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Whaleshead Beach, Oregon

Beach in Curry County, Oregon

Air quality

The air at Whaleshead Beach

Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Crescent City (CA), 28 miles off.

15Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 55, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Whaleshead Beach

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 Whaleshead Beach, the next 41 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0.1 miles Fri 1 PM, under a mile for 6 hours.

ThuFriSat
Whaleshead Beach from its sand, nowLooking SW from the sand at 7:41 PM, the moon 25 percent lit over the water, clear, waves about 8.0 ft every 9 s, the tide falling at 1.8 ft.210220SW230240Facing SW 228°Wind 2 mphfrom N, offshoreSwell 8.0 ft from NWLongshore current, to the left
Looking SW from the sand at 7:41 PM, the moon 25 percent lit over the water, clear, waves about 8.0 ft every 9 s, the tide falling at 1.8 ft.
NESW

Facing SW 228°

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 46027, 21.0 mi away.

Rest of today

Surf height
8 FT
Water temperature
-

Waves at buoy 46027, St Georges

Wave height
4.9 ft
Period
9 s
From
NW (304°)
Swell
4.9 ft at 9 s from NW
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 4 s from WNW
Water
-
Read
Thu 6:50 PM
Distance
21.0 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 46027, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.3 ft to 6.6 ft; 4.9 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWed6 AMNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon4.9 ftWave height at buoy 46027, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 4.3 ft to 6.6 ft; 4.9 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftWedNoonThuNoon4.9 ft
Significant wave height from 4.3 ft to 6.6 ft; 4.9 ft at Thu 6:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Thu 6:50 PM4.9 ft9 sNW (304°)
Thu 5:50 PM4.6 ft15 sW (273°)
Thu 4:50 PM4.9 ft9 sWNW (299°)
Thu 3:50 PM5.2 ft11 sWNW (301°)
Thu 2:50 PM5.6 ft10 sWNW (296°)
Thu 1:50 PM5.2 ft12 sWNW (283°)
Thu 12:50 PM5.6 ft15 sWSW (247°)
Thu 11:50 AM5.2 ft12 sWNW (293°)
Thu 10:50 AM5.6 ft12 sWNW (297°)
Thu 9:50 AM5.6 ft11 sWNW (292°)
Thu 8:50 AM5.9 ft14 sWNW (287°)
Thu 7:50 AM5.6 ft14 sW (279°)
Thu 6:50 AM5.9 ft14 sWNW (290°)
Thu 5:50 AM5.6 ft10 sWNW (296°)
Thu 4:50 AM5.6 ft12 sW (277°)
Thu 3:50 AM4.9 ft14 sWNW (299°)
Thu 2:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (261°)
Thu 1:50 AM4.9 ft14 sNW (305°)
Thu 12:50 AM4.9 ft13 sW (272°)
Wed 11:50 PM4.9 ft14 sWNW (298°)
Wed 10:50 PM5.2 ft15 sWNW (301°)
Wed 9:50 PM5.6 ft15 sW (277°)
Wed 8:50 PM5.9 ft12 sWNW (295°)
Wed 7:50 PM5.6 ft13 sWNW (284°)

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 1.8 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 1.8 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
42.1439° N
Longitude
124.3546° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Whaleshead Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Red Mounds RAWSRMFO3

A remote fire weather station/3.1 mi away/1,640 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

BrookingsBOK

At an airfield/5.8 mi away/459 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Citizen station FW8609FW8609

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.8 mi away/154 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Brookings 4.9 NNWOR-CY-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/1,045 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

BrookingsXBRO3

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/82 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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