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Sand Beach, Maine

Beach in Hancock County, Maine

Air quality

The air at Sand Beach

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, High Elevations of Acadia National Park (ME), 2 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-5.1 mi
  • Ozone23Good24 ppb2.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-5.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb5.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm5.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sand Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.83 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.83in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat
Sand Beach from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 11:48 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.5 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.160170S190200Facing S 180°Wind 4 mphfrom NNW, offshore
Looking S from the sand at 11:48 PM, night, clear, waves about 3.5 ft every 9 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, low (green), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing S 180°

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 Hancock, and the waves at buoy 44027, 43.7 mi away.

Tomorrow

Rip current risk
Low
Surf height
2 to 5 feet
Water temperature
54 °F. According to the USCG, when the water temperature is below 60 °F, the average submerged person could lose dexterity within minutes and be unable to accomplish simple tasks like buckling a life jacket or operating a radio
UV index
Low

Waves at buoy 44027, Jonesport

Wave height
1.6 ft
Period
-
From
NW (321°)
Swell
0.7 ft at 8 s from SSW
Wind waves
1.6 ft at 3 s from NW
Water
53 °F
Read
Thu 11:10 PM
Distance
43.7 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 44027, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 9.2 ft; 1.6 ft at Thu 11:10 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft12 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM1.6 ftWave height at buoy 44027, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.6 ft to 9.2 ft; 1.6 ft at Thu 11:10 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft12 ftNoonThuNoon1.6 ft
Significant wave height from 1.6 ft to 9.2 ft; 1.6 ft at Thu 11:10 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 11:10 PM1.6 ft-NW (321°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.0 ft3 sNW (319°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.6 ft3 sNW (322°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.6 ft3 sNNW (339°)
Thu 7:50 PM2.0 ft3 sNNW (339°)
Thu 6:50 PM2.3 ft3 sNNW (339°)
Thu 5:50 PM2.3 ft3 sNNW (341°)
Thu 4:50 PM2.6 ft4 sNNW (328°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.0 ft4 sW (278°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.0 ft4 sNNW (329°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.0 ft4 sWNW (301°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.6 ft4 sNW (311°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft4 sNW (319°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.9 ft4 sWNW (293°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.6 ft5 sWNW (283°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.3 ft4 sWNW (293°)
Thu 7:50 AM3.9 ft5 sWNW (283°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft5 sWNW (292°)
Thu 5:50 AM4.6 ft4 sNW (312°)
Thu 4:50 AM4.9 ft8 sS (188°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.3 ft8 sS (182°)
Thu 2:50 AM4.3 ft5 sW (271°)
Thu 1:50 AM3.6 ft7 sSSE (160°)
Thu 12:50 AM3.6 ft8 sSSE (156°)

Surf zone forecast

Coastal Hancock, including Sand Beach. Issued 10:00 PM EDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastTomorrowSaturday
Rip current riskLowLow
Surf2 to 5 feetAround 4 feet
Water temperature54 °F. According to the USCG, when the water temperature is below 60 °F, the average submerged person could lose dexterity within minutes and be unable to accomplish simple tasks like buckling a life jacket or operating a radio-
UV indexLow-
Thunderstorm potentialNoneNone
WeatherMostly cloudy. RainMostly sunny. A chance of showers
High temperatureIn the upper 50sAround 50
WindsSoutheast winds around 10 mph, increasing to south around 20 mph in the afternoonNorthwest winds around 20 mph
TidesSand BeachLow 2.1 ft, 9:06 AMHigh 10.3 ft, 3:13 PMSand BeachLow 2.4 ft, 9:55 AMHigh 9.9 ft, 4:04 PM
Sunday
Surf height around 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds around 10 mph
Monday
Surf height around 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the mid 50s. South winds around 15 mph
Tuesday
Surf height around 2 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 50s. Northwest winds around 5 mph

Beach

County
Hancock County
State
Maine
Latitude
44.3293° N
Longitude
68.1817° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sand Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station EW7164EW7164

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/218 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Bar HarborNDBC-ATGM1

At a harbour/4.5 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Bar HaborBHB

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/79 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Mount Desert 2.3 NEME-HN-69

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.7 mi away/66 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

East SurryESUM1

At a cooperative observer's station/17.7 mi away/99 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at East Surry (ESUM1), 17.7 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:59. measured daily

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