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At an airfield/2.3 mi away/43 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Oxnard Beach
Oxnard Beach, California
Beach in Ventura County, CaliforniaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and combined seas 2 to 5 ft expected when conditions are worst. * WHERE...East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island and Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 3 AM PDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 3 AM to 5 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will create dangerous sea conditions which could capsize or damage small and large vessels. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX) for more.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions.
75°
88°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Light breeze 8 mph NW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Oxnard Beach until 5 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Oxnard Beach is 75° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° by 12 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 Wednesday, near 66°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (61%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 26 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:43 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
38%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8861
17mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9168
26mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8873
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7964
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7561
13mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6858
50%
19mph
Wed
Oct 21
6655
61%
75°
88°61°
91°68°
88°73°
79°64°
75°61°
68°58°
66°55°
As of 7:00 PM in Oxnard Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Oxnard Beach
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Oxnard (CA), 7 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good7 mi
- Ozone39Good43 ppb7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)29Good7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb7 mi
The days ahead
Highest 62, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- 62TodayOct 15
- 61FriOct 16
- 50SatOct 17
- 40SunOct 18
- 37MonOct 19
- 36TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oxnard Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Oxnard Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing W 266°
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, 30.6 mi away.
- In force Moderate rip current risk
This afternoon through friday
- 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
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSW (195°)
- Swell
- 2.6 ft at 15 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Thu 6:50 PM
- Distance
- 30.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (192°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (148°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (210°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSW (212°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | SSE (166°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (198°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (156°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSW (205°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (200°) |
| Wed 7:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SW (214°) |
Surf zone forecast
Ventura County Beaches. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | This afternoon through friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Moderate | Moderate |
| Surf height | 2 to 4 feet | 2 to 4 feet |
| Water temperature | 69 to 71 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell | South swell |
| Tides | High 4.7 ft, 1:21 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:10 PM | High 4.4 ft, 2:31 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:39 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Ventura County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.1855° N
- Longitude
- 119.2431° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Oxnard Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station EW3531EW3531
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/150 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Santa Barbara 11 W53152
At a climate reference station/39.0 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
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/18.1 mi away/764 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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