds. NW 5 feet at 12 seconds. SW 2 feet at 17 seconds
Water temperature56 to 60 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
TidesArena CoveHigh 4.0 ft, 4:53 AMLow 3.5 ft, 8:39 AMHigh 5.2 ft, 2:35 PMLow 0.6 ft, 10:27 PMArena CoveHigh 4.0 ft, 6:09 AMLow 3.7 ft, 9:49 AMHigh 4.9 ft, 3:35 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:30 PM

Tide

Tide at Arena CoveHigh 4.0 ft at Fri 4:53 AM, Low 3.5 ft at Fri 8:39 AM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 2:35 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Fri 10:27 PM, High 4.0 ft at Sat 6:09 AM, Low 3.7 ft at Sat 9:49 AM, High 4.9 ft at Sat 3:35 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:30 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun4.0 ft4:53 AM3.5 ft8:39 AM5.2 ft2:35 PM0.6 ft10:27 PM4.0 ft6:09 AM3.7 ft9:49 AM4.9 ft3:35 PM0.7 ft11:30 PMTide at Arena CoveHigh 4.0 ft at Fri 4:53 AM, Low 3.5 ft at Fri 8:39 AM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 2:35 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Fri 10:27 PM, High 4.0 ft at Sat 6:09 AM, Low 3.7 ft at Sat 9:49 AM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonSat4.0 ft4:53 AM3.5 ft8:39 AM5.2 ft2:35 PM0.6 ft10:27 PM4.0 ft6:09 AM3.7 ft9:49 AM
Tide at Arena Cove. High 4.0 ft at Fri 4:53 AM, Low 3.5 ft at Fri 8:39 AM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 2:35 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Fri 10:27 PM, High 4.0 ft at Sat 6:09 AM, Low 3.7 ft at Sat 9:49 AM, High 4.9 ft at Sat 3:35 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:30 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Mendocino County
State
California
Latitude
38.8707° N
Longitude
123.6583° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Bowling Ball Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Arena CoveNDBC-ANVC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Little RiverLLR

At an airfield/27.5 mi away/554 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station EW6025EW6025

In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.6 mi away/509 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Point Arena 4.8 ESECA-MD-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/1,048 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Fort RossFORC1

At a cooperative observer's station/33.2 mi away/132 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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