Los Angeles Pier J, CA wind

Los Angeles Pier J, CA is a land weather station near Long Beach in the Los Angeles and Catalina sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 14 kn from WSW (250°), gusting 14 kn, 2026-11-03 23:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 15:30 America/Los_Angeles).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 78 readings, gust 18 kn, peak mean 16 kn, mostly WNW (293°).

Recent readings

2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 14 kn from WSW (250°), gust 14 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 11 kn from NW (310°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 16 kn from WSW (250°), gust 17 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 9 kn from W (280°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 12 kn from WSW (240°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 6 kn from SW (220°), gust 7 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 0 kn, gust 3 kn
2026-11-03 16:48 UTC: 0 kn, gust 3 kn

Position 33.733, -118.186; exposure coastal. Los Angeles Pier J, CA is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Los Angeles Pier J, CA: 1.9 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Los Angeles Pier J, CA: 2.3 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.6 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

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