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Blackbeard Island Public Beach, Georgia

Beach in McIntosh County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Blackbeard Island Public Beach

Index 27, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Brunswick (GA), 31 miles off.

27Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone27Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Blackbeard Island Public Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 Blackbeard Island Public Beach, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat
Blackbeard Island Public Beach from its sand, nowLooking E from the sand at 10:42 PM, night, clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 7 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.7080E100110Facing E 90°Wind 4 mphfrom SSE, onshoreSwell 1.0 ft from ESELongshore current, to the left
Looking E from the sand at 10:42 PM, night, clear, waves about 1.0 ft every 7 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 Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh, and the waves at buoy 41008, 20.1 mi away.

Friday

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
Around 1 foot
Water temperature
In the upper 70s
UV index
High

Waves at buoy 41008, Grays Reef

Wave height
1.3 ft
Period
7 s
From
ESE (110°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 7 s from ESE
Wind waves
0.3 ft at 3 s from SE
Water
-
Read
Thu 9:50 PM
Distance
20.1 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 41008, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.3 ftWave height at buoy 41008, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoon1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Thu 9:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 9:50 PM1.3 ft7 sESE (110°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (90°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.3 ft7 sE (101°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft8 sE (95°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.3 ft8 sESE (104°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (99°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.3 ft8 sESE (102°)
Thu 2:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (96°)
Thu 1:50 PM1.6 ft8 sE (96°)
Thu 12:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (100°)
Thu 11:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (91°)
Thu 10:50 AM1.3 ft-E (100°)
Thu 9:50 AM1.6 ft8 sE (101°)
Thu 8:50 AM1.6 ft8 sESE (112°)
Thu 7:50 AM1.6 ft8 sE (91°)
Thu 6:50 AM1.6 ft8 sE (95°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (92°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (97°)
Thu 3:50 AM1.6 ft8 sE (99°)
Thu 2:50 AM1.6 ft8 sE (92°)
Thu 1:50 AM1.6 ft8 sE (84°)
Thu 12:50 AM1.3 ft7 sESE (104°)
Wed 11:50 PM1.6 ft9 sE (92°)
Wed 10:50 PM1.6 ft8 sE (99°)

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Bryan-Coastal Chatham-Coastal Liberty-Coastal McIntosh, including Tybee Island, Ossabaw Island, Wassaw Island, St. Catherines Island, and Sapelo Island. Issued 6:16 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastFridaySaturday
Rip current riskLowModerate
Surf heightAround 1 footAround 1 foot
Water temperatureIn the upper 70s-
UV indexHigh-
WeatherMostly sunnyPartly sunny. A chance of showers
High temperatureIn the mid 80sIn the lower 70s
WindsSouthwest winds around 5 mphBreezy. North winds 20 to 25 mph
TidesTybee IslandLow, 6:16 AMHigh, 12:33 PMTybee IslandLow, 7:00 AMHigh, 1:25 PM
Sunday
Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Windy. Northeast winds around 30 mph
Monday
Surf height 3 to 5 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. Breezy. Northeast winds around 25 mph
Tuesday
Surf height 3 to 4 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds around 20 mph

Beach

County
McIntosh County
State
Georgia
Latitude
31.5171° N
Longitude
81.1782° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Blackbeard Island Public Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.9 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station FW5474FW5474

In a volunteer observer's own ground/24.3 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Brunswick/GlyncoBQK

At an airfield/24.7 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Sapelo Island 2.3 NWGA-MI-2

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Sapelo IslandSPIG1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Snow on the ground

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