Los Angeles Pier S wind

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

Latest observation

Now 5 kn from W (280°), gusting 12 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:48 America/Los_Angeles).

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 5 kn, 78 readings, gust 19 kn, peak mean 14 kn, mostly WNW (300°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 5 kn from W (280°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 7 kn from WSW (250°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 14 kn from W (280°), gust 19 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 11 kn from NW (320°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 20:48 UTC: 8 kn from W (270°), gust 12 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 4 kn from WNW (290°), gust 6 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 4 kn from W (270°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 3 kn from WNW (290°), gust 5 kn

Position 33.768, -118.226; exposure coastal. Los Angeles Pier S 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 S: 1.9 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days HRRR 3 km (NOAA) has had the smallest wind-speed error at Los Angeles Pier S: 2.0 kn on average across 154 hourly comparisons, against 2.0 kn for ECMWF IFS 0.25°.

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Los Angeles Pier S

Los Angeles Badger Avenue Bridge, 0.7 nm away
Los Angeles Pier F, CA, 1.4 nm away
Los Angeles Berth 161, CA, 2.0 nm away
Los Angeles Pier 400, CA, 2.1 nm away
Los Angeles Pier J, CA, 2.9 nm away
Angels Gate, CA, 3.3 nm away