At an airfield/1.6 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Paradise Cove
Paradise Cove, California
Beach in Los Angeles 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.
83°
91°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 81°·Light breeze 8 mph ENE
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Paradise Cove 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. Paradise Cove is 83° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 79° by 7 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 95°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 65°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%) and Wednesday (62%). Tomorrow is hot, 95°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:42 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
42Air quality
26%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
83feels81
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9162
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9579
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8980
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8268
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7363
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6556
53%
Wed
Oct 21
6555
62%
83°
91°62°
95°79°
89°80°
82°68°
73°63°
65°56°
65°55°
As of 9:00 PM in Paradise Cove, California.
Air quality
The air at Paradise Cove
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 31 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good-
- Ozone19Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)22Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 15
- 58FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Paradise Cove
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Cove, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 356°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46025, 44.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSE (153°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 15 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 3.0 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Thu 8:50 PM
- Distance
- 44.2 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 8:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (153°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SSW (200°) |
| 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°) |
Beach
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.4268° N
- Longitude
- 118.4255° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Paradise Cove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Avalon 11NW - Catalina IslandWGLC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.6 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW3786CW3786
In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.7 mi away/596 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rolling Hills 3.9 SECA-LA-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/21.7 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1
At a cooperative observer's station/25.8 mi away/257 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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