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At a river or reservoir gauge/2.1 mi away/209 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Moonstone Beach
Moonstone Beach, California
Beach in San Luis Obispo 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.
62°
85°/59°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Light air 3 mph NNE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Moonstone Beach until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Moonstone Beach is 62° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 64° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 62°. Rain is likely Wednesday (52%). Rain is possible Tuesday (44%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:41 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 17 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
43Air quality
39%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
62feels62
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8559
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8464
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7559
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6854
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6252
44%
Wed
Oct 21
6352
52%
Thu
Oct 22
6252
25%
62°
85°59°
84°64°
75°59°
68°54°
62°52°
63°52°
62°52°
As of 1:00 AM in Moonstone Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Moonstone Beach
Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Morro Bay (CA), 21 miles off.
43Good
- Ozone43Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone.
GoodModerate
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Moonstone Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Moonstone Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 226°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46011, 44.6 mi away.
This afternoon through friday
- Surf height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- 64 to 66 °F
Waves at buoy 46011, Santa Maria
- Wave height
- 4.6 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SW (224°)
- Swell
- 4.3 ft at 15 s from SW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 4 s from WNW
- Water
- 68 °F
- Read
- Fri 12:50 AM
- Distance
- 44.6 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 12:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SW (224°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (205°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (198°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | SW (226°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (194°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 5.2 ft | 15 s | SW (226°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | SW (221°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | WNW (287°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 13 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (272°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (227°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | W (259°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | WNW (290°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 14 s | WNW (282°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 14 s | W (276°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 15 s | W (266°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (237°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 5.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (258°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 15 s | W (262°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 15 s | SW (219°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 15 s | SW (235°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 15 s | WSW (245°) |
Surf zone forecast
San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | This afternoon through friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Surf height | 3 to 6 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | 64 to 66 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | Mixed south swell and west swell | Mixed west swell and south swell |
| Tides | High 4.8 ft, 2:18 PMLow 0.7 ft, 10:50 PM | High 4.5 ft, 3:24 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:00 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- San Luis Obispo County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 35.5750° N
- Longitude
- 121.1138° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Moonstone Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW1939FW1939
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.6 mi away/879 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Paso RoblesPRB
At an airfield/28.0 mi away/824 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Simeon 0.3 ECA-SL-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hearst CastleHSCC1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.1 mi away/1,611 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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Near Moonstone Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cambriacommunity, 2 mi
- San Simeoncommunity, 3 mi
- Oak Shorescommunity, 14 mi
- Cayucoscommunity, 16 mi
- Lake Nacimientocommunity, 17 mi
- Morro Baycity, 20 mi
- Templetoncommunity, 23 mi
- Los Ososcommunity, 24 mi
- El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)city, 25 mi
- Lockwoodcommunity, 25 mi
- Atascaderocity, 26 mi
- Bradleycommunity, 26 mi
Beaches near Moonstone Beach
- Moon Stone Beach Parkunder 1 mi
- William Randolph Hearst Memorial Beach6 mi
- Cayucos Beach15 mi
- Morro Strand State Beach18 mi
- Morro Rock Beach20 mi
- Baywood Park Beach23 mi
- Spooner's Cove24 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach31 mi