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Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site, Oregon

Beach in Tillamook County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site

Index 10, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Tillamook (OR), 6 miles off.

10Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 9 AM, under a mile for 20 hours.

ThuFriSat
Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 7:41 PM, the moon 25 percent lit over the water, clear, waves about 7.5 ft every 15 s.200210220SW230Facing SW 218°Wind 7 mphfrom ENE, offshoreSwell 7.5 ft from SSWLongshore current, to the right
Looking SW from the sand at 7:41 PM, the moon 25 percent lit over the water, clear, waves about 7.5 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing SW 218°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Manzanita, Rockaway Beach and Pacific City Oregon, and the waves at buoy 46029, 53.9 mi away.

Today

Surf height
6 to 9 ft

Waves at buoy 46029, Columbia River Bar

Wave height
3.3 ft
Period
15 s
From
SSW (196°)
Swell
3.0 ft at 15 s from SSW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 3 s from E
Water
59 °F
Read
Thu 6:50 PM
Distance
53.9 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 46029, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.3 ft to 5.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon3.3 ftWave height at buoy 46029, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 3.3 ft to 5.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWedNoonThuNoon3.3 ft
Significant wave height from 3.3 ft to 5.9 ft; 3.3 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
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°)
Thu 10:50 AM4.6 ft8 sW (271°)
Thu 9:50 AM4.6 ft15 sSSW (209°)
Thu 8:50 AM4.9 ft9 sW (276°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.9 ft9 sWNW (293°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.6 ft12 sWNW (295°)
Thu 5:50 AM4.9 ft9 sWNW (295°)
Thu 4:50 AM5.6 ft10 sWNW (293°)
Thu 3:50 AM5.6 ft9 sWNW (292°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.2 ft13 sW (264°)
Thu 1:50 AM5.6 ft9 sWNW (285°)
Thu 12:50 AM5.6 ft9 sW (275°)
Wed 11:50 PM5.2 ft10 sWNW (286°)
Wed 10:50 PM5.6 ft8 sWNW (288°)
Wed 9:50 PM5.6 ft14 sW (273°)
Wed 8:50 PM5.6 ft8 sWNW (289°)
Wed 7:50 PM5.6 ft11 sWNW (282°)

Surf zone forecast

Manzanita, Rockaway Beach and Pacific City Oregon. Issued 6:02 AM PDT Thu Oct 15.

ForecastTodayFriday
Surf height6 to 9 ft5 to 8 ft
Offshore swellNorthwest 5 ft at 12 seconds. Southwest 2 ft at 15 secondsWest 5 ft at 13 seconds
Thunderstorm potentialNone expectedNone expected
WeatherMostly sunnyPartly cloudy
High temperatureAround 7060 to 65
WindNE at 4 mphW at 1 mph
Sunrise/sunset timesSunrise - 7:33 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:29 PM PDTSunrise - 7:35 AM PDT. Sunset - 6:28 PM PDT
Tides

Beach

County
Tillamook County
State
Oregon
Latitude
45.4620° N
Longitude
123.9733° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW1195GW1195

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.5 mi away/32 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

10 Meter WindsGARO3

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.5 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

TillamookTMK

At an airfield/8.3 mi away/36 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Tillamook 5.1 SSEOR-TL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.9 mi away/125 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Tillamook 6SeTKSO3

At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/102 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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