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Hunter Creek Beach, Oregon

Beach in Curry County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Hunter Creek Beach

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Cave Junction (OR), 42 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hunter Creek Beach

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

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Hunter Creek Beach, the next 43 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 3 AM, under a mile for 14 hours.

FriSat
Hunter Creek Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 11:25 PM, night, clear, waves about 8.0 ft every 13 s, the tide rising at 0.8 ft.240250260WFacing WSW 258°Wind 3 mphfrom N, along the beachSwell 8.0 ft from NWLongshore current, to the left
Looking WSW from the sand at 11:25 PM, night, clear, waves about 8.0 ft every 13 s, the tide rising at 0.8 ft.
NESW

Facing WSW 258°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Southwest Oregon coastal areas from Port Orford to Brookings, and the waves at buoy 46015, 32.9 mi away.

Rest of today

Surf height
8 FT
Water temperature
-

Waves at buoy 46015, Port Orford

Wave height
3.9 ft
Period
13 s
From
NW (326°)
Swell
3.9 ft at 13 s from NW
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
52 °F
Read
Thu 10:20 PM
Distance
32.9 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 46015, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.0 ft to 6.2 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PM3.9 ftWave height at buoy 46015, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.0 ft to 6.2 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoon3.9 ft
Significant wave height from 3.0 ft to 6.2 ft; 3.9 ft at Thu 10:20 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 10:20 PM3.9 ft13 sNW (326°)
Thu 9:50 PM4.3 ft15 sSW (227°)
Thu 8:50 PM4.3 ft15 sSW (221°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.9 ft15 sSSW (210°)
Thu 6:50 PM4.3 ft14 sWNW (298°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.6 ft14 sWNW (286°)
Thu 4:50 PM4.6 ft15 sSSW (201°)
Thu 3:50 PM4.6 ft16 sSSW (210°)
Thu 2:50 PM4.6 ft15 sS (185°)
Thu 1:50 PM4.9 ft9 sWNW (293°)
Thu 12:50 PM5.2 ft15 sSW (230°)
Thu 11:50 AM5.2 ft13 sW (278°)
Thu 10:50 AM5.6 ft13 sWNW (283°)
Thu 9:50 AM5.9 ft16 sESE (107°)
Thu 8:50 AM5.6 ft10 sNNW (328°)
Thu 7:50 AM5.9 ft14 sNNW (345°)
Thu 6:50 AM5.9 ft11 sNW (319°)
Thu 5:50 AM6.2 ft14 sNE (45°)
Thu 4:50 AM5.2 ft14 sW (273°)
Thu 3:50 AM5.9 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Thu 2:50 AM6.2 ft13 sN (3°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.6 ft16 sS (174°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.6 ft15 sW (281°)
Wed 11:50 PM5.9 ft16 sS (189°)

Surf zone forecast

Southwest Oregon coastal areas from Port Orford to Brookings. Issued 2:40 PM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastRest of todayFriday
Surf height8 FT9 FT
Water temperature--
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
WeatherMostly sunnyMostly cloudy with patchy fog
High temperature56-8654-81
WindNW at 5 mphNW at 11 mph
TidesPort OrfordHigh 5.5 ft, 4:04 AMLow 3.8 ft, 8:46 AMHigh 6.9 ft, 2:36 PMLow 0.3 ft, 9:59 PMPort OrfordHigh 5.2 ft, 5:04 AMLow 4.1 ft, 9:28 AMHigh 6.5 ft, 3:17 PMLow 0.7 ft, 10:53 PM

Tide

Tide at Port OrfordHigh 6.9 ft at Thu 2:36 PM, Low 0.3 ft at Thu 9:59 PM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 5:04 AM, Low 4.1 ft at Fri 9:28 AM, High 6.5 ft at Fri 3:17 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:53 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ft6 PMFri6 AMNoon6 PM6.9 ft2:36 PM0.3 ft9:59 PM5.2 ft5:04 AM4.1 ft9:28 AM6.5 ft3:17 PM0.7 ft10:53 PMNow 0.8 ftTide at Port OrfordHigh 6.9 ft at Thu 2:36 PM, Low 0.3 ft at Thu 9:59 PM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 5:04 AM, Low 4.1 ft at Fri 9:28 AM, High 6.5 ft at Fri 3:17 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:53 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ft10 ftFriNoon6.9 ft2:36 PM0.3 ft9:59 PM5.2 ft5:04 AM4.1 ft9:28 AM6.5 ft3:17 PM0.7 ft10:53 PMNow 0.8 ft
Tide at Port Orford. High 6.9 ft at Thu 2:36 PM, Low 0.3 ft at Thu 9:59 PM, High 5.2 ft at Fri 5:04 AM, Low 4.1 ft at Fri 9:28 AM, High 6.5 ft at Fri 3:17 PM, Low 0.7 ft at Fri 10:53 PM. Heights in feet above mean lower low water.

Beach

County
Curry County
State
Oregon
Latitude
42.3880° N
Longitude
124.4249° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hunter Creek Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Gold Beach4S1

At an airfield/1.9 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Flynn PrairieFPRO3

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.4 mi away/1,558 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Citizen station FW8609FW8609

In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.9 mi away/154 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Gold Beach Ranger StationGLBO3

At a fire lookout or ranger station/1.1 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Gold Beach 3.5 SOR-CY-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/577 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

-

Snow on the ground

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