Coast Conditions / California
California Coast Conditions
Two counties touch the California coast and all two have a board: 16 towns from Fort Dick to Shelter Cove. What each county’s own bars, highways, water and fire district say right now, dated; open a county or a town for the whole board.
Right now the whole coast
- Readings are on the boards, dated.
California by county 2 of 2 live
Live boardIn progressNot on the coast
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Counties, north to south each county’s own bars, highways, water and land
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BarsCrescent City HarborRoadsUS 101 · SR 197 · US 199Watermarine zone · shellfishLandFire danger · air qualityReadings are on the board, dated2 towns
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- Orick
- Trinidad
- McKinleyville
- Arcata
- Manila
- Samoa
- Eureka
- King Salmon
- Fields Landing
- Loleta
- Ferndale
- Fortuna
- Petrolia
- Shelter Cove
BarsHumboldt BayRoadsUS 101 · SR 255 · SR 211Watermarine zone · shellfishLandFire danger · air qualityReadings are on the board, dated14 towns
What a board covers the same twelve readings on every county and town page
Every morning
Tides for the nearest station, the Coast Guard bar report, the marine zone forecast, the land forecast and hourly.
On the road
Air quality from the nearest monitor.
And the rest
USGS earthquakes near the coast, NTWC tsunami status.
Every reading dated
Each carries when the agency published it and when the board last checked, and a link to the source. Stale readings say so.
Guides what the readings mean, and where they come from
How to read a bar reportRestricted, closed, unmanned: Crescent City and Humboldt BayTsunami: what to doWhy the shaking is the warning, and the ten minutes it may leaveSmall craft advisories and the marine zonesPZZ356 to PZZ455, and Humboldt Bay’s ownReading a tide table on this coastGauges, offsets, and the Lost Coast Trail tide rule