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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Gaviota Beach
Gaviota Beach, California
Beach in Santa Barbara County, California* WHAT...Temperatures up to 95 expected. * WHERE...Coastal areas of southwest California * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. In the event of a nearby wildfire, smoke may increase heat and physical stress. If smoke impacts your area; 1) Have a cooling plan in place as smoke could limit your ability to cool your home through open windows and 2) If you have air conditioning, set on air recirculation within the home to avoid smoke exposure. Local officials may have additional guidance.
73°
88°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Moderate breeze 13 mph N
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Gaviota Beach until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Gaviota Beach is 73° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 48°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 13 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 66° by 7 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 91°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 69°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (58%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:46 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
50%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
73feels73
13mph
Today
Oct 15
8857
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9165
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8867
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8363
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7758
14mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6954
53%
Wed
Oct 21
6953
58%
73°
88°57°
91°65°
88°67°
83°63°
77°58°
69°54°
69°53°
As of 8:00 PM in Gaviota Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Gaviota Beach
Index 15, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Gaviota Coast (CA), 10 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-12.5 mi
- Ozone-43 ppb12.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)15Good10 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Gaviota Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Gaviota Beach, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 177°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: low
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 Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast, and the waves at buoy 46054, 19.4 mi away.
This afternoon through friday
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 to 3 feet
- Water temperature
- Around 71 °F
Waves at buoy 46054, West Santa Barbara
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 13 s
- From
- WNW (290°)
- Swell
- 3.3 ft at 13 s from WNW
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from NW
- Water
- 69 °F
- Read
- Thu 7:50 PM
- Distance
- 19.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 13 s | WNW (290°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | W (265°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WNW (283°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | WNW (294°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WNW (289°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 13 s | WNW (287°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (271°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (275°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (262°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (248°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (268°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.9 ft | - | W (277°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | W (269°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | W (275°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | WNW (292°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | WNW (293°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 14 s | WNW (296°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | W (278°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 16 s | W (259°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 16 s | W (272°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | WNW (286°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | WNW (298°) |
Surf zone forecast
Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | This afternoon through friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 to 3 feet | 1 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | Around 71 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | None | None |
| Tides | High 4.8 ft, 1:47 PMLow 0.8 ft, 10:35 PM | High 4.4 ft, 2:58 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:53 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.4708° N
- Longitude
- 120.2246° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Gaviota 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 now4 instruments
Citizen station CW9206CW9206
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/544 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Santa YnezIZA
At an airfield/12.7 mi away/673 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Santa Barbara 11 W53152
At a climate reference station/20.6 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Buellton 1.2 SECA-SB-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/365 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Salsipuedes Gaging StationSASC1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/502 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
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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