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Christi Beach, California

Beach in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Christi Beach

Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Goleta (CA), 29 miles off.

13Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone13Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Christi Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Christi Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat
Christi Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 6:33 AM, night, clear, waves about 1.6 ft every 14 s.250260W280Facing W 268°Wind 7 mphfrom NE, offshoreSwell 1.6 ft from WLongshore current, to the left
Looking W from the sand at 6:33 AM, night, clear, waves about 1.6 ft every 14 s.
NESW

Facing W 268°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46053, 15.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46053, East Santa Barbara

Wave height
2.0 ft
Period
14 s
From
W (277°)
Swell
1.6 ft at 14 s from W
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 4 s from WSW
Water
71 °F
Read
Fri 5:50 AM
Distance
15.3 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.

Wave height at buoy 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri2.0 ftWave height at buoy 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoonFri2.0 ft
Significant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.0 ft; 2.0 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 5:50 AM2.0 ft14 sW (277°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.0 ft13 sSW (227°)
Fri 3:50 AM2.0 ft12 sW (271°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.0 ft-W (271°)
Fri 1:50 AM2.3 ft13 sWSW (257°)
Fri 12:50 AM2.0 ft14 sWNW (298°)
Thu 11:50 PM2.0 ft15 sWSW (248°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.3 ft13 sW (278°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.6 ft14 sW (263°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.6 ft-W (265°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.0 ft4 sW (267°)
Thu 6:50 PM2.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.6 ft13 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.3 ft13 sWSW (252°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.3 ft13 sWNW (293°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft12 sW (279°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.3 ft14 sWSW (246°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.0 ft12 sW (267°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.0 ft13 sWSW (256°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.0 ft13 sW (259°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.0 ft13 sWNW (293°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.0 ft-WSW (252°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.0 ft14 sWNW (299°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.0 ft13 sW (264°)

Beach

County
Santa Barbara County
State
California
Latitude
34.0267° N
Longitude
119.8760° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Christi Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Santa Cruz Island RAWSSNCC1

A remote fire weather station/9.0 mi away/223 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Santa Barbara 11 W53152

At a climate reference station/26.5 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Santa Barbara MuniSBA

At an airfield/27.7 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW5968GW5968

In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.0 mi away/58 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Isla Vista 0.3 WSWCA-SB-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.8 mi away/40 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Santa BarbaraSBAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/29.1 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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