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Staircase Beach, California

Beach in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Staircase Beach

Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Thousand Oaks (CA), 10 miles off.

41Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good12 mi
  • Ozone41Good45 ppb12 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-21.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb21.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 41, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

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

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Staircase Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 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 Staircase Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 5 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 2 PM.

SatSun
Staircase Beach from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 9:41 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 14 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.150160170S190Facing S 170°Moon 59° rightWind 16 mphfrom NE, offshoreSwell 3.0 ft from SLongshore current, to the leftRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking S from the sand at 9:41 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 14 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing S 170°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: moderate

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 Ventura County Beaches, and the waves at buoy 46025, 20.8 mi away.

This afternoon through saturday

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 4 feet
Water temperature
69 to 71 °F

Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin

Wave height
2.3 ft
Period
14 s
From
S (182°)
Swell
2.3 ft at 14 s from S
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from E
Water
73 °F
Read
Fri 8:50 PM
Distance
20.8 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 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Fri 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM2.3 ftWave height at buoy 46025, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.3 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Fri 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftThuNoonFriNoon2.3 ft
Significant wave height from 2.3 ft to 3.9 ft; 2.3 ft at Fri 8:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 8:50 PM2.3 ft14 sS (182°)
Fri 7:50 PM2.3 ft14 sS (184°)
Fri 6:50 PM2.3 ft14 sS (173°)
Fri 5:50 PM2.3 ft15 sS (177°)
Fri 4:50 PM2.6 ft15 sS (177°)
Fri 3:50 PM2.6 ft15 sS (181°)
Fri 2:50 PM2.3 ft15 sSSW (197°)
Fri 1:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Fri 12:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (202°)
Fri 11:50 AM2.6 ft14 sS (177°)
Fri 10:50 AM3.0 ft15 sSSE (166°)
Fri 9:50 AM2.6 ft15 sS (171°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.0 ft-S (175°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.3 ft15 sWSW (245°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.3 ft15 sESE (111°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (166°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (158°)
Fri 3:50 AM3.0 ft15 sS (183°)
Fri 2:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSW (208°)
Fri 1:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSE (144°)
Fri 12:50 AM2.6 ft15 sSSE (153°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.0 ft16 sS (173°)
Thu 10:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (209°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSSW (199°)

Surf zone forecast

Ventura County Beaches. Issued 1:26 PM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastThis afternoon through saturdaySunday
Rip current riskModerateModerate
Surf height2 to 4 feet2 to 4 feet
Water temperature69 to 71 °F-
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
RemarksSouth swellMixed south swell and west swell
TidesHigh 4.4 ft, 2:31 PMLow 0.9 ft, 11:39 PMHigh 3.6 ft, 8:30 AMLow 3.6 ft, 11:06 AMHigh 4.2 ft, 4:29 PMLow 0.8 ft, 11:38 PM

Tide

TideHigh 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 8:30 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:06 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:29 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:38 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMSun6 AMNoon6 PMMon4.4 ft2:31 PM0.9 ft11:39 PM3.6 ft8:30 AM3.6 ft11:06 AM4.2 ft4:29 PM0.8 ft11:38 PMTideHigh 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 8:30 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:06 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:29 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:38 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftSunNoon4.4 ft2:31 PM0.9 ft11:39 PM3.6 ft8:30 AM3.6 ft11:06 AM4.2 ft4:29 PM0.8 ft11:38 PM
Tide. High 4.4 ft at Sat 2:31 PM, Low 0.9 ft at Sat 11:39 PM, High 3.6 ft at Sun 8:30 AM, Low 3.6 ft at Sun 11:06 AM, High 4.2 ft at Sun 4:29 PM, Low 0.8 ft at Sun 11:38 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Los Angeles County
State
California
Latitude
34.0478° N
Longitude
118.9529° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Staircase Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Pt Mugu NawsNTD

At an airfield/10.8 mi away/7 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station GW0869GW0869

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.1 mi away/171 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Casa Conejo 0.8 ESECA-VT-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.2 mi away/664 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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