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Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
186 FZUS56 KEKA 010930 CWFEKA Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest California National Weather Service Eureka CA 230 AM PDT Mon Jul 1 2024 WATERS FROM PT ST GEORGE TO PT ARENA AND OUT 60 NM PZZ400-012145- 230 AM PDT Mon Jul 1 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS...Northerly winds will accelerate rapidly late morning and afternoon, with strongest winds leeward of Cape Mendocino. Winds will continue to gradually strengthen and peak on Tuesday, bringing widespread strong to gale force winds and very steep, hazardous seas, especially across the outer waters. Marine conditions are expected to gradually improve beginning on Thursday as a southerly wind reversal is forecasted to move north off the Mendocino Coast and relax the pressure gradient. $$ PZZ450-012145- Pt St George to Cape Mendocino out 10 nm- 230 AM PDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...N wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt this afternoon. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning. .TONIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 9 ft. Wave Detail: NW 9 ft at 9 seconds and W 3 ft at 11 seconds. .TUE...N wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 9 ft. Wave Detail: NW 9 ft at 9 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas around 12 ft. Wave Detail: NW 12 ft at 10 seconds. .WED...N wind 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt. Seas 10 ft. Wave Detail: N 10 ft at 10 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 ft. Wave Detail: N 9 ft at 9 seconds. .THU...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 9 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 8 seconds. $$ PZZ470-012145- Pt St George to Cape Mendocino 10 to 60 nm- 230 AM PDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt this afternoon. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 11 seconds. .TONIGHT...N wind 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas around 10 ft. Wave Detail: N 10 ft at 9 seconds and W 3 ft at 11 seconds. .TUE...N wind 30 to 35 kt. Seas 12 ft. Wave Detail: N 12 ft at 10 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 30 to 40 kt. Seas 16 ft. Wave Detail: N 16 ft at 11 seconds. .WED...N wind 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 15 ft. Wave Detail: N 15 ft at 11 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas around 14 ft. Wave Detail: N 14 ft at 10 seconds. .THU...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 11 ft. Wave Detail: N 11 ft at 10 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: N 8 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: N 8 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 18 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 7 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 18 seconds. $$ PZZ455-012145- Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena out 10 nm- 230 AM PDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind 20 to 25 kt, rising to 25 to 30 kt this afternoon. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 7 seconds and NW 4 ft at 11 seconds. .TONIGHT...NW wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas around 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 10 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE...NW wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 10 ft at 10 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt. Seas around 11 ft. Wave Detail: NW 11 ft at 11 seconds. .WED...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Wave Detail: N 9 ft at 11 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds. .THU...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 5 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds. .FRI...SW wind 5 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 18 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 18 seconds. $$ PZZ475-012145- Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena 10 to 60 nm- 230 AM PDT Mon Jul 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .TODAY...NW wind 20 to 25 kt, rising to 25 to 30 kt with gusts up to 40 kt this afternoon. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: N 7 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 11 seconds. .TONIGHT...N wind 30 to 35 kt. Seas 11 ft. Wave Detail: N 11 ft at 10 seconds and NW 3 ft at 11 seconds. .TUE...N wind 30 to 35 kt. Seas 13 ft. Wave Detail: N 13 ft at 10 seconds and NW 2 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 30 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas around 16 ft. Wave Detail: N 16 ft at 11 seconds. .WED...N wind 25 to 35 kt with gusts up to 45 kt. Seas 15 ft. Wave Detail: N 15 ft at 11 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 ft. Wave Detail: N 12 ft at 10 seconds. .THU...NE wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. Wave Detail: N 10 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 7 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds. .FRI...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 6 ft at 9 seconds and S 3 ft at 18 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and N 6 ft at 8 seconds. $$