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Cottonwood Beach, California

Beach in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Cottonwood Beach

Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 35 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by nitrogen dioxide. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cottonwood Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 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 Cottonwood Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 11 PM, lowest 8 miles Sun 7 PM.

SatSun
Cottonwood Beach from its sand, nowLooking WNW from the sand at 2:39 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.8 ft every 15 s.280290300310Facing WNW 291°Wind 9 mphfrom ENE, offshoreSwell 1.8 ft from SWLongshore current, to the right
Looking WNW from the sand at 2:39 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.8 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing WNW 291°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46025, 43.6 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin

Wave height
2.3 ft
Period
15 s
From
SW (218°)
Swell
2.3 ft at 15 s from SW
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from N
Water
72 °F
Read
Sat 1:50 AM
Distance
43.6 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 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PMSat2.3 ftWave height at buoy 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonFriNoon2.3 ft
Significant wave height from 2.0 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Sat 1:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Sat 1:50 AM2.3 ft15 sSW (218°)
Sat 12:50 AM3.0 ft14 sSSW (193°)
Fri 11:50 PM2.3 ft14 sS (183°)
Fri 10:50 PM2.3 ft15 sSSE (168°)
Fri 9:50 PM2.0 ft14 sSE (135°)
Fri 8:50 PM2.3 ft14 sS (182°)
Fri 7:50 PM2.3 ft14 sS (184°)
Fri 6:50 PM2.3 ft14 sS (173°)
Fri 5:50 PM2.3 ft15 sS (177°)
Fri 4:50 PM2.6 ft15 sS (177°)
Fri 3:50 PM2.6 ft15 sS (181°)
Fri 2:50 PM2.3 ft15 sSSW (197°)
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Fri 12:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (202°)
Fri 11:50 AM2.6 ft14 sS (177°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.0 ft15 sSSE (166°)
Fri 9:50 AM2.6 ft15 sS (171°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.0 ft-S (175°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.3 ft15 sWSW (245°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.3 ft15 sESE (111°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (166°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (158°)
Fri 3:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (183°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSW (208°)

Beach

County
Los Angeles County
State
California
Latitude
33.3767° N
Longitude
118.4791° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Cottonwood Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Avalon/CatalinaAVX

At an airfield/4.1 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Wild Boar GulleyWGYC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.3 mi away/719 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station CW3786CW3786

In a volunteer observer's own ground/28.7 mi away/596 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Rolling Hills 3.9 SECA-LA-97

In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.1 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1

At a cooperative observer's station/29.7 mi away/257 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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