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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/East Beach
East Beach, California
Beach in San Francisco County, CaliforniaBeach Hazards Statement, in full
* WHAT...An increased risk for sneaker waves and strong rip currents with breaking waves of 7 to 12 ft. * WHERE...Pacific Coast beaches. * WHEN...3 AM Saturday through 9 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Waves can sweep across the shoreline without warning, pulling people into the sea from beaches, jetties, and rocks.
Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean. Monitor local weather, surf and tide forecasts at www.weather.gov/mtr.
81°
88°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Light air 3 mph WNW
Alert. A Beach Hazards Statement is in force for East Beach until 9 PM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. East Beach is 81° and clear at 5 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 85°, and the coolest Monday, near 61°. Rain is possible Tuesday (33%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:31 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
1UV Low
36Air quality
24%Humidity
7%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
81feels80
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8864
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8564
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6857
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6152
23%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6452
33%
Wed
Oct 21
6753
23%
Thu
Oct 22
6454
10%
81°
88°64°
85°64°
68°57°
61°52°
64°52°
67°53°
64°54°
As of 5:00 PM in East Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at East Beach
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, San Francisco (CA), 4 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good4.2 mi
- Ozone36Good45 ppb4.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide7Good7.5 ppb4.2 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb9.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm4.2 mi
The days ahead
Highest 55, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 15
- 55TodayOct 16
- 55SatOct 17
- 50SunOct 18
- 44MonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at East Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 PM. 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 East Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 356°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46026, 21.5 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco
- Wave height
- 3.0 ft
- Period
- 14 s
- From
- SSW (200°)
- Swell
- 3.0 ft at 14 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 0.7 ft at 4 s from WNW
- Water
- 62 °F
- Read
- Fri 5:20 PM
- Distance
- 21.5 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 5:20 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (200°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | - | SSW (199°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | - | SW (223°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 12 s | WSW (248°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 13 s | SW (236°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 3.3 ft | - | SW (234°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SW (214°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (202°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SW (229°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (221°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 14 s | W (262°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (227°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (215°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (227°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 13 s | WNW (287°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (231°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 4.3 ft | - | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 16 s | WSW (246°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | SW (219°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 14 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 4.3 ft | - | WSW (241°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 13 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | SW (228°) |
Beach
- County
- San Francisco County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.8064° N
- Longitude
- 122.4505° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest East Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW4637FW4637
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/54 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
OaklandOAK
At an airfield/13.4 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Francisco 2.2 WNWCA-SF-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/200 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/2.8 mi away/112 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near East Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- San Franciscocity, 3 mi
- Sausalitocity, 4 mi
- Belvederecity, 5 mi
- Marin Citycommunity, 6 mi
- Tiburontown, 6 mi
- Strawberrycommunity, 7 mi
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valleycommunity, 7 mi
- Altocommunity, 8 mi
- Daly Citycity, 8 mi
- Muir Beachcommunity, 8 mi
- Broadmoorcommunity, 8 mi
- Mill Valleycity, 8 mi
Beaches near East Beach
- Marshall's Beach2 mi
- Baker Beach2 mi
- China Beach2 mi
- Kirby Beach3 mi
- Black Sands Beach3 mi
- Swede's Beach3 mi
- Mile Rock Beach3 mi
- Perles Beach3 mi