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Baker Beach, Oregon

Beach in Lane County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Baker Beach

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Florence (OR), 6 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Baker Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Baker Beach, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 10 PM, under a mile for 10 hours.

ThuFriSat
Baker Beach from its sand, nowLooking W from the sand at 8:32 PM, night, clear, waves about 6.5 ft every 15 s.Arcturus250260W280290Facing W 270°Moon 49° leftWind 2 mphfrom SE, offshoreSwell 6.5 ft from SWLongshore current, to the right
Looking W from the sand at 8:32 PM, night, clear, waves about 6.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing W 270°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Lincoln City Oregon, and the waves at buoy 46050, 46.3 mi away.

Today

Surf height
5 to 8 ft

Waves at buoy 46050, Stonewall Bank

Wave height
3.9 ft
Period
15 s
From
SW (229°)
Swell
3.9 ft at 15 s from SW
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 4 s from NW
Water
-
Read
Thu 7:50 PM
Distance
46.3 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 46050, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.9 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 7:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM3.9 ftWave height at buoy 46050, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.9 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 7:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWedNoonThuNoon3.9 ft
Significant wave height from 3.6 ft to 5.9 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 7:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 7:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSW (229°)
Thu 6:50 PM4.3 ft10 sWNW (288°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.3 ft10 sWNW (287°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.9 ft13 sW (262°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.6 ft9 sWNW (292°)
Thu 2:50 PM4.3 ft9 sWNW (297°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.3 ft13 sW (274°)
Thu 12:50 PM4.3 ft14 sWSW (249°)
Thu 11:50 AM4.6 ft8 sW (280°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.6 ft12 sW (274°)
Thu 9:50 AM4.6 ft8 sWNW (286°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.6 ft16 sSW (236°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.6 ft9 sW (281°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.9 ft9 sWNW (283°)
Thu 5:50 AM4.9 ft9 sWNW (295°)
Thu 4:50 AM4.9 ft11 sWNW (303°)
Thu 3:50 AM5.2 ft11 sWNW (294°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.9 ft11 sWNW (300°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.2 ft13 sW (280°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.2 ft16 sSW (236°)
Wed 11:50 PM4.9 ft13 sWNW (286°)
Wed 10:50 PM4.9 ft14 sW (259°)
Wed 9:50 PM4.3 ft12 sW (278°)
Wed 8:50 PM4.6 ft16 sWSW (246°)

Surf zone forecast

Lincoln City Oregon. Issued 6:02 AM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastTodayFriday
Surf height5 to 8 ft5 to 8 ft
Offshore swellNorthwest 5 ft at 12 secondsWest 5 ft at 12 seconds
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
WeatherMostly sunnyMostly cloudy
High temperatureAround 7060 to 65
WindNE at 3 mphNW at 2 mph
Sunrise/sunset timesSunrise - 7:33 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:30 PM PDTSunrise - 7:34 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:29 PM PDT
Tides

Beach

County
Lane County
State
Oregon
Latitude
44.0762° N
Longitude
124.1268° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Baker Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW1814EW1814

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/86 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Florence6S2

At an airfield/6.5 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Goodwin Peak RAWSGPFO3

A remote fire weather station/16.6 mi away/591 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Florence 2.9 NNWOR-LA-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/84 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Florence #2FLOO3

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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