Tar/Oil – / 10 No Recent Reports · Unknown, Not Clean
Surf 3-4 ft @ 12.7 s Estimated Breaking Height And Its Period
At A Glance
Tar
Reading the tar scoreHigher is cleaner. 10 means less tar reported; lower scores mean more tar or oil.Based on beach reports. Reports from the past 72 hours count, with more weight given to recent, better-supported reports. The lowest sand, water or smell score sets the overall score.A dash means unknown. No reports does not mean a clean beach.How scoring works
– / 10
No Recent Reports
Sand – no reportsWater – no reports
Reports today0
no tar reports on record
Surf
Reading the surfHeight & period. Estimated breaking-wave height at this beach, followed by seconds between waves. The buoy readings below describe conditions offshore instead.Word & dots. More filled dots mean better predicted surf, based on waves and wind. Unrated means an input is missing.Before paddling out. This is an estimate, not a live surf check or a safety rating. Check conditions at the beach.How scoring works
3-4ft@12.7s
chest-to-head
Good4 out of 5
Offshore Swell
obs 2h ago
3.3ftHeight14.3sPeriod206° SSWFrom
Santa Monica Bay Buoy. 10/20 11:30 PM
Model: Tarline Zyphyr Model v4
Temp
Air and water temperaturesAir. The weather forecast for this beach.Water. A nearby buoy reading. Water at the shoreline can be warmer or colder.Units & time. Temperatures are in °F. The water reading's time is Pacific time.
Air66.1°F
Water71.8°F
Water: Topanga Nearshore Buoy. 10/20 10:15 PM
Wind
Reading the windSpeed & gusts. Shown in knots (kt). Gusts are short bursts of stronger wind.Direction. The arrow and compass bearing show where the wind comes from.At the beach. Offshore blows toward the water; onshore blows toward land. Sideshore blows along the coast.
4.7 kt gusting 7.6 kt (+2.9)
252° WSW onshore
Model: Open-Meteo Weather
Tide
Reading the tidesPredicted, not measured. Dots mark NOAA's predicted high and low tides for the CO-OPS station mapped to this beach, which is a different place from the sand you stand on. The line between the dots is Tarline's own interpolation.Height & time. Feet above NOAA's low-water reference, not the water depth. All times are Pacific.Explore the curve. Tap or focus a dot for its time and height.
Plotted Window, Pacific Time
4.9 ft @ 7:44 amHighest · Thu, Oct 220.6 ft @ 12:50 amLowest · Wed, Oct 21
NOAA 9410840 · predicted tides
As Of 10/21/26 12amForecastAbout this forecast timeThe forecast hour. This is the hour the weather forecast describes, not when it was downloaded.Other readings. Buoy readings and tar reports have their own times on the cards. Tides are predictions.Every source and time. Open Sources & timestamps below for each feed's observation, forecast and retrieval times in full.
Sources & timestamps6 sources
Surf estimateTarline multi-buoy spectral model (buoy-spectrum-shadow-3)
Estimated from measured directional spectra, screened by this beach's exposure. The calculation time is when the model last ran. The observation time is the newest spectrum considered; other inputs may be older. This is not observed breaking surf or an independently calibrated accuracy claim.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Santa Monica Bay (46221)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 028. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Topanga Nearshore (46268)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 103. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
the time this forecast or prediction describes, not when it was made
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Modeled hourly weather for this beach's coordinates, not a reading from an instrument at the beach. The upstream model issue time was not recorded with these data, so issuance is unknown.
SunCalc computes sun and moon rise/set times from the Pacific date and beach coordinates, assuming an unobstructed horizon. Moon phase depends on date and time, not the beach location. No feed or beach sensor is involved; terrain and atmospheric conditions affect visible rise/set times.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Estimated breaking-face height at the beach is separate from offshore buoy wave height. These estimates are not validated measurements.
Surf Forecast
Morning and evening estimates, with swell and wind context.
