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Arcadia Beach, Oregon

Beach in Clatsop County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Arcadia Beach

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Tillamook (OR), 28 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Arcadia Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Arcadia Beach, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 8 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSatSun
Arcadia Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 11:24 AM, daylight, mostly clear, waves about 6.5 ft every 9 s.250260W280290Facing W 270°Sun 118° leftWind 1 mphfrom SE, offshoreSwell 6.5 ft from W
Looking W from the sand at 11:24 AM, daylight, mostly clear, waves about 6.5 ft every 9 s.
NESW

Facing W 270°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Seaside and Cannon Beach Oregon, and the waves at buoy 46029, 33.8 mi away.

Today

Surf height
5 to 8 ft

Waves at buoy 46029, Columbia River Bar

Wave height
5.9 ft
Period
9 s
From
W (272°)
Swell
5.9 ft at 9 s from W
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 3 s from ESE
Water
58 °F
Read
Fri 10:20 AM
Distance
33.8 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 46029, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.3 ft to 5.9 ft; 5.9 ft at Fri 10:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AM5.9 ftWave height at buoy 46029, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.3 ft to 5.9 ft; 5.9 ft at Fri 10:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftThuNoonFri5.9 ft
Significant wave height from 3.3 ft to 5.9 ft; 5.9 ft at Fri 10:20 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 10:20 AM5.9 ft9 sW (272°)
Fri 9:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (268°)
Fri 8:50 AM4.6 ft15 sW (268°)
Fri 7:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (273°)
Fri 6:50 AM4.6 ft15 sW (263°)
Fri 5:50 AM3.6 ft15 sWSW (256°)
Fri 4:50 AM3.6 ft15 sWNW (294°)
Fri 3:50 AM3.6 ft15 sSW (232°)
Fri 2:50 AM3.6 ft16 sW (259°)
Fri 1:50 AM3.6 ft16 sSW (228°)
Fri 12:50 AM3.3 ft16 sSSW (192°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.6 ft16 sSW (230°)
Thu 10:50 PM3.3 ft9 sW (274°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.6 ft16 sSSW (211°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.3 ft8 sW (272°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.3 ft8 sW (274°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.3 ft15 sSSW (196°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.3 ft8 sW (277°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.6 ft16 sSSW (195°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.9 ft16 sWSW (250°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.6 ft16 sS (183°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.3 ft16 sWSW (245°)
Thu 12:50 PM4.3 ft16 sSW (214°)
Thu 11:50 AM4.6 ft11 sWNW (291°)

Surf zone forecast

Seaside and Cannon Beach Oregon. Issued 6:02 AM PDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastTodaySaturday
Surf height5 to 8 ft6 to 9 ft
Offshore swellNorthwest 5 ft at 13 secondsWest 6 ft at 12 seconds
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
WeatherMostly cloudyMostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain
High temperature60 to 6555 to 60
WindW at 1 mphNW at 5 mph
Sunrise/sunset timesSunrise - 7:35 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:27 PM PDTSunrise - 7:36 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:26 PM PDT
Tides

Beach

County
Clatsop County
State
Oregon
Latitude
45.8393° N
Longitude
123.9613° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Arcadia 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 now4 instruments

10 Meter WindsGARO3

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.6 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW3958FW3958

In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.1 mi away/39 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Astoria/ClatsopAST

At an airfield/22.3 mi away/23 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Cannon Beach 0.7 SEOR-CT-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/376 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Nehalem 9 NeNHMO3

At a cooperative observer's station/9.1 mi away/147 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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