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Beaches/California/Cresent Bay Beach
Cresent Bay Beach, California
Beach in Orange County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
87°
92°/71°
Clear·
Feels like 83°·Moderate breeze 15 mph ENE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Cresent Bay Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cresent Bay Beach is 87° and clear at 11 AM. With the wind it feels like 83°. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 15 mph, gusting to 30 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 89° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 86°, and the coolest Thursday, near 64°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%), Wednesday (73%) and Thursday (50%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
5UV Moderate
39Air quality
17%Humidity
9%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
87feels83
15mph
Today
Oct 16
9271
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8674
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
8166
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
7666
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6861
50%
Wed
Oct 21
6558
73%
Thu
Oct 22
6457
50%
87°
92°71°
86°74°
81°66°
76°66°
68°61°
65°58°
64°57°
As of 11:00 AM in Cresent Bay Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Cresent Bay Beach
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 9 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good9 mi
- Ozone39Good41 ppb9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)30Good9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.8 ppb19.8 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm19.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest 65, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 15
- 65TodayOct 16
- 46SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cresent Bay Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Cresent Bay Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing W 275°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: moderate
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Orange County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 50.8 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk
Today
- Rip current risk
- Moderate
- Surf height
- 2 to 4 feet
- Water temperature
- 70 to 72 °F
Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 13 s
- From
- WSW (246°)
- Swell
- 2.0 ft at 13 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 6 s from WNW
- Water
- 71 °F
- Read
- Fri 10:26 AM
- Distance
- 50.8 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 10:26 AM | 2.3 ft | 13 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 9:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (251°) |
| Fri 8:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 7:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (240°) |
| Fri 6:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (242°) |
| Fri 5:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Fri 4:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 3:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (243°) |
| Fri 2:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 13 s | WSW (253°) |
| Fri 1:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (246°) |
| Fri 12:56 AM | 2.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (254°) |
| Thu 11:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (242°) |
| Thu 10:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 9:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 8:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 7:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 6:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 5:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (240°) |
| Thu 4:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 3:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 2:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 1:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (257°) |
| Thu 12:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 13 s | WSW (251°) |
| Thu 11:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (249°) |
Surf zone forecast
Orange County Coastal Areas. Issued 12:44 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Low |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 1 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | 70 to 72 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | Mixed south wind swell from 190° and west swell from 300° | Mixed south wind swell from 160° and northwest swell from 320° |
| Tides | Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft, 12:18 PMLow 0.9 ft, 9:08 PM | Newport BeachHigh 4.3 ft, 1:32 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:32 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Orange County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.5467° N
- Longitude
- 117.8033° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Cresent Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/9.7 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station FW0117FW0117
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.4 mi away/700 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/36.3 mi away/1,140 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/37.6 mi away/908 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Laguna Beach 1.4 WNWCA-OR-86
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.1 mi away/77 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Irvine RanchIVRC1
On a farm or research station/12.8 mi away/535 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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