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temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beaches/California/Point Sal Beach
Point Sal Beach, California
Beach in Santa Barbara 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.
64°
84°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Light breeze 5 mph ENE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Point Sal Beach until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Point Sal Beach is 64° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 61° by 1 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 90°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 67°. Rain is likely Tuesday (51%) and Wednesday (50%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
41%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
64feels64
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8452
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9059
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8863
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8057
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7054
14mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6750
51%
Wed
Oct 21
6749
50%
64°
84°52°
90°59°
88°63°
80°57°
70°54°
67°50°
67°49°
As of 10:00 PM in Point Sal Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Point Sal Beach
Index 38, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Santa Maria (CA), 7 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good10 mi
- Ozone35Good31 ppb12.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)38Good10 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.9 ppb12.6 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Point Sal Beach
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 Point Sal Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 236°
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, 20.4 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
- 14 s
- From
- WSW (244°)
- Swell
- 4.6 ft at 14 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from WNW
- Water
- 68 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:20 PM
- Distance
- 20.4 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 9:20 PM | 5.2 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| 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°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 5.9 ft | 14 s | WNW (291°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 16 s | W (261°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 16 s | SW (226°) |
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
- Santa Barbara County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 34.8934° N
- Longitude
- 120.6421° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Point Sal Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Alert #75CASC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/8.1 mi away/735 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station FW4729FW4729
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/278 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Maria 2.5 NCA-SB-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.3 mi away/230 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Pismo BeachPISC1
At a cooperative observer's station/18.5 mi away/65 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 Point Sal Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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