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Cooks Beach, California

Beach in Mendocino County, California

Air quality

The air at Cooks Beach

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Ukiah (CA), 31 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
  • Ozone15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cooks Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 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 Cooks Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat
Cooks Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 2:50 AM, night, clear, waves about 5.5 ft every 15 s.250260W280Facing W 263°Wind 5 mphfrom ENE, offshoreSwell 5.5 ft from SWLongshore current, to the right
Looking W from the sand at 2:50 AM, night, clear, waves about 5.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing W 263°

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, 37.6 mi away.

Friday

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

Waves at buoy 46014, Pt Arena

Wave height
4.6 ft
Period
15 s
From
SW (218°)
Swell
4.3 ft at 15 s from SW
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from NNW
Water
58 °F
Read
Fri 12:50 AM
Distance
37.6 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 6.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM4.6 ftWave height at buoy 46014, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon4.6 ft
Significant wave height from 4.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 4.6 ft at Fri 12:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 12:50 AM4.6 ft15 sSW (218°)
Thu 11:50 PM4.9 ft14 sWSW (241°)
Thu 10:50 PM5.2 ft13 sWSW (257°)
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°)

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 PMNowTide 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
38.7896° N
Longitude
123.5611° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cooks Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Arena CoveNDBC-ANVC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

UkiahUKI

At an airfield/30.2 mi away/607 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW1516GW1516

In a volunteer observer's own ground/32.3 mi away/738 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Gualala 3.2 NWCA-MD-53

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/622 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Fort RossFORC1

At a cooperative observer's station/25.5 mi away/132 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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