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Clam Beach, California

Beach in Sonoma County, California

Air quality

The air at Clam Beach

Index 37, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Santa Rosa (CA), 30 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)37Good-
  • Ozone10Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Clam 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 Clam Beach, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
Clam Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSW from the sand at 1:13 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 5.5 ft every 14 s.200210220SW230Facing SSW 213°Wind 6 mphfrom NE, offshoreSwell 5.5 ft from WSWLongshore current, to the left
Looking SSW from the sand at 1:13 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 5.5 ft every 14 s.
NESW

Facing SSW 213°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Sonoma and Marin County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46013, 19.7 mi away.

Friday

Surf height
4 to 7 feet
Water temperature
-

Waves at buoy 46013, Bodega Bay

Wave height
4.3 ft
Period
14 s
From
WSW (256°)
Swell
3.6 ft at 15 s from WSW
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 4 s from NW
Water
-
Read
Fri 12:50 AM
Distance
19.7 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.

Wave height at buoy 46013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.9 ft; 4.3 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM4.3 ftWave height at buoy 46013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.9 ft; 4.3 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon4.3 ft
Significant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.9 ft; 4.3 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:50 AM4.3 ft14 sWSW (256°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (232°)
Thu 10:50 PM4.3 ft15 sSW (232°)
Thu 9:50 PM4.3 ft14 sWNW (282°)
Thu 8:50 PM4.6 ft15 sSW (224°)
Thu 7:50 PM4.3 ft14 sW (281°)
Thu 6:50 PM4.6 ft14 sWNW (290°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.3 ft15 sWNW (282°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.9 ft12 sWNW (293°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.3 ft15 sSW (233°)
Thu 2:50 PM4.3 ft14 sWSW (250°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.9 ft13 sW (272°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft13 sW (278°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft14 sWNW (284°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.6 ft15 sSW (236°)
Thu 9:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (249°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.9 ft15 sSW (228°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.3 ft15 sSSE (154°)
Thu 6:50 AM3.9 ft13 sWNW (296°)
Thu 5:50 AM4.6 ft15 sWSW (245°)
Thu 4:50 AM4.3 ft15 sW (277°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.9 ft15 sWSW (249°)
Thu 2:50 AM4.9 ft15 sSW (224°)
Thu 1:50 AM4.9 ft15 sW (277°)

Surf zone forecast

Sonoma and Marin County Coastal Areas. Issued 11:26 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastFridaySaturday
Surf height4 to 7 feet5 to 8 feet
Water temperature--
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
WeatherMostly sunnyPartly cloudy
High temperature59-9057-86
WindNW at 3 mphNW at 6 mph becoming NW at 10 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
Sonoma County
State
California
Latitude
38.5155° N
Longitude
123.2542° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Clam Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Bodega 6 WSW93245

At a climate reference station/16.8 mi away/63 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Citizen station DW4623DW4623

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.0 mi away/259 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Santa RosaSTS

At an airfield/24.0 mi away/103 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Fort RossFORC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/132 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Monte Rio 15.2 WNWCA-SN-182

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/505 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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