Day
Time of day
Rating
Size
Surf
Offshore swell
Wind
Weather
Surf basis
WED OCT 21
Wed, 10/21
Morning
2-3 ft @ 11.8 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 13.1 s
3.5kt offshore
Clear · 67.7°F
Exposure estimate
Wed, 10/21
Evening
2-3 ft @ 11.7 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 13.2 s
9.7kt sideshore
Overcast · 72°F
Exposure estimate
THU OCT 22
Thu, 10/22
Morning
2-3 ft @ 11.9 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 11.9 s
3.7kt offshore
Mostly cloudy · 60.8°F
Exposure estimate
Thu, 10/22
Evening
2-3 ft @ 11.9 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 12.0 s
8.5kt onshore
Partly cloudy · 67.6°F
Exposure estimate
FRI OCT 23
Fri, 10/23
Morning
2-3 ft @ 6 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 9.8 s
4.1kt offshore
Clear · 66.3°F
Exposure estimate
Fri, 10/23
Evening
2-3 ft @ 9.4 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 10.2 s
6.1kt onshore
Overcast · 69.7°F
Exposure estimate
SAT OCT 24
Sat, 10/24
Morning
2-3 ft @ 6.7 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 9.9 s
1.8kt sideshore
Clear · 67.9°F
Exposure estimate
Sat, 10/24
Evening
2-3 ft @ 7.5 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 10.3 s
7.9kt onshore
Clear · 73.1°F
Exposure estimate
SUN OCT 25
Sun, 10/25
Morning
2-3 ft @ 12.1 s · waist-high
1-2 ft @ 11.9 s
1.8kt sideshore
Clear · 70.6°F
Exposure estimate
Sun, 10/25
Evening
2-3 ft @ 12 s · waist-high
1-2 ft @ 12.3 s
7.2kt onshore
Clear · 77.8°F
Exposure estimate
MON OCT 26
Mon, 10/26
Morning
2-3 ft @ 11.8 s · waist-high
1-2 ft @ 12.9 s
2kt sideshore
Clear · 73.4°F
Exposure estimate
Mon, 10/26
Evening
2-3 ft @ 11.5 s · waist-high
1-2 ft @ 13.3 s
6.9kt onshore
Clear · 80°F
Exposure estimate
TUE OCT 27
Tue, 10/27
Morning
1-2 ft @ 11.7 s · shin-to-knee
1-2 ft @ 13.6 s
0.4kt offshore
Partly cloudy · 73.2°F
Exposure estimate
Tue, 10/27
Evening
1-2 ft @ 12.3 s · shin-to-knee
1-2 ft @ 13.9 s
5.2kt onshore
Overcast · 78.6°F
Exposure estimate
WED OCT 28
Wed, 10/28
Morning
2-3 ft @ 12.7 s · waist-high
1-2 ft @ 13.1 s
0.8kt onshore
Overcast · 72°F
Exposure estimate
Wed, 10/28
Evening
1-2 ft @ 9.8 s · shin-to-knee
1-2 ft @ 13.4 s
6.3kt onshore
Partly cloudy · 78.4°F
Exposure estimate
THU OCT 29
Thu, 10/29
Morning
2-3 ft @ 12.7 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 13.0 s
3kt onshore
Overcast · 71.1°F
Exposure estimate
Thu, 10/29
Evening
2-3 ft @ 12.6 s · waist-high
2-3 ft @ 12.8 s
5kt onshore
Overcast · 75.6°F
Exposure estimate
Surf is an unvalidated breaking-wave estimate; offshore wave height is not surf height. Each height carries the period of its own source: the Surf period comes from the sample the breaking estimate was computed from, the Offshore swell period from the wave model's own row. A period shown as – is one the source did not supply. No calibrated accuracy percentage is available. Wind is the atmospheric weather forecast, not wind-wave direction.
