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Beaches/California/Seal Rocks Beach
Seal Rocks Beach, California
Beach in San Francisco County, California70°
86°/53°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light air 3 mph WNW
Now. Seal Rocks Beach is 70° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° 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 88°, and the coolest Monday, near 60°. Rain is possible Tuesday (35%).
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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
39Air quality
49%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8653
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8865
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8463
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
6657
14mph
Mon
Oct 19
6051
25%
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
6251
35%
Wed
Oct 21
6651
22%
70°
86°53°
88°65°
84°63°
66°57°
60°51°
62°51°
66°51°
As of 10:00 PM in Seal Rocks Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Seal Rocks Beach
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, San Francisco (CA), 5 miles off.
39Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good6.4 mi
- Ozone23Good24 ppb6.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide12Good13 ppb6.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb12.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm6.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 15
- 55FriOct 16
- ModerateSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
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 Seal Rocks Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Seal Rocks Beach, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 1 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NW 323°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46026, 18.2 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- W (267°)
- Swell
- 3.9 ft at 14 s from W
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 3 s from WNW
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Thu 9:20 PM
- Distance
- 18.2 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 9:20 PM | 3.9 ft | - | W (267°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 4.3 ft | - | WSW (241°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 13 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | SW (228°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | WSW (248°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (243°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (230°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (221°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (256°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (235°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | SW (233°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 4.6 ft | - | WSW (245°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | W (270°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (263°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.9 ft | - | W (280°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (252°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (276°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 4.3 ft | - | WNW (287°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 4.3 ft | - | W (269°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (258°) |
Beach
- County
- San Francisco County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.7860° N
- Longitude
- 122.5083° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Seal Rocks Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW6803FW6803
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.1 mi away/198 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/13.7 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Francisco 4.7 WCA-SF-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/130 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/67 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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