Santa Monica Pier wind

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

Latest observation

Now 19 kn from W (280°), gusting 21 kn, 2026-11-04 00:48 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 16:48 America/Los_Angeles). Air 20°C. 1015 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 6 kn, 78 readings, gust 21 kn, peak mean 19 kn, mostly WNW (297°).

Recent readings

2026-11-04 00:48 UTC: 19 kn from W (280°), gust 21 kn
2026-11-03 23:30 UTC: 18 kn from W (280°), gust 21 kn
2026-11-03 22:30 UTC: 13 kn from W (270°), gust 16 kn
2026-11-03 21:30 UTC: 16 kn from WNW (290°), gust 18 kn
2026-11-03 20:54 UTC: 11 kn from W (280°), gust 13 kn
2026-11-03 19:54 UTC: 9 kn from W (260°), gust 10 kn
2026-11-03 18:48 UTC: 4 kn from SW (220°), gust 5 kn
2026-11-03 17:30 UTC: 2 kn from WSW (250°), gust 3 kn

Position 34.008, -118.500; exposure coastal. Santa Monica Pier 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 Santa Monica Pier: 2.2 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 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 Santa Monica Pier: 2.3 kn on average across 50 hourly comparisons, against 2.4 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

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Stations near Santa Monica Pier

Santa Monica Muni, 2.7 nm away
EW5537 weather, 2.3 nm away
KB6LA weather, 3.0 nm away
Los Angeles Intl, 7.0 nm away
FW9262 weather, 3.4 nm away
N4EED weather, 3.9 nm away