Citizen station EW1814EW1814
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/86 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Heceta Beach, Oregon
Beach in Lane County, Oregon65°
76°/51°
Clear·
Feels like 65°·Light air 1 mph SE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 9 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 76° today.
Now. Heceta Beach is 65° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 50° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 67°, and the coolest Monday, near 56°. Rain is possible Monday (38%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:24 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
16Air quality
83%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
65feels65
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7651
clear day
Fri
Oct 16
6750
15%
Sat
Oct 17
6150
18%
Sun
Oct 18
5942
mostly clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5642
38%
Tue
Oct 20
5942
15%
Wed
Oct 21
6041
mostly clear day
65°
76°51°
67°50°
61°50°
59°42°
56°42°
59°42°
60°41°
As of 8:00 PM in Heceta Beach, Oregon.
Air quality
The air at Heceta Beach
Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Florence (OR), 4 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.
GoodModerate
- 26YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Heceta 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 Heceta Beach, the next 46 hours
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 10 PM, under a mile for 10 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 294°
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, 47.7 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
- 47.7 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.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 7:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (229°) |
| Thu 6:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 10 s | WNW (288°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 10 s | WNW (287°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 13 s | W (262°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 9 s | WNW (292°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 9 s | WNW (297°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 13 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 8 s | W (280°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 12 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 8 s | WNW (286°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 16 s | SW (236°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 9 s | W (281°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | WNW (283°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 9 s | WNW (295°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 4.9 ft | 11 s | WNW (303°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 11 s | WNW (294°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 5.9 ft | 11 s | WNW (300°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 13 s | W (280°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 16 s | SW (236°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 13 s | WNW (286°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 4.9 ft | 14 s | W (259°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 12 s | W (278°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 16 s | WSW (246°) |
Surf zone forecast
Lincoln City Oregon. Issued 6:02 AM PDT Thu Oct 15.
| Forecast | Today | Friday |
|---|---|---|
| Surf height | 5 to 8 ft | 5 to 8 ft |
| Offshore swell | Northwest 5 ft at 12 seconds | West 5 ft at 12 seconds |
| Thunderstorm potential | None expected | None expected |
| Weather | Mostly sunny | Mostly cloudy |
| High temperature | Around 70 | 60 to 65 |
| Wind | NE at 3 mph | NW at 2 mph |
| Sunrise/sunset times | Sunrise - 7:33 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:30 PM PDT | Sunrise - 7:34 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:29 PM PDT |
| Tides |
Beach
- County
- Lane County
- State
- Oregon
- Latitude
- 44.0516° N
- Longitude
- 124.1323° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Heceta Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Florence6S2
At an airfield/4.9 mi away/51 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
WWS OR126W WB at Cushman MP3ODT72
Beside a road/6.3 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Goodwin Peak RAWSGPFO3
A remote fire weather station/15.6 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/1.8 mi away/84 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Florence #2FLOO3
At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/89 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Oregon
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Heceta Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Florencecity, 5 mi
- Dunes Citycity, 10 mi
- Mapletoncommunity, 14 mi
- Yachatscity, 18 mi
- San Marinecommunity, 21 mi
- Gardinercommunity, 22 mi
- Reedsportcity, 25 mi
- Waldportcity, 26 mi
- Winchester Baycommunity, 26 mi
- Bayshorecommunity, 27 mi
- Lakesidecity, 33 mi
- Alseacommunity, 35 mi
Beaches near Heceta Beach
- Baker Beach2 mi
- South Beach County Park6 mi
- Hobbit Beach7 mi
- Roosevelt Beach7 mi
- Searose Beach12 mi
- Stonefield Beach12 mi
- Neptune Beach15 mi
- Big Stump Beach20 mi