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Driftwood Beach, Georgia

Beach in Glynn County, Georgia

Air quality

The air at Driftwood Beach

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Brunswick (GA), 6 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good6.1 mi
  • Ozone5Good0 ppb6.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good6.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Driftwood Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 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 Driftwood Beach, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat
Driftwood Beach from its sand, nowLooking NE from the sand at 8:38 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 1.5 ft every 8 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.203040NE50Facing NE 34°Sun 75° rightWind 2 mphfrom WNW, along the beachSwell 1.5 ft from ELongshore current, to the left
Looking NE from the sand at 8:38 AM, daylight, clear, waves about 1.5 ft every 8 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing NE 34°

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 Glynn-Camden, and the waves at buoy 41008, 37.4 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
1 to 2 feet
Water temperature
77 to 80
UV index
High

Waves at buoy 41008, Grays Reef

Wave height
1.3 ft
Period
8 s
From
E (94°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 8 s from E
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from S
Water
-
Read
Fri 7:50 AM
Distance
37.4 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 1.0 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 7:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AM1.3 ftWave height at buoy 41008, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.0 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 7:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftNoonThuNoonFri1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.0 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 7:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 7:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (94°)
Fri 6:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (88°)
Fri 5:50 AM1.3 ft-ESE (105°)
Fri 4:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (93°)
Fri 3:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (99°)
Fri 2:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (96°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.3 ft-ESE (107°)
Fri 12:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (99°)
Thu 11:50 PM1.3 ft-E (99°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.3 ft8 sESE (105°)
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°)

Surf zone forecast

Glynn-Camden, including Brunswick, St. Simons, Country Club Estates, Dock Junction, St. Marys, and Kingsland. Issued 3:08 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskLowModerate
Surf height1 to 2 feet2 to 3 feet
Water temperature77 to 80-
UV indexHigh-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherSunny. Areas of morning fogPartly sunny. A slight chance of showers
High temperatureIn the mid 80sIn the lower 70s
WindsLight and variable winds, becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoonNorth winds 15 to 20 mph
TidesSt Simons IslandBrunswick GADungeness SeacampSt Simons IslandBrunswick GADungeness Seacamp
Sunday
Surf height 5 to 7 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. Northeast winds around 20 mph
Monday
Surf height 6 to 8 feet. Mostly sunny. A slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 20 mph
Tuesday
Surf height 5 to 7 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. North winds around 15 mph

Beach

County
Glynn County
State
Georgia
Latitude
31.1201° N
Longitude
81.4086° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Driftwood Beach, 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 now5 instruments

Brunswick/MalcolmSSI

At an airfield/2.5 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station EW0455EW0455

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Sterling 3SWSTRG1

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.6 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Brunswick 23 S63856

At a climate reference station/22.3 mi away/25 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

St. Simons 1.1 SWGA-GN-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/10 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Brunswick CoopBRUG1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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