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San Quentin Beach, California

Beach in Marin County, California

Air quality

The air at San Quentin Beach

Index 49, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, San Rafael (CA), 3 miles off.

49Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)49Good3.1 mi
  • Ozone32Good23 ppb3.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide12Good13.8 ppb3.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.9 ppb6.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm3.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at San Quentin 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 San Quentin Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat
San Quentin Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 9:25 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 9 s.110120130SE140Facing SE 129°Moon 103° rightWind 2 mphfrom WNW, offshore
Looking SE from the sand at 9:25 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.4 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing SE 129°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46026, 23.5 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco

Wave height
4.3 ft
Period
-
From
WSW (241°)
Swell
3.9 ft at 15 s from WSW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 3 s from WNW
Water
61 °F
Read
Thu 8:40 PM
Distance
23.5 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 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Thu 8:40 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM4.3 ftWave height at buoy 46026, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Thu 8:40 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWedNoonThuNoon4.3 ft
Significant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.6 ft; 4.3 ft at Thu 8:40 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 8:40 PM4.3 ft-WSW (241°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.6 ft13 sW (260°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.9 ft14 sSW (228°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.9 ft14 sWSW (248°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.3 ft15 sWSW (243°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (230°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.9 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft15 sSW (235°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (239°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.9 ft14 sW (260°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.3 ft15 sSW (233°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.6 ft-WSW (245°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft14 sW (270°)
Thu 5:50 AM3.9 ft15 sW (263°)
Thu 4:50 AM3.9 ft-W (280°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.3 ft15 sWSW (252°)
Thu 2:50 AM4.6 ft14 sW (274°)
Thu 1:50 AM4.3 ft15 sW (276°)
Thu 12:50 AM4.3 ft-WNW (287°)
Wed 11:50 PM4.3 ft-W (269°)
Wed 10:50 PM4.6 ft15 sWSW (258°)
Wed 9:50 PM4.3 ft16 sSW (224°)

Beach

County
Marin County
State
California
Latitude
37.9418° N
Longitude
122.4818° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest San Quentin Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Tiburn 3NWTBNC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/11 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW0247FW0247

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/104 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

NovatoDVO

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

San Rafael 1.1 SSECA-MR-43

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

KentfieldKENC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/169 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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