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Crescent Beach, Washington

Beach in San Juan County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Crescent Beach

Index 48, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Anacortes (WA), 18 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)48Good-
  • Ozone6Good-

The days ahead

Highest moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Crescent Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Crescent Beach, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sun 11 AM, lowest 6 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSatSun
Crescent Beach from its sand, nowLooking S from the sand at 3:17 PM, daylight, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.170S190200Facing S 188°Sun 31° rightMoon 42° leftWind 4 mphfrom E, along the beach
Looking S from the sand at 3:17 PM, daylight, clear, the water nearly flat every 9 s.
NESW

Facing S 188°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46088, 28.3 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46088, New Dungeness

Wave height
0.3 ft
Period
-
From
-
Water
52 °F
Read
Fri 2:50 PM
Distance
28.3 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 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 2:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ft6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri6 AMNoon0.3 ftWave height at buoy 46088, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 2:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft1 ft2 ftThuNoonFriNoon0.3 ft
Significant wave height from 0.0 ft to 1.0 ft; 0.3 ft at Fri 2:50 PM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 2:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 1:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 12:50 PM0.3 ft--
Fri 11:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 10:50 AM0.7 ft--
Fri 9:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 8:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 7:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 6:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 5:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 4:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 3:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 2:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 1:50 AM0.3 ft--
Fri 12:50 AM0.3 ft--
Thu 11:50 PM0.0 ft--
Thu 10:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 9:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 8:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 7:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 6:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 5:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 4:50 PM0.3 ft--
Thu 3:50 PM0.3 ft--

Beach

County
San Juan County
State
Washington
Latitude
48.6951° N
Longitude
122.8952° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Crescent Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station GW2490GW2490

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/1,019 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Friday HarborNDBC-FRDW1

At a harbour/11.7 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Blaine Truck CrossingTBLAI

Beside a road/22.3 mi away/92 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Eastsound 0.3 NWA-SJ-31

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/81 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

BlaineBLNW1

At a cooperative observer's station/22.1 mi away/59 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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