Forecast sources & timestamps3 sources
Surf estimateTarline exposure window model on Open-Meteo Marine
request coordinates 33.98,-118.47
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Computed here from the modeled offshore swell and wind sea for this beach's hour, screened by the beach's exposure windows. Modeled throughout, with no measurement at the beach. The upstream model issue time was not recorded with these data, so issuance is unknown. Rows in this table are valid for different forecast hours, so no single valid time is shown here; read the row's own Day and Time of day.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Modeled open-water wave forecast requested at rounded coordinates, not a beach measurement. These coordinates identify Tarline's request, not necessarily the provider's returned model cell. The upstream model issue time was not recorded with these data, so issuance is unknown. Rows in this table are valid for different forecast hours, so no single valid time is shown here; read the row's own Day and Time of day.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Modeled hourly weather for this beach's coordinates, not a reading from an instrument at the beach. The upstream model issue time was not recorded with these data, so issuance is unknown. Rows in this table are valid for different forecast hours, so no single valid time is shown here; read the row's own Day and Time of day.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Breaking surf and offshore swellOffshore buoy: San Pedro · NDBC 46222 · CDIP 092
Offshore buoy, latest measurementno observed readingNext estimated breaking face2-3 ft @ 11.8 s · Wed, Oct 21, 9:00 AM
Estimated Breaking Face, Not Offshore Wave Height
No exact beach-reported face heights in the latest reports. Hovering an estimated-face point states the period of the sample that height was modeled from. The report form does not collect a wave period, so a crowd report's height says the period was not reported rather than borrowing the forecast's.
Swell from
211° SSW forecast
Offshore height
unknown observed and forecast span 1.5 to 2.8 ft
Dominant period
unknown
Beach faces
250° WSW dashed on compass
Offshore Wave Height, Observed And Forecast
Dominant Period, Observed And Forecast
Solid left of NOW: buoy measurements. Dashed right of NOW: wave-model forecast. Offshore significant wave height, not breaking face.
Nothing to plot: no field reports have been scored for this beach in this window. An empty 0-10 lane would look the same as a clean beach, so none is drawn.
Arrows point the way the wind is heading; the reading is the bearing it comes from, 0° = north.
TodayUV 5 ModerateSunrise 7:04 AMSunset 6:12 PMMoonrise 3:44 PMMoonset 2:22 AM Waxing Gibbousapprox. next full moon Oct 27
Weather sources & timestamps3 sources
WeatherOpen-Meteo Forecast API
Requested at 33.9829, -118.4730
Valid for
the time this forecast or prediction describes, not when it was made
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Modeled hourly weather for this beach's coordinates, not a reading from an instrument at the beach. The upstream model issue time was not recorded with these data, so issuance is unknown.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
SunCalc computes sun and moon rise/set times from the Pacific date and beach coordinates, assuming an unobstructed horizon. Moon phase depends on date and time, not the beach location. No feed or beach sensor is involved; terrain and atmospheric conditions affect visible rise/set times. Sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and phase are calculated per Pacific calendar day for 7 days from this one.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Water reference: Topanga Nearshore · 46268 . Latest prior accepted buoy measurement at each hour, at most three hours old—not a shoreline thermometer or a water-temperature forecast.
Nearby stations and configured reference sites with current usable readings. Measurements describe conditions at the instrument, not breaking surf on this beach. The map includes the wider station catalog.
San Pedro
NDBC 46222 · CDIP 092
Reporting
Moored buoy · 43.5 km from this beach · 476 m depth
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 3.7 ft @ 14.3s energy period 10.6 s from WSW 244°
Partitions combine to 3.7 ft significant height , against 3.7 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:30 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
San Pedro (46222)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Pedro (46222)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 092. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Pedro (46222)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 092. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Pedro (46222)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Moored buoy · 10.6 km from this beach · 20 m depth
last observation Oct 20, 2026, 10:15 PM
Significant wave height
–fttoo old to show, last reported Oct 20, 2026, 10:00 PM · NDBC 46268
Dominant period
–stoo old to show, last reported Oct 20, 2026, 10:00 PM · NDBC 46268
Average period
–stoo old to show, last reported Oct 20, 2026, 10:00 PM · NDBC 46268
Mean wave direction
–too old to show, last reported Oct 20, 2026, 10:00 PM · NDBC 46268
Water temperature
71.8 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 10:15 PM · CDIP 103
Wind
–ktnot in the latest transmission
Gust
–ktnot in the latest transmission
Wind direction
–not in the latest transmission
Air temperature
–°Fnot in the latest transmission
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
No accepted directional spectrum from the past 90 minutes is available, so no partitions are shown.
