At an airfield/1.1 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
San Carlos Beach, Florida
Beach in Escambia County, FloridaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Gale Warning, north winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and seas up to 4 ft expected. For the Small Craft Advisory, northeast winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas up to 3 ft expected. * WHERE...Portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. * WHEN...For the Gale Warning, from 7 PM this evening to 7 PM CDT Saturday. For the Small Craft Advisory, from 7 PM Saturday to 7 AM CDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Strong winds will cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should alter plans to avoid these hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for hazardous conditions.
71°
82°/68°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Calm 0 mph E
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for San Carlos Beach until 7 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. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 72° after 82° today.
Now. San Carlos Beach is 71° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 56° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest Sunday, near 71°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:36 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 26 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
48Air quality
97%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8268
22%
18mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
7256
22%
21mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7154
17mph
UV 8
Mon
Oct 19
7555
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
7756
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7757
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7858
overcast
71°
82°68°
72°56°
71°54°
75°55°
77°56°
77°57°
78°58°
As of 4:00 AM in San Carlos Beach, Florida.
Air quality
The air at San Carlos Beach
Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Pensacola (FL), 26 miles off.
48Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good14 mi
- Ozone6Good4 ppb14 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good14 mi
- Sulfur dioxide1Good1.1 ppb14 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 61, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 61YesterdayOct 15
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Carlos Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. 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 San Carlos Beach, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing S 169°
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 Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, and the waves at buoy 42012, 24.5 mi away.
Today
- Rip current risk
- Low
- Surf height
- 1 to 2 feet
- Water temperature
- In the upper 70s
- UV index
- High
Waves at buoy 42012, Orange Beach
- Wave height
- 2.6 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- S (179°)
- Swell
- 2.3 ft at 6 s from S
- Wind waves
- 1.3 ft at 4 s from SSE
- Water
- 80 °F
- Read
- Fri 2:50 AM
- Distance
- 24.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 6 s | S (179°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 2.6 ft | - | S (178°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 2.6 ft | - | S (184°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 7 s | S (185°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.3 ft | - | S (182°) |
| Thu 9:50 PM | 2.0 ft | - | S (171°) |
| Thu 8:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 7:50 PM | 2.0 ft | - | SSW (193°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (175°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (164°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 6 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 1.3 ft | - | S (185°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (191°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (191°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 1.3 ft | 6 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (182°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (180°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 6 s | S (187°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | SSE (167°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (169°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 1.0 ft | - | S (172°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 1.0 ft | 6 s | S (181°) |
Surf zone forecast
Escambia Coastal-Santa Rosa Coastal-Okaloosa Coastal, including Pensacola Beach, Gulf Breeze, Navarre Beach, Fort Walton Beach, and Destin. Issued 3:02 AM CDT Fri Oct 16.
| Forecast | Today | Tonight | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rip current risk | Low | Low | Low |
| Surf height | 1 to 2 feet | 2 to 3 feet | 2 to 3 feet |
| Water temperature | In the upper 70s | - | - |
| UV index | High | - | - |
| Weather | Mostly sunny until 3 PM, then mostly cloudy | Mostly cloudy until 8 PM, then partly cloudy | Sunny |
| High temperature | In the lower 80s | - | In the lower 70s |
| Low temperature | - | In the upper 50s | - |
| Winds | Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming south in the afternoon | Windy. Northwest winds around 20 mph, increasing to north around 30 mph after midnight | Windy. North winds 25 to 30 mph |
| Tides | Pensacola PassLow 0.3 ft, 2:08 PMNavarre BeachLow 0.2 ft, 11:49 AMEast Pass (Destin)Low 0.1 ft, 2:08 PM | Pensacola PassHigh 1.4 ft, 1:53 AMNavarre BeachHigh 1.8 ft, 12:33 AMEast Pass (Destin)High 0.8 ft, 2:43 AM | Pensacola PassLow 0.2 ft, 3:04 PMNavarre BeachLow 0.3 ft, 12:41 PMEast Pass (Destin)Low 0.1 ft, 3:04 PM |
- Saturday night
- Moderate rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Sunday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
- Sunday night
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 50s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
- Monday night
- High rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Mostly clear. Lows around 60. Northeast winds around 15 mph
- Tuesday
- High rip current risk. Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 15 mph
Tide
Beach
- County
- Escambia County
- State
- Florida
- Latitude
- 30.3449° N
- Longitude
- 87.3025° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest San Carlos Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station GW0933GW0933
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
PensacolaNDBC-PCLF1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Pensacola 11.6 SWFL-ES-61
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/46 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
PesacolaPSAF1
At a cooperative observer's station/14.2 mi away/118 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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Near San Carlos Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Pensacola Stationcommunity, 2 mi
- Warringtoncommunity, 3 mi
- Myrtle Grovecommunity, 5 mi
- West Pensacolacommunity, 6 mi
- Pensacolacity, 7 mi
- Gulf Breezecity, 7 mi
- Bellviewcommunity, 8 mi
- Gouldingcommunity, 8 mi
- Brentcommunity, 9 mi
- Oriole Beachcommunity, 12 mi
- Ensleycommunity, 13 mi
- Ferry Passcommunity, 13 mi
Beaches near San Carlos Beach
- Mustin Beachunder 1 mi
- Robertson Island1 mi
- Ski Beach2 mi
- Sanders Beach Park5 mi
- Bruce Beach Park6 mi
- Park West On-Leash Dog Beach8 mi
- Harry Gowens Park Pensacola Beach10 mi
- Park East On-Leash Dog Beach14 mi