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Kiddie Beach, California

Beach in Ventura County, California

Air quality

The air at Kiddie Beach

Index 32, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Oxnard (CA), 7 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)7Good7.7 mi
  • Ozone31Good37 ppb7.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)32Good7.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb7.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 61, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Kiddie Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Kiddie Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat
Kiddie Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 6:33 AM, 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.220SW230240250Facing SW 236°Wind 15 mphfrom ENE, offshoreSwell 3.0 ft from SSELongshore current, to the rightRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SW from the sand at 6:33 AM, 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 SW 236°

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 Ventura County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 28.5 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
69 to 71 °F

Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin

Wave height
2.6 ft
Period
15 s
From
SSE (166°)
Swell
2.3 ft at 15 s from SSE
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
72 °F
Read
Fri 5:50 AM
Distance
28.5 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.

Wave height at buoy 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri2.6 ftWave height at buoy 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftNoonThuNoonFri2.6 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.6 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 5:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (166°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (158°)
Fri 3:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (183°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSW (208°)
Fri 1:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSE (144°)
Fri 12:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (153°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.0 ft16 sS (173°)
Thu 10:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (209°)
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°)

Surf zone forecast

Ventura County Beaches. Issued 2:30 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskModerateModerate
Surf height2 to 4 feet2 to 4 feet
Water temperature69 to 71 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksSouth swellSouth swell
TidesHigh 4.7 ft, 1:21 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:10 PMHigh 4.4 ft, 2:31 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:39 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.7 ft at Fri 1:21 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 10:10 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PMSun4.7 ft1:21 PM0.9 ft10:10 PM4.4 ft2:31 PM0.9 ft11:39 PMTideHigh 4.7 ft at Fri 1:21 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 10:10 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSatNoon4.7 ft1:21 PM0.9 ft10:10 PM4.4 ft2:31 PM0.9 ft11:39 PM
Tide. High 4.7 ft at Fri 1:21 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Fri 10:10 PM, High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Ventura County
State
California
Latitude
34.1601° N
Longitude
119.2226° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kiddie 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 now3 instruments

Port Hueneme - VNC 53VPHC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

OxnardOXR

At an airfield/2.9 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station CW4488CW4488

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/64 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Oxnard 3.7 ENECA-VT-44

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.5 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

OjaiOJAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/19.9 mi away/764 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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