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Church's Beach, Massachusetts

Beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Church's Beach

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, South Bristol-Plymouth (MA), 18 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 46, 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 Church's Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Church's Beach, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 6 PM, under a mile for 7 hours.

FriSat
Church's Beach from its sand, nowLooking NNW from the sand at 11:41 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 1.2 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.330340350NFacing NNW 348°Wind 4 mphfrom SE, offshore
Looking NNW from the sand at 11:41 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.0 ft every 9 s, the tide rising at 1.2 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing NNW 348°

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 Dukes MA, and the waves at buoy 44020, 33.9 mi away.

Rest of today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
Around 3 feet
Water temperature
In the lower 60s
UV index
Moderate

Waves at buoy 44020, Nantucket Sound

Wave height
0.7 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
62 °F
Read
Thu 10:50 PM
Distance
33.9 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 44020, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM0.7 ftWave height at buoy 44020, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftNoonThuNoon0.7 ft
Significant wave height from 0.7 ft to 3.0 ft; 0.7 ft at Thu 10:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 9:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.7 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM1.0 ft3 sESE (114°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.0 ft4 sE (96°)
Thu 5:50 PM1.0 ft3 sNNE (21°)
Thu 4:50 PM1.6 ft3 sNNE (30°)
Thu 3:50 PM1.6 ft3 sNNE (15°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.0 ft3 sN (8°)
Thu 1:50 PM2.0 ft3 sN (5°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.6 ft4 sNNE (12°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.6 ft4 sN (359°)
Thu 10:50 AM2.6 ft4 sN (1°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.0 ft4 sN (350°)
Thu 8:50 AM2.6 ft4 sN (352°)
Thu 7:50 AM2.6 ft4 sN (350°)
Thu 6:50 AM2.0 ft3 sNNW (328°)
Thu 5:50 AM1.3 ft3 sNW (321°)
Thu 4:50 AM1.3 ft3 sNNW (327°)
Thu 3:50 AM1.0 ft3 sNNW (341°)
Thu 2:50 AM1.0 ft2 sNW (318°)
Thu 1:50 AM1.0 ft2 sW (268°)
Thu 12:50 AM1.0 ft2 sWNW (285°)
Wed 11:50 PM1.0 ft2 sWNW (289°)

Surf zone forecast

Dukes MA, including Edgartown and Aquinnah. Issued 4:09 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastRest of todayFriday
Rip current riskLowModerate
Surf heightAround 3 feet3 to 7 feet
Water temperatureIn the lower 60s-
UV indexModerate-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherSunnyCloudy. Patchy fog. Showers likely
High temperatureAround 60In the upper 60s
WindsNortheast winds around 10 mphSouth winds 15 to 20 mph
TidesSquibnocket PointLow 0.6 ft, 5:02 PMSquibnocket PointHigh 2.6 ft, 11:38 AMLow 0.7 ft, 5:48 PM
Saturday
Surf height 5 to 7 feet. Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Cooler. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 20 mph
Sunday
Surf height 2 to 6 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. North winds around 15 mph
Monday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. South winds around 15 mph

Tide

Tide at Squibnocket PointLow 0.6 ft at Thu 5:02 PM, High 2.6 ft at Fri 11:38 AM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 5:48 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ft6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM0.6 ft5:02 PM2.6 ft11:38 AM0.7 ft5:48 PMNow 1.2 ftTide at Squibnocket PointLow 0.6 ft at Thu 5:02 PM, High 2.6 ft at Fri 11:38 AM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 5:48 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftFriNoon0.6 ft5:02 PM2.6 ft11:38 AM0.7 ft5:48 PMNow 1.2 ft
Tide at Squibnocket Point. Low 0.6 ft at Thu 5:02 PM, High 2.6 ft at Fri 11:38 AM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 5:48 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Dukes County
State
Massachusetts
Latitude
41.4262° N
Longitude
70.9316° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Church's Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Westport Rt 88MA038

Beside a road/9.1 mi away/5 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station FW2970FW2970

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.9 mi away/-7 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Marthas VineyardMVY

At an airfield/16.6 mi away/69 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Dartmouth 2.5 SSWMA-BR-14

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/91 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Vineyard HavenVYHM3

At a cooperative observer's station/17.2 mi away/-15 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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