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Barefoot Beach State Preserve, Florida

Beach in Collier County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Barefoot Beach State Preserve

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Fort Myers (FL), 29 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone19Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Barefoot Beach State Preserve

0.14 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.14in
Last 3 days
0.14in

Visibility

How far you can see at Barefoot Beach State Preserve, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 3 PM.

FriSat
Barefoot Beach State Preserve from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 11:42 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 0.8 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.240250260WFacing WSW 258°Wind 6 mphfrom ENE, offshore
Looking WSW from the sand at 11:42 PM, night, mostly clear, waves about 0.8 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing WSW 258°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: low

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 Coastal Collier.

Rest of today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
1 foot or less

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Collier, including Naples and Marco Island. Issued 3:52 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastRest of todayFriday
Rip current riskLowLow
Surf height1 foot or less1 foot or less
Thunderstorm potentialModerateModerate
Waterspout riskNoneNone
WeatherPartly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstormsMostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
High temperatureAround 90Around 90
Max heat indexUp to 105Up to 106
WindsSoutheast winds around 5 mphEast winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon
Sunrise7:26 AM7:26 AM
Sunset7:00 PM6:59 PM
TidesNorth End of Naples BayHigh, 5:35 PMNorth End of Naples BayLow, 11:46 AM

Beach

County
Collier County
State
Florida
Latitude
26.3100° N
Longitude
81.8358° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Barefoot Beach State Preserve, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station FW1722FW1722

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Naples MunicipalAPF

At an airfield/11.5 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Palm River 1.9 NWFL-CR-30

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

NaplesNPLF1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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