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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/South Day Use Beach
South Day Use Beach, California
Beach in Orange County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
76°
90°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Gentle breeze 9 mph N
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for South Day Use Beach until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. South Day Use Beach is 76° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 9 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 2 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 92°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 67°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%) and Wednesday (68%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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
36Air quality
29%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
76feels76
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9061
17mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9271
19mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8773
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
8267
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7765
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6960
57%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6757
68%
76°
90°61°
92°71°
87°73°
82°67°
77°65°
69°60°
67°57°
As of 11:00 PM in South Day Use Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at South Day Use Beach
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 12 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good11.7 mi
- Ozone36Good38 ppb11.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)10Good11.7 mi
The days ahead
Highest 65, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.
GoodModerate
- 50YesterdayOct 14
- 46TodayOct 15
- 65FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at South Day Use Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 South Day Use Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SW 227°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Rip current risk today: high
The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.
A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.
Surf and swim
The surf zone forecast for Orange County Coastal Areas, and the waves at buoy 46266, 41.7 mi away.
- In force High rip current risk
This afternoon through friday
- Rip current risk
- High
- Surf height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Water temperature
- 70 to 73 °F
Waves at buoy 46266, Del Mar Nearshore
- Wave height
- 2.3 ft
- Period
- 14 s
- From
- WSW (239°)
- Swell
- 1.6 ft at 14 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 10 s from WSW
- Water
- 71 °F
- Read
- Thu 10:56 PM
- Distance
- 41.7 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 10:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 9:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 8:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 7:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 6:56 PM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 5:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | WSW (240°) |
| Thu 4:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 3:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 2:56 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | WSW (250°) |
| Thu 1:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (257°) |
| Thu 12:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 13 s | WSW (251°) |
| Thu 11:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 10:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (246°) |
| Thu 9:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (244°) |
| Thu 8:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 7:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (247°) |
| Thu 6:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 5:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 4:56 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 3:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | WSW (237°) |
| Thu 2:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 1:56 AM | 2.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (240°) |
| Thu 12:56 AM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (242°) |
| Wed 11:56 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (247°) |
Surf zone forecast
Orange County Coastal Areas. Issued 12:34 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | This afternoon through friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | High | High |
| Surf height | 3 to 6 feet | 3 to 6 feet |
| Water temperature | 70 to 73 °F | - |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Remarks | South swell from 160° | South swell from 150° |
| Tides | Newport BeachHigh 4.7 ft, 12:18 PMLow 0.9 ft, 9:08 PM | Newport BeachHigh 4.3 ft, 1:32 PMLow 0.9 ft, 10:32 PM |
Tide
Beach
- County
- Orange County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.4603° N
- Longitude
- 117.6779° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest South Day Use Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW6246GW6246
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/979 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/17.6 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/28.2 mi away/1,140 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Dana Point 1.4 NCA-OR-55
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/200 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Irvine RanchIVRC1
On a farm or research station/18.1 mi away/535 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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