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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Portland OR
222 PM PDT Sat Apr 26 2025

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Columbia River Bar-
222 PM PDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected. For the first Small Craft
  Advisory, seas 8 to 10 ft at 9 to 10 seconds and northwest winds
  13-18 kt with gusts to 25 kt. For the second Small Craft
  Advisory, very strong ebb current of 6.99 kt at 449 AM.

* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.

* WHEN...Small Craft Advisory, until 8 PM PDT this evening. Second
  Small Craft Advisory, from 2 AM to 8 AM PDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft,
  especially when operating near to, or attempting to cross, the
  Columbia River Bar.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Ebb current of 4.76 kt at 428 PM Saturday.
  Seas 6 to 7 ft. Very strong ebb current of 6.99 kt at 449 AM
  Sunday. Seas 8 to 9 ft. Ebb current of 4.65 kt at 515 PM Sunday.
  Seas 5 ft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Small Craft Advisory means that wave conditions are expected to
be hazardous to small craft in the vicinity of the Columbia River
Bar. Mariners are advised to obtain the latest bar conditions
from the United States Coast Guard before attempting to cross the
bar.

&&

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Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR from 10 to 60 NM-
Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 NM-
Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 NM-
222 PM PDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM PDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Seas 7 to 11 ft at 9 seconds and northwest winds 10 to
  20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt.

* WHERE...Outer Coastal Waters from Cape Shoalwater to Florence
  10 to 60 NM offshore.

* WHEN...Until 2 PM PDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

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Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR out
10 NM-
Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 NM-
Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 NM-
222 PM PDT Sat Apr 26 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM PDT SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Seas 7 to 10 ft at 10 seconds and northwest winds 10 to
  20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt.

* WHERE...Inner Coastal Waters from Cape Shoalwater to Florence
  out 10 NM.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM PDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$


For more information from the National Weather Service, visit:
https://www.weather.gov/portland/marine