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Burkes Beach, South Carolina

Beach in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Air quality

The air at Burkes Beach

Index 56, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, Savannah (GA), 22 miles off.

56Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)56Moderate-
  • Ozone37Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)32Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Burkes Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Burkes Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 12 PM.

FriSatSun
Burkes Beach from its sand, nowLooking SE from the sand at 6:36 PM, daylight, clear, waves about 2.5 ft every 15 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.120130SE140150Facing SE 131°Sun 127° rightMoon 57° rightWind 5 mphfrom SSW, onshoreSwell 2.5 ft from ELongshore current, to the rightRip current risk: moderateRips run out through the surf
Looking SE from the sand at 6:36 PM, daylight, clear, waves about 2.5 ft every 15 s. The flag is the colour of the day's rip current risk, moderate (yellow), not a flag raised on the beach.
NESW

Facing SE 131°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Rip current risk today: moderate

The flag in the picture is the colour of the forecast's risk (green low, yellow moderate, red high), not a flag raised on the beach.

A rip current is a narrow stream of water running out from the shore through the surf, often where fewer waves break. Caught in one, swim across it, along the shore, then back in.

Surf and swim

The surf zone forecast for Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper, and the waves at buoy 41008, 55.6 mi away.

Saturday

Rip current risk
Moderate
Surf height
2 to 3 feet
Water temperature
Around 80
UV index
Low

Waves at buoy 41008, Grays Reef

Wave height
1.3 ft
Period
15 s
From
E (80°)
Swell
1.3 ft at 15 s from E
Wind waves
0.7 ft at 2 s from S
Water
-
Read
Fri 5:50 PM
Distance
55.6 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 41008, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.0 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon1.3 ftWave height at buoy 41008, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 1.0 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft3 ftThuNoonFriNoon1.3 ft
Significant wave height from 1.0 ft to 2.0 ft; 1.3 ft at Fri 5:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 5:50 PM1.3 ft15 sE (80°)
Fri 4:50 PM1.0 ft8 sESE (105°)
Fri 3:50 PM1.3 ft15 sNNW (330°)
Fri 2:50 PM1.3 ft15 sSE (124°)
Fri 1:50 PM1.3 ft-NE (51°)
Fri 12:50 PM1.3 ft15 sENE (63°)
Fri 11:50 AM1.3 ft-E (97°)
Fri 10:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (86°)
Fri 9:50 AM1.3 ft15 sNE (47°)
Fri 8:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (92°)
Fri 7:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (94°)
Fri 6:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (88°)
Fri 5:50 AM1.3 ft-ESE (105°)
Fri 4:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (93°)
Fri 3:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (99°)
Fri 2:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (96°)
Fri 1:50 AM1.3 ft-ESE (107°)
Fri 12:50 AM1.3 ft8 sE (99°)
Thu 11:50 PM1.3 ft-E (99°)
Thu 10:50 PM1.3 ft8 sESE (105°)
Thu 9:50 PM1.3 ft7 sESE (110°)
Thu 8:50 PM1.3 ft8 sE (90°)
Thu 7:50 PM1.3 ft7 sE (101°)
Thu 6:50 PM1.6 ft8 sE (95°)

Surf zone forecast

Beaufort-Coastal Colleton-Coastal Jasper, including Hunting Island, Fripp Island, Hilton Head Island, Daufuskie Island, and Edisto Beach. Issued 6:05 PM EDT Fri Oct 16.

ForecastSaturdaySunday
Rip current riskModerateHigh
Surf height2 to 3 feet1 to 2 feet
Water temperatureAround 80-
UV indexLow-
WeatherMostly cloudy until 3 PM, then mostly sunny. A slight chance of showersSunny
High temperatureAround 70In the mid 60s
WindsBreezy. North winds 20 to 25 mphBreezy. North winds around 25 mph
TidesHilton Head IslandLow, 6:44 AMHigh, 1:35 PMHilton Head IslandLow, 7:36 AMHigh, 2:28 PM
Monday
Surf height 2 to 3 feet. Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s. North winds around 20 mph
Tuesday
Surf height 1 to 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph
Wednesday
Surf height 1 to 2 feet. Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. North winds around 15 mph

Beach

County
Beaufort County
State
South Carolina
Latitude
32.1921° N
Longitude
80.6957° W

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Burkes Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Citizen station EW7698EW7698

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/20 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Hilton Head IslandHXD

At an airfield/2.2 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

measured daily2 instruments

Hilton Head Island 2.2 NESC-BF-138

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/14 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Edisto Beach State ParkEDIS1

In a park or preserve/28.5 mi away/0 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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