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Ocean Terrace Public Beach, Florida

Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida

Air quality

The air at Ocean Terrace Public Beach

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Miami (FL), 12 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-15.9 mi
  • Ozone22Good18 ppb15.7 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-15.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.8 ppb15.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.2 ppb15.9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm15.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 29, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ocean Terrace Public Beach

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.08 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.08in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ocean Terrace Public Beach, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 3 miles Sat 1 PM.

FriSat
Ocean Terrace Public Beach from its sand, nowLooking E from the sand at 3:26 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.0 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.Jupiter7080E100110Facing E 90°Wind 4 mphfrom E, onshore
Looking E from the sand at 3:26 AM, night, mostly clear, waves about 1.0 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 E 90°

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 Miami-Dade.

Rest of today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
Around 1 foot
Water temperature
In the mid 80s

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Miami-Dade, including Miami. Issued 3:52 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastRest of todayFriday
Rip current riskLowLow
Surf heightAround 1 foot1 to 2 feet
Water temperatureIn the mid 80s-
Thunderstorm potentialLowModerate
Waterspout riskNoneNone
WeatherMostly sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstormsMostly sunny. A chance of showers and thunderstorms
High temperatureIn the upper 80sIn the upper 80s
Max heat indexUp to 103Up to 105
WindsEast winds around 10 mphSoutheast winds 5 to 10 mph
Sunrise7:19 AM7:20 AM
Sunset6:54 PM6:53 PM
TidesMiami Harbor EntranceHigh, 12:24 PMMiami Harbor EntranceLow, 6:27 AMHigh, 1:09 PM

Beach

County
Miami-Dade County
State
Florida
Latitude
25.8608° N
Longitude
80.1192° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Ocean Terrace Public Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW0888EW0888

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Virginia KeyNDBC-VAKF1

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Miami/Opa LockaOPF

At an airfield/10.7 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Everglades ARSS2051

At a soil climate station/36.6 mi away/9 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

measured daily2 instruments

Miami Beach 2.6 NFL-MD-45

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/4 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Miami BeachMIBF1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.6 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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