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Hope Ranch Private Beach, California

Beach in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Hope Ranch Private Beach

Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Goleta (CA), 4 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good3.7 mi
  • Ozone43Good48 ppb3.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-16.1 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hope Ranch Private Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Hope Ranch Private Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.

FriSatSun
Hope Ranch Private Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 3:36 PM, the sun ahead, clear, waves about 1.5 ft every 12 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.210220SW230240Facing SW 225°Moon 75° leftWind 6 mphfrom SE, along the beachSwell 1.5 ft from WLongshore current, to the left
Looking SW from the sand at 3:36 PM, the sun ahead, clear, waves about 1.5 ft every 12 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SW 225°

300 ft

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 46053, 12.1 mi away.

This afternoon through saturday

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
1 to 2 feet
Water temperature
Around 70 °F

Waves at buoy 46053, East Santa Barbara

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
12 s
From
W (266°)
Swell
2.3 ft at 12 s from W
Wind waves
1.3 ft at 4 s from ESE
Water
70 °F
Read
Fri 2:50 PM
Distance
12.1 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 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.6 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 2:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon2.6 ftWave height at buoy 46053, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.6 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 2:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonFriNoon2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 3.6 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 2:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 2:50 PM2.6 ft12 sW (266°)
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft11 sW (266°)
Fri 12:50 PM3.3 ft12 sWSW (258°)
Fri 11:50 AM3.3 ft5 sESE (113°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.0 ft12 sWSW (253°)
Fri 9:50 AM2.0 ft14 sW (277°)
Fri 8:50 AM2.0 ft-WSW (256°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.0 ft14 sWSW (251°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.0 ft15 sSW (236°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.0 ft14 sW (277°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.0 ft13 sSW (227°)
Fri 3:50 AM2.0 ft12 sW (271°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.0 ft-W (271°)
Fri 1:50 AM2.3 ft13 sWSW (257°)
Fri 12:50 AM2.0 ft14 sWNW (298°)
Thu 11:50 PM2.0 ft15 sWSW (248°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.3 ft13 sW (278°)
Thu 9:50 PM2.6 ft14 sW (263°)
Thu 8:50 PM2.6 ft-W (265°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.0 ft4 sW (267°)
Thu 6:50 PM2.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.6 ft13 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.3 ft13 sWSW (252°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.3 ft13 sWNW (293°)

Surf zone forecast

Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast. Issued 1:26 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastThis afternoon through saturdaySunday
Rip current riskLowLow
Surf height1 to 2 feet1 to 3 feet
Water temperatureAround 70 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksNoneSouth swell
TidesHigh 4.4 ft, 2:58 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:53 PMHigh 3.7 ft, 8:15 AMLow 3.6 ft, 11:26 AMHigh 4.2 ft, 4:47 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:50 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.4 ft at Sat 2:58 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sat 11:53 PM, High 3.7 ft at Sun 8:15 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:26 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:47 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sun 11:50 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSun6 AMNoon6 PMMon4.4 ft2:58 PM0.8 ft11:53 PM3.7 ft8:15 AM3.6 ft11:26 AM4.2 ft4:47 PM0.7 ft11:50 PMTideHigh 4.4 ft at Sat 2:58 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sat 11:53 PM, High 3.7 ft at Sun 8:15 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:26 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:47 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sun 11:50 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSunNoon4.4 ft2:58 PM0.8 ft11:53 PM3.7 ft8:15 AM3.6 ft11:26 AM4.2 ft4:47 PM0.7 ft11:50 PM
Tide. High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:58 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sat 11:53 PM, High 3.7 ft at Sun 8:15 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:26 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:47 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sun 11:50 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Santa Barbara County
State
California
Latitude
34.4130° N
Longitude
119.7763° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hope Ranch Private Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Santa Barbara MuniSBA

At an airfield/3.9 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW5968GW5968

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/58 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Santa BarbaraBCXC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Santa Barbara 11 W53152

At a climate reference station/5.3 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Santa Barbara 3.3 WCA-SB-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/60 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Santa BarbaraSBAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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