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Sunset Beach, Washington

Beach in Grays Harbor County, Washington

Air quality

The air at Sunset Beach

Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Aberdeen (WA), 21 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good9.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Sunset Beach

None in the last 24 hours; 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.09in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sunset Beach, the next 42 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 4 PM, under a mile for 12 hours.

FriSat
Sunset Beach from its sand, nowLooking WSW from the sand at 6:41 AM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 4.2 ft every 15 s.240250260WFacing WSW 251°Wind 3 mphfrom E, offshoreSwell 4.2 ft from WLongshore current, to the left
Looking WSW from the sand at 6:41 AM, night, partly cloudy, waves about 4.2 ft every 15 s.
NESW

Facing WSW 251°

300 ft

From above: the edge, the break, the view

Surf and swim

The waves at buoy 46041, 26.6 mi away.

Waves at buoy 46041, Cape Elizabeth

Wave height
5.2 ft
Period
15 s
From
W (271°)
Swell
4.9 ft at 15 s from W
Wind waves
1.0 ft at 3 s from SE
Water
57 °F
Read
Fri 5:50 AM
Distance
26.6 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 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 5.2 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoon6 PMThu6 AMNoon6 PMFri5.2 ftWave height at buoy 46041, last 48 hoursSignificant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 5.2 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.0 ft2 ft4 ft6 ft8 ftNoonThuNoonFri5.2 ft
Significant wave height from 2.6 ft to 6.2 ft; 5.2 ft at Fri 5:50 AM. Arrows show the way the waves travel.
Every hour, last 24 hours
TimeWave heightPeriodFrom
Fri 5:50 AM5.2 ft15 sW (271°)
Fri 4:50 AM4.9 ft16 sW (276°)
Fri 3:50 AM4.3 ft16 sWNW (282°)
Fri 2:50 AM3.9 ft16 sWNW (296°)
Fri 1:50 AM3.3 ft16 sW (274°)
Fri 12:50 AM3.0 ft16 sWSW (256°)
Thu 11:50 PM3.0 ft17 sW (271°)
Thu 10:50 PM2.6 ft15 sSSW (206°)
Thu 9:50 PM3.0 ft14 sSSW (207°)
Thu 8:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSW (226°)
Thu 7:50 PM3.0 ft14 sWSW (241°)
Thu 6:50 PM3.0 ft15 sSSW (195°)
Thu 5:50 PM3.0 ft15 sS (190°)
Thu 4:50 PM3.3 ft15 sWSW (237°)
Thu 3:50 PM3.6 ft16 sSSW (199°)
Thu 2:50 PM3.6 ft15 sSSW (207°)
Thu 1:50 PM3.3 ft14 sSW (217°)
Thu 12:50 PM3.6 ft14 sWSW (239°)
Thu 11:50 AM3.9 ft16 sSSW (209°)
Thu 10:50 AM3.6 ft16 sWSW (238°)
Thu 9:50 AM3.9 ft16 sSW (216°)
Thu 8:50 AM3.9 ft14 sWSW (243°)
Thu 7:50 AM4.3 ft16 sSW (230°)
Thu 6:50 AM4.3 ft12 sW (281°)

Beach

County
Grays Harbor County
State
Washington
Latitude
47.2190° N
Longitude
124.2084° W

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Sunset Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

TaholaTGREN

Beside a road/6.1 mi away/135 ft/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station CW9107CW9107

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/15 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Copalis CrossingCPXW1

At a river or reservoir gauge/10.4 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Hoquiam/BowermanHQM

At an airfield/21.4 mi away/13 ft/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Quinault 4 NE04237

At a climate reference station/27.4 mi away/286 ft/- ft from here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Ocean Shores 7.6 NWA-GH-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/18 ft/- ft from here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Humptulips Salmon HatHTUW1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.3 mi away/151 ft/- ft from here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Washington

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Near Sunset Beach

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Sunset Beach