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Pleasure Bay Beach, Massachusetts

Beach in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Air quality

The air at Pleasure Bay Beach

Index 23, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Boston Metro (MA), 7 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)23Good2.1 mi
  • Ozone18Good13 ppb3.3 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good3.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide19Good20 ppb2.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.3 ppb3.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm2.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Pleasure Bay Beach

0.26 in in the last 24 hours, 0.35 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.26in
Last 3 days
0.35in

Visibility

How far you can see at Pleasure Bay Beach, the next 46 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSatSun
Pleasure Bay Beach from its sand, nowLooking SSE from the sand at 11:40 AM, the sun ahead, light rain, waves about 3.5 ft every 5 s, the tide rising at 4.0 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.140150160170Facing SSE 156°Wind 10 mphfrom S, onshoreSwell 3.5 ft from SSE
Looking SSE from the sand at 11:40 AM, the sun ahead, light rain, waves about 3.5 ft every 5 s, the tide rising at 4.0 ft. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SSE 156°

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 Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA, and the waves at buoy 44013, 18.6 mi away.

Today

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
2 to 5 feet
Water temperature
In the upper 50s
UV index
Low

Waves at buoy 44013, Boston

Wave height
3.3 ft
Period
5 s
From
SSE (156°)
Swell
0.7 ft at 11 s from ESE
Wind waves
3.3 ft at 5 s from SSE
Water
58 °F
Read
Fri 10:50 AM
Distance
18.6 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 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 10:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AM3.3 ftWave height at buoy 44013, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 10:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ftThuNoonFri3.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.3 ft to 4.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Fri 10:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 10:50 AM3.3 ft5 sSSE (156°)
Fri 9:50 AM3.9 ft5 sSSE (148°)
Fri 8:50 AM3.6 ft4 sSSE (147°)
Fri 7:50 AM2.6 ft4 sSE (146°)
Fri 6:50 AM2.6 ft4 sSE (144°)
Fri 5:50 AM2.3 ft3 sSSE (159°)
Fri 4:50 AM2.0 ft3 sSSE (155°)
Fri 3:50 AM1.6 ft3 sSE (146°)
Fri 2:50 AM1.3 ft3 sSSE (156°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.6 ft2 sS (179°)
Fri 12:50 AM1.6 ft8 sE (101°)
Thu 11:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (87°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.3 ft10 sE (96°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (92°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.3 ft5 sNE (52°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNNE (32°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft5 sNE (35°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.0 ft5 sNE (37°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.0 ft5 sNNE (28°)
Thu 3:50 PM2.3 ft5 sNE (35°)
Thu 2:50 PM2.6 ft5 sNE (34°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft5 sNE (41°)
Thu 12:50 PM2.6 ft7 sE (87°)
Thu 11:50 AM2.6 ft4 sNNE (15°)

Surf zone forecast

Suffolk MA-Eastern Norfolk MA, including Boston, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop, Braintree, Milton, Quincy, and Weymouth. Issued 4:10 AM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Rip current riskLowModerate
Surf height2 to 5 feet3 to 6 feet
Water temperatureIn the upper 50s-
UV indexLow-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherCloudy. Patchy fog. ShowersMostly cloudy until 2 PM, then mostly sunny. A chance of showers
High temperatureIn the upper 60sIn the lower 50s
WindsSouth winds 10 to 15 mphNorthwest winds around 20 mph
TidesBostonLow 2.1 ft, 9:34 AMHigh 9.4 ft, 3:46 PMBostonLow 2.4 ft, 10:24 AMHigh 9.1 ft, 4:37 PM
Sunday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. West winds around 5 mph
Monday
Surf height around 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. East winds around 10 mph
Tuesday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. North winds around 10 mph

Tide

Tide at BostonLow 2.1 ft at Fri 9:34 AM, High 9.4 ft at Fri 3:46 PM, Low 2.4 ft at Sat 10:24 AM, High 9.1 ft at Sat 4:37 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft12 ftNoon6 PMSat6 AMNoon2.1 ft9:34 AM9.4 ft3:46 PM2.4 ft10:24 AM9.1 ft4:37 PMNow 4.0 ftTide at BostonLow 2.1 ft at Fri 9:34 AM, High 9.4 ft at Fri 3:46 PM, Low 2.4 ft at Sat 10:24 AM, High 9.1 ft at Sat 4:37 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft12 ftNoonSatNoon2.1 ft9:34 AM9.4 ft3:46 PM2.4 ft10:24 AM9.1 ft4:37 PMNow 4.0 ft
Tide at Boston. Low 2.1 ft at Fri 9:34 AM, High 9.4 ft at Fri 3:46 PM, Low 2.4 ft at Sat 10:24 AM, High 9.1 ft at Sat 4:37 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Suffolk County
State
Massachusetts
Latitude
42.3384° N
Longitude
71.0150° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Pleasure Bay Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Castle IslandNDBC-CSIM3

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.2 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Boston/Logan INTLBOS

At an airfield/1.6 mi away/30 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station EW1152EW1152

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/45 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

QuincyMA004

Beside a road/7.1 mi away/131 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

East Boston 0.1 SMA-SF-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/47 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Jamacia PlainJPBM3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/102 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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