Station sources & timestamps3 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Topanga Nearshore (46268)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. No accepted reading from this station is on record for the window shown. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Topanga Nearshore (46268)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 103. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 2.9 ft @ 14.3s energy period 12.8 s from SW 220°
Wind sea 1.3 ft @ 4.5s energy period 3.8 s from W 270°
Wind sea 0.5 ft @ 2.3s energy period 2.1 s from W 277°
Partitions combine to 3.3 ft significant height , against 3.3 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:30 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Santa Monica Bay (46221)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Santa Monica Bay (46221)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 028. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Santa Monica Bay (46221)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 028. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Santa Monica Bay (46221)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Moored buoy · 40.3 km from this beach · 23 m depth
last observation Oct 20, 2026, 11:58 PM
Significant wave height
4.8 ftobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · CDIP 215
Dominant period
15.4 sobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · CDIP 215
Average period
11.4 sobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · CDIP 215
Mean wave direction
S 188° observed Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · CDIP 215
Water temperature
73.0 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:58 PM · CDIP 215
Wind
–ktnot in the latest transmission
Gust
–ktnot in the latest transmission
Wind direction
–not in the latest transmission
Air temperature
–°Fnot in the latest transmission
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 4.8 ft @ 15.4s energy period 13.5 s from SSW 213°
Partitions combine to 4.8 ft significant height , against 4.8 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:30 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Long Beach Channel (46256)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Long Beach Channel (46256)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 215. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Long Beach Channel (46256)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 215. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Long Beach Channel (46256)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 3.7 ft @ 15.4s energy period 10.7 s from WSW 244°
Partitions combine to 3.7 ft significant height , against 3.7 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:30 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
San Pedro South (46253)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Pedro South (46253)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 213. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Pedro South (46253)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 213. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Pedro South (46253)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
70.7 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:20 PM · NDBC 46025
Wind
3.9 ktobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:20 PM · NDBC 46025
Gust
5.8 ktobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:20 PM · NDBC 46025
Wind direction
W 270° observed Oct 20, 2026, 11:20 PM · NDBC 46025
Air temperature
67.1 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:20 PM · NDBC 46025
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
No accepted directional spectrum from the past 90 minutes is available, so no partitions are shown.
Station sources & timestamps3 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Santa Monica Basin (46025)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 3.6 ft @ 14.3s energy period 11.6 s from SW 217°
Partitions combine to 3.6 ft significant height , against 3.6 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:30 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Capistrano Beach Nearshore (46285)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Capistrano Beach Nearshore (46285)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 284. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Capistrano Beach Nearshore (46285)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 284. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Capistrano Beach Nearshore (46285)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Moored buoy · 103.4 km from this beach · 1890 m depth
last observation Oct 20, 2026, 11:50 PM
Significant wave height
3.6 ftobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · CDIP 203
Dominant period
15.4 sobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · CDIP 203
Average period
9.9 sobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · CDIP 203
Mean wave direction
S 181° observed Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · CDIP 203
Water temperature
71.8 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:50 PM · CDIP 203
Wind
–ktnot in the latest transmission
Gust
–ktnot in the latest transmission
Wind direction
–not in the latest transmission
Air temperature
65.5 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:26 PM · NDBC 46251
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 3.7 ft @ 15.4s energy period 12.0 s from SW 220°
Partitions combine to 3.7 ft significant height , against 3.6 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:30 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Santa Cruz Basin (46251)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Santa Cruz Basin (46251)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 203. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Santa Cruz Basin (46251)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 203. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Santa Cruz Basin (46251)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
69.6 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · NDBC 46277
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 4.1 ft @ 14.3s energy period 11.3 s from SW 219°
Partitions combine to 4.1 ft significant height , against 4.1 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:00 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Green Beach Offshore (46277)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Green Beach Offshore (46277)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 271. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Green Beach Offshore (46277)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 271. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Green Beach Offshore (46277)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
69.3 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · NDBC 46275
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 3.1 ft @ 14.3s energy period 12.1 s from SW 220°
Partitions combine to 3.1 ft significant height , against 3.1 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:00 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Red Beach Nearshore (46275)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Red Beach Nearshore (46275)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 264. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Red Beach Nearshore (46275)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 264. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Red Beach Nearshore (46275)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
Partitions, computed hereWhere these partitions come from
Tarline splits this station's own directional wave spectrum into a swell part and a wind sea part.
