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China Ladder Beach, California

Beach in Santa Cruz County, California

Air quality

The air at China Ladder Beach

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, San Lorenzo Valley (CA), 10 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good9.8 mi
  • Ozone-25 ppb16.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 36, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at China Ladder Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 China Ladder Beach, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
China Ladder Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 1:13 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 5.5 ft every 15 s.210220SW230240250Facing SW 230°Wind 2 mphfrom NNE, offshoreSwell 5.5 ft from SLongshore current, to the right
Looking SW from the sand at 1:13 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 5.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing SW 230°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for San Francisco and San Mateo County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46042, 21.1 mi away.

Friday

Surf height
4 to 7 feet
Water temperature
61 to 62 °F

Waves at buoy 46042, Monterey

Wave height
5.2 ft
Period
15 s
From
S (190°)
Water
63 °F
Read
Fri 12:20 AM
Distance
21.1 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 46042, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.6 ft to 7.9 ft; 5.2 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM5.2 ftWave height at buoy 46042, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.6 ft to 7.9 ft; 5.2 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftNoonThuNoon5.2 ft
Significant wave height from 4.6 ft to 7.9 ft; 5.2 ft at Fri 12:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:20 AM5.2 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 11:50 PM4.9 ft14 sWNW (296°)
Thu 10:50 PM5.2 ft15 sSW (228°)
Thu 9:50 PM5.2 ft14 sNW (308°)
Thu 8:50 PM5.6 ft14 sNW (317°)
Thu 7:50 PM5.9 ft13 sNW (309°)
Thu 6:50 PM5.2 ft14 sWNW (285°)
Thu 5:50 PM5.6 ft15 sWSW (242°)
Thu 4:50 PM5.2 ft14 sWNW (299°)
Thu 3:50 PM5.2 ft14 sW (262°)
Thu 2:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (242°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.9 ft14 sWNW (283°)
Thu 12:50 PM4.9 ft14 sWNW (291°)
Thu 11:50 AM5.6 ft14 sNW (311°)
Thu 10:50 AM5.2 ft15 sWSW (253°)
Thu 9:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 8:50 AM5.6 ft15 sWNW (289°)
Thu 7:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (274°)
Thu 6:50 AM5.9 ft14 sWNW (283°)
Thu 5:50 AM5.6 ft15 sWNW (293°)
Thu 4:50 AM5.6 ft16 sSW (232°)
Thu 3:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (268°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.6 ft15 sNNW (331°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.2 ft15 sWNW (301°)

Surf zone forecast

San Francisco and San Mateo County Coastal Areas. Issued 11:26 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastFridaySaturday
Surf height4 to 7 feet4 to 7 feet
Water temperature61 to 62 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
WeatherMostly sunnyPartly cloudy
High temperature63-9460-89
WindNW at 4 mphNW at 5 mph becoming NW at 8 mph
TidesHigh 4.2 ft, 5:32 AMLow 3.6 ft, 9:28 AMHigh 5.2 ft, 3:11 PMLow 0.5 ft, 10:32 PMHigh 4.2 ft, 6:48 AMLow 3.7 ft, 10:56 AMHigh 4.9 ft, 4:10 PMLow 0.6 ft, 11:38 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.2 ft at Fri 5:32 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Fri 9:28 AM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 3:11 PM, Low 0.5 ft at Fri 10:32 PM, High 4.2 ft at Sat 6:48 AM, Low 3.7 ft at Sat 10:56 AM, High 4.9 ft at Sat 4:10 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Sat 11:38 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun4.2 ft5:32 AM3.6 ft9:28 AM5.2 ft3:11 PM0.5 ft10:32 PM4.2 ft6:48 AM3.7 ft10:56 AM4.9 ft4:10 PM0.6 ft11:38 PMTideHigh 4.2 ft at Fri 5:32 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Fri 9:28 AM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 3:11 PM, Low 0.5 ft at Fri 10:32 PM, High 4.2 ft at Sat 6:48 AM, Low 3.7 ft at Sat 10:56 AM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonSat4.2 ft5:32 AM3.6 ft9:28 AM5.2 ft3:11 PM0.5 ft10:32 PM4.2 ft6:48 AM3.7 ft10:56 AM
Tide. High 4.2 ft at Fri 5:32 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Fri 9:28 AM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 3:11 PM, Low 0.5 ft at Fri 10:32 PM, High 4.2 ft at Sat 6:48 AM, Low 3.7 ft at Sat 10:56 AM, High 4.9 ft at Sat 4:10 PM, Low 0.6 ft at Sat 11:38 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Santa Cruz County
State
California
Latitude
37.0675° N
Longitude
122.2566° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest China Ladder Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Coast DairiesXCDC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/648 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW5763FW5763

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.8 mi away/333 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Moffett NAS/Mtn VieNUQ

At an airfield/26.0 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Santa Cruz 8.9 NWCA-SZ-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/1,739 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Ben Lomond No4BNLC1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.1 mi away/455 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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