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Malaga Cove

In United States · near Avalon Dive Park, Dive n Surf.

Conditions pending for this beach — no guess

Sunset in

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Full moon

26.6d

King/spring tide

larger range

17~~/100~~

Sunset Score

Dull sky · 20:08

High / mid cloud 0% — thin canvas
Low cloud / horizon 29% low cloud — partly blocking the horizon
Haze / aerosol Low — clean, saturated colour
Seaward horizon A headland/island blocks the open-water sunset — caps the view

Dull sky unlikely · modeled 17/100 · not a promise · confidence: low

86~~/100~~

Sun & Tan

Great beach-sun day · mind the UV

Sky Mostly clear · plenty of sun
Warmth 22° — comfortable to lie out
UV peak (12:00) 8.6 — very high

☀️ Very High UV — fair skin burns in ~16 min unprotected. SPF 50+, cover up, ease off the midday sun (11–4).

modeled forecast · UV + cloud + temperature · confidence: high · modeled forecast · not medical advice

Sunset Score & Sun & Tan from the daily sky cache · refreshed 3h ago — Open-Meteo free tier, no per-view fetch.

Water

pending

no data yet

Swell / Wind

pending

no data yet

Sunset

20:08 local

dull sky modeled

Tide

06:00 low -0.78m

next low · modeled (FES2014)

Your beach log — starts at 0, fills with your real check-ins

Visits here

Sunsets seen here

Beaches explored

Days on the coast

Species spotted

Cleanups logged

Your Ocean Soul curates this beach:

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Today's best windows

When the water suits each activity — hourly conditions + the tide curve. Forecast — never a promise.

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Low tide

06:00 · -0.78m

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Golden hour

19:31

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Sunset

20:08

DawnMiddayAfternoonDuskNight

Next low tide 06:00 (local) — tide-pool + easy-entry window. Tide prediction (next from now) — Open-Meteo · FES2014-based (modeled), refreshed daily. Larger spring/king-tide range. Times local.

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Not in a marine reserve on our map

Not inside a marine reserve on our map — still tread lightly. Checked against our marine-protected-area map.

In season near here

Likely around this coast this month, from Ocean Highways — coarsened. Possible, never promised.

🐾 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Fin Whale

Balaenoptera physalus

MiCO meta-site for Fin Whale (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN VU · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach

Sunset Mode

Tonight's time, the vividness forecast, and where to be.

Tonight · sets at

20:08 local

Sunset Score 17 / 100 — Dull
Golden hour 19:31 – 20:08
Best west-facing spot Avalon Dive Park (50.9km)
Source computed astronomy + CAMS aerosol + cloud

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Water & safety: We don't have an official feed or a recent satellite pass here — treat this as unknown, not safe. · algal-bloom proxy: No recent ocean-colour pass. We can't tell you whether it's safe to get in, call the currents, or vouch for marine life — mind the local flags/lifeguard and your own limits. This panel is informational; it never makes a safety call.

Beachfront eat & drink

Venue names free from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Photos, hours & booking come from a licensed provider — a later phase, credited then.

restaurant

Yellow Vase

beachfront restaurant

venue: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · no photo — licensed-provider photos arrive in a later phase

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What's on around the water

Computed = certain. We never invent an event. (Feed + community events arrive with later phases.)

26.6d

Full moonComputed

Brightest tides + moonlit beach walks around then (full moon = bright sky).

11.8d

Dark-moon nightsComputed

Moonless nights ahead — the best chance for bioluminescence where it occurs (computed, not a sighting promise).

20:08

Tonight’s sunsetComputed

Modeled sky dull (17/100).

Local knowledge

Community + sourced facts that passed our QA pipeline — each labeled with its source & confidence. Unreviewed data never reaches this page; conflicting reports are shown, never silently merged.

occurrence count

sourced · confidence 50% · source

season note

based on past sightings — not a guarantee

sourced · confidence 50% · source

species name

Kelletia kelletii

sourced · confidence 50% · source

taxon

Gastropoda

sourced · confidence 50% · source

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