The split is this site's computation, not a provider product, and it is deliberately conservative:
two parts, not a list of named swell trains. Variances add and heights do not, so the combined
figure below is 4 times the square root of the total variance rather than a sum of the partition
heights.
Swell 3.5 ft @ 15.4s energy period 12.2 s from SSW 212°
Partitions combine to 3.5 ft significant height , against 3.5 ft measured at the station. Spectrum sampled Oct 20, 11:30 PM.
Station sources & timestamps4 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Oceanside Offshore (46224)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
Offshore swellCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Oceanside Offshore (46224)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 045. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Oceanside Offshore (46224)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 045. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Directional wave spectrumCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Oceanside Offshore (46224)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Wave systems are partitioned from this measured spectrum. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this provider's spectral product, not response completion. Spectra are retained for 72 hours.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
65.8 °Fobserved Oct 20, 2026, 11:30 PM · NDBC 46053
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
No accepted directional spectrum from the past 90 minutes is available, so no partitions are shown.
Station sources & timestamps3 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
East Santa Barbara (46053)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
Significant wave height is the total measured sea state at this mooring, not the height breaking at
this beach. The modeled breaking estimate is on the Surf tab.
No accepted directional spectrum from the past 90 minutes is available, so no partitions are shown.
Station sources & timestamps3 sources
Latest station reportNDBC, NOAA
Leucadia Nearshore (46274)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
Latest report received from this physical station; individual fields can have older observation times. This is the recorded start of the most recent successful live poll across this station's products, not response completion or proof that every field refreshed.
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading of open water, selected independently of the water temperature station. The observation time is the oldest of the wave fields shown, so it can overstate a single field's age but never understate it. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
Water temperatureCDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Leucadia Nearshore (46274)
Observed
when the instrument took this reading
Successful fetch
recorded time for the last accepted fetch; not proof the value changed (see source timing details below)
One instrument's own reading, selected independently of the wave station. Read through CDIP, Scripps Institution of Oceanography as 262. The fetch timestamp records the start of a successful poll of this field's provider and product, not response completion or the age of the reading.
All times are Pacific. An upstream issue time is shown only when recorded. A feed response time is not the provider's model initialization or publication time. Unlisted timestamps were not recorded or do not apply.
What the multi-buoy model is
The surf figure on this page is computed from several buoys' directional wave spectra, with the land
between each buoy and this beach screened out. It is a model ESTIMATE and it has not been calibrated
against measured breaking surf, so no accuracy figure is claimed for it. The baseline beside it is the
height the older exposure/CDIP tier produced at the same run, kept so the change stays auditable. A
difference between the two is two models disagreeing, not either one being right.
Multi-buoy model, this beach's estimate 3.0 ft
Legacy baseline, same run 2.8 ftwindow-model
Difference from the baseline +0.2 ft this beach's estimate minus the older tier at that run
Stations used: Topanga Nearshore, Santa Monica Bay, Long Beach Channel, San Pedro, San Pedro South, Santa Monica Basin, Santa Cruz Basin
exposure: curated arcs at every frequency; bins at or above 0.09 Hz are UNSCREENED (no coastline geometry supplied)
46285: nearshore-transformed -- nearshore at this period (h/L0 0.05): a transformed nearshore record, not offshore forcing
Computed Oct 21, 12:03 AM · buoy-spectrum-shadow-3
Panel assembled Wed, Oct 21, 2026, 12:06 AM PDT. That is not how fresh any station reading is.
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Public incident records
Nearby Incident Reports
Records within 25 km. Proximity alone does not establish the source of tar at this beach.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗Potential Release Report: Caller reporting (1) broken and beached vessel washed ashore at dockweiler beach. Vessel described as a 50ft trawler. Reportedly, the owner left unattended while boarding another vessel and waves crashed the vessel ashore. There was no visible sheen in the water however (2) broken fuel tanks were witnessed in the water indicating a likely discharge.3.5 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗The caller is reporting a release of gasoline, to atmosphere, from a pleasure craft that "drags anchor" and runs aground. The caller states that the vessel ran aground due to inclimate weather. Caller states there was no one onboard at the time of the incident.
