Button Shell Beach
Los Angeles County, California, United States
Today at a glance
Best: 2 pm to sunset, sunset 6:10 pm5.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
6.4
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
7.5
14 km/h9 mph wind, Great
7.2
15 km/h9 mph wind, Great
5.4
22 km/h14 mph wind, Fair
6.1
17 km/h11 mph wind, Good
7.0
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
7.0
22 km/h13 mph wind, Great
7.8
22 km/h13 mph wind, Great
7.6
22 km/h14 mph wind, Great
7.6
19 km/h12 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 2 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 17°C63°F
- Water
- 22°C72°F
- Wind
- 1811 km/hmph WSW
- Gusts
- 2515 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.0 m3 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 17%
- Sunset
- 6:10 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 am, -0.3 m<1 ft
- High 7 am, 1.1 m3 ft
- Low 2 pm, -0.3 m<1 ft
- High 8 pm, 0.9 m3 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
We do not have facility details for this beach yet.
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 7.9 km4.9 miAvalon (town)
- Nearest airport
- 4 km2 miCatalina Airport (AVX)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- LongPoint Beach0.3 km0.2 mi north away7.4 Great later
- Moonstone Beach1.8 km1.1 mi south away7.4 Great later
- Bannings Beach3.6 km2.2 mi south-east away7.4 Great later
- Cabrillo Beach3.7 km2.3 mi north-west away7.9 Great later
- Gibralter Beach4.0 km2.5 mi north-west away7.9 Great later
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat9.6 ExcellentBest 9 am to 7 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 1%
- Sun9.3 ExcellentBest 8 am to 3 pmWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
- Mon8.8 ExcellentBest 8 am to 6 pmWind up to 28 km/h18 mph, rain 0%
- Tue8.6 ExcellentBest 10 am to 3 pmWind up to 18 km/h11 mph, rain 0%
- Wed6.9 GoodBest 8 am to 7 pmWind up to 22 km/h14 mph, rain 0%