Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
284 FZUS56 KLOX 150954 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 254 AM PDT Sun Sep 15 2024 Point Piedras Blancas to San Mateo Point CA out 60 NM including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary ...See weather.gov/marine/wavedetail for more info on the new Wave Detail format... PZZ600-152245- 254 AM PDT Sun Sep 15 2024 .Synopsis for the southern California coast and Santa Barbara Channel including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park...at 09Z, or 2 AM PDT, a 1032 mb surface high was centered 975 NM W of Eureka, CA, while a 1003 mb thermal low was located near the California-Nevada-Arizona borders. West to northwest flow will increase today through Monday evening as a tight surface pressure gradient develop over the coastal waters. $$ PZZ645-152245- Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 254 AM PDT Sun Sep 15 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 15 to 25 kt this afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. .TONIGHT...W wind 20 to 30 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. .MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds. .TUE...N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 25 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. .WED...NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds. A chance of rain in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of rain in the evening. .THU...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. $$ PZZ670-152245- Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM- 254 AM PDT Sun Sep 15 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM PDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TODAY...NW wind increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 to 30 kt, becoming 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. .MON...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning, then a chance of rain in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE...NW wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .WED...NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds. A chance of rain in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the evening. .THU...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. $$ PZZ673-152245- Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands- 254 AM PDT Sun Sep 15 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW wind 10 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt in the morning increasing to 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. .MON...NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of rain. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 20 to 30 kt, becoming 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE...NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .WED...NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft, subsiding to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the evening. .THU...NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. $$ PZZ676-152245- Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands- 254 AM PDT Sun Sep 15 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .TODAY...NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Gusts to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 to 25 kt, becoming 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. .MON...NW wind 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning. .MON NIGHT...W wind 25 to 30 kt, becoming NW 20 to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .TUE...NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .WED...NW wind 20 to 30 kt, becoming 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of rain. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of rain. .THU...NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning. .THU NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. $$ PZZ650-152245- East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 254 AM PDT Sun Sep 15 2024 ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .TODAY...Light winds, becoming W 10 to 15 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. .TONIGHT...Western Portion, W wind 15 to 20 kt becoming NW after midnight. Eastern Portion, SW wind 5 to 10 kt becoming W after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of rain after midnight. .MON...NW wind 15 to 25 kt, becoming W 25 to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of rain. .MON NIGHT...W wind 25 to 35 kt, becoming NW 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 7 seconds. .TUE...NW wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming W in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 7 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Western Portion, NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Eastern Portion, NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 7 seconds. .WED...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 8 seconds. A slight chance of rain. .WED NIGHT...Western Portion, NW wind 15 to 25 kt. Eastern Portion, NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of rain. .THU...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning. .THU NIGHT...W wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 8 seconds. $$ PZZ655-152245- Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 254 AM PDT Sun Sep 15 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. .TONIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 6 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of rain after midnight. .MON...W wind 15 to 25 kt, becoming 20 to 30 kt with local gusts to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 6 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning. .MON NIGHT...W wind 20 to 30 kt with local gusts to 35 kt, becoming 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of rain after midnight. .TUE...W wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, subsiding to 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .TUE NIGHT...W wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 6 seconds. .WED...Light winds, becoming W 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 7 seconds. A slight chance of rain. .WED NIGHT...W wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. .THU...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 6 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning. .THU NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. $$ Hall www.weather.gov/losangeles