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Paradise Beach, California

Beach in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Paradise Beach

Index 48, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Santa Maria (CA), 7 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good8.3 mi
  • Ozone39Good43 ppb11.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)48Good8.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb11.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Paradise 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 Paradise Beach, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.

ThuFriSat
Paradise Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 7:40 PM, night, clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.260W280290Facing W 273°Moon 57° leftWind 5 mphfrom NNW, onshoreSwell 4.5 ft from SWLongshore current, to the right
Looking W from the sand at 7:40 PM, night, clear, waves about 4.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing W 273°

300 ft

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, 19.0 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
5.2 ft
Period
15 s
From
SW (226°)
Swell
4.6 ft at 15 s from SW
Wind waves
2.6 ft at 3 s from NW
Water
68 °F
Read
Thu 6:50 PM
Distance
19.0 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 46011, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.5 ft; 5.2 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon5.2 ftWave height at buoy 46011, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.5 ft; 5.2 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftWedNoonThuNoon5.2 ft
Significant wave height from 3.9 ft to 7.5 ft; 5.2 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 6:50 PM5.2 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.6 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 4:50 PM4.6 ft14 sWNW (287°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 2:50 PM4.3 ft13 sW (274°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.3 ft15 sW (272°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (227°)
Thu 11:50 AM4.6 ft15 sW (259°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.6 ft14 sWNW (290°)
Thu 9:50 AM4.9 ft14 sWNW (282°)
Thu 8:50 AM5.2 ft14 sW (276°)
Thu 7:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (266°)
Thu 6:50 AM5.6 ft15 sWSW (237°)
Thu 5:50 AM5.6 ft15 sWSW (258°)
Thu 4:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (262°)
Thu 3:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (219°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.2 ft15 sSW (235°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.2 ft15 sWSW (245°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.9 ft14 sWNW (291°)
Wed 11:50 PM6.2 ft16 sW (261°)
Wed 10:50 PM6.6 ft16 sSW (226°)
Wed 9:50 PM7.2 ft15 sW (272°)
Wed 8:50 PM5.9 ft16 sWSW (258°)
Wed 7:50 PM6.6 ft14 sWNW (302°)

Surf zone forecast

San Luis Obispo County Beaches, Santa Barbara Central Coast Beaches. Issued 1:09 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastThis afternoon through fridaySaturday
Surf height3 to 6 feet3 to 6 feet
Water temperature64 to 66 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksMixed south swell and west swellMixed west swell and south swell
TidesHigh 4.8 ft, 2:18 PMLow 0.7 ft, 10:50 PMHigh 4.5 ft, 3:24 PMLow 0.7 ft, 11:00 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSat6 AMNoon6 PM4.8 ft2:18 PM0.7 ft10:50 PM4.5 ft3:24 PM0.7 ft11:00 PMTideHigh 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSatNoon4.8 ft2:18 PM0.7 ft10:50 PM4.5 ft3:24 PM0.7 ft11:00 PM
Tide. High 4.8 ft at Fri 2:18 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:50 PM, High 4.5 ft at Sat 3:24 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Sat 11:00 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Santa Barbara County
State
California
Latitude
34.9284° N
Longitude
120.6641° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Paradise Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Alert #75CASC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.7 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW4729FW4729

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.8 mi away/278 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Nipomo 1.2 NNECA-SL-37

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.6 mi away/368 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Pismo BeachPISC1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/65 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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