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Escondido Beach, California

Beach in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Escondido Beach

Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Thousand Oaks (CA), 12 miles off.

37Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)20Good14.3 mi
  • Ozone37Good43 ppb14.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-18.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide18Good19.1 ppb18.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Escondido Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Escondido Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
Escondido Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 11:13 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 15 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.130SE140150160Facing SE 143°Wind 14 mphfrom NNE, offshoreSwell 3.0 ft from SSWLongshore current, to the leftRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SE from the sand at 11:13 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 15 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SE 143°

300 ft

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 Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 25.2 mi away.

This afternoon through friday

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
70 to 72 °F

Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin

Wave height
3.3 ft
Period
15 s
From
SSW (197°)
Swell
2.0 ft at 15 s from SSW
Wind waves
2.6 ft at 4 s from NW
Water
72 °F
Read
Thu 10:20 PM
Distance
25.2 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 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.3 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM3.3 ftWave height at buoy 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.3 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoon3.3 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 4.3 ft; 3.3 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:20 PM3.3 ft15 sSSW (197°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSSW (199°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSE (153°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSSW (200°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.0 ft14 sSSW (192°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (186°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSE (148°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (201°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (172°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.6 ft15 sSSW (210°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.0 ft16 sSSW (212°)
Thu 9:50 AM2.6 ft14 sSSE (166°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (181°)
Thu 7:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (183°)
Thu 6:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (179°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.3 ft15 sSSW (206°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 3:50 AM3.3 ft16 sSSE (161°)
Thu 2:50 AM3.3 ft16 sS (171°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.0 ft16 sSSE (163°)
Thu 12:50 AM3.3 ft15 sSSW (198°)
Wed 11:50 PM3.3 ft16 sSSE (156°)

Surf zone forecast

Malibu Coast, Los Angeles County Beaches. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastThis afternoon through fridaySaturday
Rip current riskModerateModerate
Surf height2 to 4 feet2 to 4 feet
Water temperature70 to 72 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksSouth swellSouth swell
TidesHigh 4.8 ft, 1:14 PMLow 1.0 ft, 10:08 PMHigh 4.4 ft, 2:23 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:33 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 1:14 PM, Low 1.0 ft at Fri 10:08 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:23 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:33 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun4.8 ft1:14 PM1.0 ft10:08 PM4.4 ft2:23 PM0.9 ft11:33 PMTideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 1:14 PM, Low 1.0 ft at Fri 10:08 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:23 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:33 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSatNoon4.8 ft1:14 PM1.0 ft10:08 PM4.4 ft2:23 PM0.9 ft11:33 PM
Tide. High 4.8 ft at Fri 1:14 PM, Low 1.0 ft at Fri 10:08 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:23 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:33 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Los Angeles County
State
California
Latitude
34.0247° N
Longitude
118.7684° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Escondido Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Pepperdine RAWSPPEC1

A remote fire weather station/3.4 mi away/909 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station EW5537EW5537

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.3 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Santa Monica MuniSMO

At an airfield/18.4 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Calabasas 2.6 WSWCA-LA-42

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.2 mi away/718 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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