Santa Monica PierNDBC-ICAC1
At a harbour/2.9 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Venice Beach
Venice Beach, California
Beach in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and combined seas 2 to 5 ft expected when conditions are worst. * WHERE...East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island and Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 3 AM PDT Friday. For the Gale Warning, from 3 AM to 5 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will create dangerous sea conditions which could capsize or damage small and large vessels. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX) for more.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions.
83°
89°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 81°·Gentle breeze 8 mph ENE
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Venice Beach until 5 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Venice Beach is 83° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 46°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 71° by 5 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 93°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 67°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (62%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:41 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
47Air quality
26%Humidity
4%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
83feels81
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8962
14mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9371
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8871
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8467
12mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7965
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7062
50%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6759
62%
83°
89°62°
93°71°
88°71°
84°67°
79°65°
70°62°
67°59°
As of 6:00 PM in Venice Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Venice Beach
Index 47, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, NW Coastal LA (CA), 5 miles off.
47Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-15.2 mi
- Ozone47Good55 ppb5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-15.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good9.5 ppb5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm16.1 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- 44TodayOct 15
- 50FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Venice Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 5 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 Venice Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 204°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46025, 37.9 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 3.3 ft
- Period
- -
- From
- SSE (167°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 15 s from SSE
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Thu 6:10 PM
- Distance
- 37.9 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 6:10 PM | 3.3 ft | - | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (192°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (148°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (210°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSW (212°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | SSE (166°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (198°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (156°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSW (205°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (200°) |
| Wed 7:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SW (214°) |
Beach
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.9764° N
- Longitude
- 118.4668° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Venice Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.9 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/3.3 mi away/174 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station EW5537EW5537
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/301 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Culver CityCVRC1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Santa Monica 1.3 NNECA-LA-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/186 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Venice Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Marina del Reycommunity, 1 mi
- Santa Monicacity, 3 mi
- Culver Citycity, 4 mi
- El Segundocity, 5 mi
- Ladera Heightscommunity, 5 mi
- Lennoxcommunity, 7 mi
- Inglewoodcity, 7 mi
- View Park-Windsor Hillscommunity, 7 mi
- Del Airecommunity, 7 mi
- Manhattan Beachcity, 7 mi
- Beverly Hillscity, 8 mi
- Hawthornecity, 8 mi
Beaches near Venice Beach
- Mother's Beachunder 1 mi
- South Beach Park2 mi
- Dockweiler State Beach2 mi
- Bay Street Beach3 mi
- Palisades Beach4 mi
- Santa Monica State Beach4 mi
- El Segundo Beach5 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach5 mi