Caller states that there is no sheen on the water at this time.3.1 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗The caller reported the discovery of a sheen that they traced back to a tanker vessel on the pacific ocean. The material released is unknown, as is the cause of the release.12.2 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗The caller stated that they discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source in the marina del rey harbor.2.4 km away
No public source page available.
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DateSourceIncident reportDistance
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗The caller reported the discovery of an unknown sheen from an unknown source on the waters of the marina del ray harbor.2.6 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗Caller reported an unknown sheen from an unknown source in marina del rey. The sheen is 100 yards x 100 yards, and silvery.2.5 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗Caller is making a report involving a spill of crude oil that was discovered in the l.a. River. Exact source of the crude oil is unknown but the caller states it is just north of their last release from a pipeline and so they are making this report as a precaution to make it is not another section of their pipeline that it discharged from. The sheen length is as far as the eye can see.24.8 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗Caller reporting an unknowns sheen from an unknown source in the a basin of the marina del rey marina waters. Sheen is up to 200 yds x 80 yds2.1 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗Caller states they received a report of an unknown pink colored sheen in ballona creek. The sheen is approx. 1 mile x 4ft.10.1 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗Caller states there are 12 dead birds at torrance beach as well as an oil sheen on the sand. USCG is on scene and asked that he report it.21 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗The caller stated that they discovered an unknown sheen from an unknown source in marina del rey.1.6 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗The caller reported the discovery of an unknown sheen from an unknown source on the waters of the marina del ray.2.3 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗Caller reports an unknown amount of tar balls were discovered on the beach. No sheen was observed in the water.8.3 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗The caller is reporting a release of diesel fuel onto the ground from a reefer tank of a tractor trailer truck and trailer. The caller states that the type of trailer is unknown. The cause of the release was due to flooding in the area. The caller states the flood caused the driver to lose control and hit a concrete wall of an overpass. The caller states the overpass is operational, and there are no injuries or fatalities in this incident.23.7 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗The caller reported the discovery of an unknown sheen from unknown source on the water at the incident location. The name of the body of water is unknown. The sheen was described as a "white, foamy" material.1.9 km away
No public source page available.
NRC rawAbout NRC reportsUnverified initial reports. NRC publishes caller reports, not findings
validated by a response agency. The feed does not provide a verified/unverified status
for individual records. NRC's explanation ↗Caller reported due to a large wild land fire has caused a significant amount of runoff into the santa monica bay. This ranges from building fires, to automobile discharges, gasoline, fire fighting efforts runoff and whatever else is in range of the aftermath that the fire is causing.6.5 km away
No public source page available.
IncidentNewsSatellite Imagery Anomaly; off Malibu, CA17.9 km away
The morning of 06-AUG-2024, NOAA NESDIS issued a Marine Pollution Surveillance Report (MPSR) for possible oil identified by satellite imagery just offshore of Malibu, CA. Imagery was collected at 06-AUG 0150 UTC (05-AUG 1850 hrs Pacific) from a Sentinel 1A (synthetic aperture radar) satellite. USCG and Malibu lifeguards investigated. USCG helicopter overflight was delayed due to marine layer conditions. Vessels on water observed no oil, but helo observed some material in the water. Upon closer inspection by surface vessels, no oil was observed and all units returned to base.
IncidentNewsFishing Vessel Sunk off Redondo Beach, CA16.2 km away
On 09-FEB-2023, USCG Sector LA/LB contacted their NOAA SSC to request trajectory support for the 43’ sunken F/V MATADOR off Redondo Beach, CA. The vessel reportedly sank at 0200 hrs on 08-FEB, 1/3 mile offshore, in 170’ of water, with an estimated 50 gallons diesel on-board (max potential 150 gallons).
IncidentNewsGray whale carcass; Dockweiler Beach, Venice, CA7.1 km away
Late afternoon on 17-MAR-2021, NMFS Stranding Coordinator in CA contacted the NOAA SSC regarding a 30’ gray whale in poor health and in the process of stranding on Dockweiler Beach near LAX airport. The whale died overnight and the carcass may be towed offshore early afternoon today (18-MAR-2021). NMFS requested a carcass drift estimate to aid in determining how far offshore to tow the carcass so it does not re-beach in the upcoming days.
