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Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest California
National Weather Service Eureka CA
844 AM PDT Thu May 16 2024

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844 AM PDT Thu May 16 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS...Northerly gales in the
northern outer waters will continue through the end of this week as large,
short- period seas persist across all zones. Slightly better
conditions expected for the southern inner waters. Winds and seas
expected to peak late Friday into Saturday then subside slightly by
Sunday. However, gale or near-gale force winds and hazardous seas
still remains possible late this weekend through early next week.

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Pt St George to Cape Mendocino out 10 nm-
844 AM PDT Thu May 16 2024

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 9 seconds...and NW
2 ft at 11 seconds.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 9 seconds...and NW
2 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves N 10 ft at 9 seconds...and NW 3 ft
at 12 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves N 12 ft at 10 seconds.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves N 11 ft at 10 seconds.
.SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves N 10 ft at 10 seconds...and SW
2 ft at 18 seconds.
.MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves N 10 ft at 10 seconds...and SW
2 ft at 16 seconds.

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Pt St George to Cape Mendocino 10 to 60 nm-
844 AM PDT Thu May 16 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to around 40 kt. Waves N
14 ft at 10 seconds...and NW 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to around 40 kt. Waves N
12 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI...N winds 30 to 35 kt. Waves N 11 ft at 9 seconds...and NW 3 ft
at 12 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 30 to 35 kt. Waves N 16 ft at 11 seconds...and
W 2 ft at 12 seconds.
.SAT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Waves N 15 ft at 11 seconds.
.SUN...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Waves N 13 ft at 10 seconds...and SW
3 ft at 18 seconds.
.MON...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Waves N 12 ft at 10 seconds...and SW
3 ft at 16 seconds.

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Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena out 10 nm-
844 AM PDT Thu May 16 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves N 7 ft at 9 seconds...and NW
3 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy dense fog.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves N 9 ft at 9 seconds...and NW
2 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to around 35 kt. Waves N
10 ft at 10 seconds...and NW 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves N 9 ft at 10 seconds...and
NW 2 ft at 12 seconds.
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves N 7 ft at 10 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves N 8 ft at 10 seconds...and SW
3 ft at 18 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves N 10 ft at 10 seconds...and SW
3 ft at 16 seconds.

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Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena 10 to 60 nm-
844 AM PDT Thu May 16 2024

...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts to around 35 kt. Waves N
13 ft at 10 seconds...and NW 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts to around 40 kt. Waves N
11 ft at 10 seconds...and NW 2 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI...N winds 30 kt with gusts to around 40 kt. Waves N 13 ft at
10 seconds...and NW 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 30 kt. Waves N 14 ft at 11 seconds...and NW
2 ft at 12 seconds.
.SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves N 15 ft at 11 seconds.
.SUN...N winds 30 kt. Waves N 14 ft at 10 seconds...and SW 3 ft at
18 seconds.
.MON...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Waves N 13 ft at 10 seconds...and SW
3 ft at 16 seconds.

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