IncidentNewsLPG Train Derailment; El Segundo, CA 90245, USA12.2 km away
On January 12, 2017, the USCG Sector LA/LB contacted the local NOAA SSC regarding a train derailment near the intersection of Rosecrans and Douglas (East of the El Segundo Refinery). Three rail cars are known to be involved in the derailment. They are reportedly carrying LPG; however, no damage or release to air or water have been reported. El Segundo and refinery fire departments are on-scene. USCG requested air plume modeling support for a hypothetical release from each/all three rail cars in the event they are damaged during response or salvage operations.
IncidentNewsBeached whale carcass; Dockweiler Beach, LA County, CA5.2 km away
On 01-JULY-2016, NMFS Protected Resources Division in Long Beach, CA contacted their NOAA SSC to request trajectory support for a Humpback whale carcass beached near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). They intend to tow the carcass offshore as soon as possible and want to know how far offshore to tow it so it does not re-beach during the upcoming holiday weekend.
IncidentNewsMaywood Fire; Los Angeles County, CA23.4 km away
On June 28, 2016, the National Weather Service forwarded a request from LA County for modeling support for a release of magnesium due to a fire in a metals recycling plant that occurred on June 14.
IncidentNewsManhattan Beach Incident; Los Angeles, CA12.2 km away
On May 27, 2015, a National Response Center (NRC) report was generated regarding oil observations on Manhattan Beach, CA. Hindcast trajectory has been requested and analysis will begin to determine to if the incident is related to the Refugio Incident, Santa Barbara CA spill.
IncidentNewsUniversal Studios Fire; Los Angeles, CA20.9 km away
A fire broke out at a Universal Studios Back-lot early in the morning of 1JUN2008. By the afternoon, approximately 2-3 acres of the site had burned and the LA County Fire Department requested particulate modeling through EPA for the dense smoke plume coming off of a large (~100,000 sq ft) video storage warehouse at the site. NOAA ERD was contacted to provide modeling support and has been coordinating information and outputs with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC).
IncidentNewsBallona Crk. Spill; Ballona Creek, CA5.7 km away
On the afternoon of 11OCT99, MSO Long Beach received report from the Los Angeles Fire Dept. of a possible pipeline rupture spilling crude into the Ballona Creek (inland of Marina Del Rey, CA). The discharge was estimated to be about 500 gallons. The product source was from a storm drain, rather than a pipeline, and was traced back to the parking garage of an apartment complex that maintains an oily water separator to treat natural seeps from the La Brea tarpits. The separator has been inoperable for sometime, thereby allowing the discharge of oily water into the storm drain system that leads out to Ballona Creek. The source of the leak has been secured and cleanup operations are underway. So far, about 7 miles of storm drain pipe and about 4 miles of creek are impacted. An overflight yesterday morning confirmed that no sheen or product has exited the creek. USCG district 11.
IncidentNewsChevron El Segundo Mooring; El Segundo, California9 km away
On March 16, 1991, the tanker OMI DYNACHEM severed a 26-inch pipeline at mooring #3 of Chevron's El Segundo, California offshore marine terminal in Santa Monica Bay. When the DYNACHEM attempted to anchor and hook up to the #2 mooring, a hydraulic winch failed and caused the ship to abort the attempt and weigh anchor. The #3 mooring pipeline was severed when it was snagged by the starboard anchor. The ship was not damaged nor at risk and moved off and anchored at a safe distance. At the time of the accident there was a maximum potential of 7,320 barrels of gas-oil in the pipeline (a combination of the 26-inch cargo transfer line and a 12-inch line in a looped configuration). The gas-oil, a non-marketable diesel-like product, is used to push remaining product out of the 26-inch line after tankers have finished transferring their cargo. It is left unpressurized in the looped lines after transfer operations are completed. Terminal personnel were notified about 10 minutes after the mishap and immediately began pumping the gas-oil out of the severed line. Chevron hired Clean Coastal Waters as their primary response contractor and the U.S. Coast Guard requested four skimmers from the U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team personnel with an offshore skimming barrier. The Clean Seas Cooperative was requested to standby to provide any additional assistance necessary. 33-54.3 N and 118-26.8 W USCG district 11.
