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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Portland OR
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater Washington to Florence Oregon
and westward 60 NM

PZZ200-082030-
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
Southerly winds will continue over the waters through Monday as
low pressure remains in place over the northeast Pacific. Winds
then become light on Tuesday as this low moves overhead. Light
northerly winds return for Wednesday and Thursday. Seas remain
under 5 ft through Tuesday, then gradually increasing to 6 to 7
ft by Friday.


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PZZ251-082030-
Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR out
10 NM-
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

.TONIGHT...S wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW
2 ft at 7 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of
showers early this evening. A slight chance of showers late.
Patchy dense fog late this evening and early morning. Areas of
dense fog late.
.MON...E wind around 5 kt, backing to NW around 5 kt in the
afternoon. Seas around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or
less. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and W 2 ft at 15 seconds.
A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of
showers in the afternoon. Areas of fog in the morning, then
patchy fog in the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...W wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. A chance
of showers. Widespread dense fog in the evening. Patchy dense fog
after midnight.
.TUE...NW wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less, then around
3 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 6 seconds and W
2 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of showers.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of
showers in the evening.
.WED...NW wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 12 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail:
W 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU...N wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 13 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W
6 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI...N wind around 5 kt, backing to SW in the afternoon. Seas
6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 7 ft at 14 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...W wind around 5 kt, backing to SE after midnight.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 13 seconds.

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PZZ252-082030-
Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 NM-
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

.TONIGHT...S wind around 5 kt, backing to E late this evening and
overnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds
and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Areas of
dense fog late. A slight chance of showers late.
.MON...N wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas
around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and NW 2 ft at 15 seconds. A slight
chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Areas of fog in the morning, then patchy dense fog in
the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...W wind around 5 kt, backing to S after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and W
2 ft at 13 seconds. Showers likely. Widespread dense fog.
.TUE...N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft
at 6 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Showers likely. Patchy
dense fog.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail:
SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of
showers.
.WED...N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 12 seconds. A chance of showers.
.WED NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W
3 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU...NE wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 4 ft at
14 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 5 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI...E wind around 5 kt, backing to W in the afternoon. Seas
5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 14 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt, veering to SE after midnight.
Seas around 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 13 seconds.

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PZZ253-082030-
Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 NM-
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

.TONIGHT...W wind around 5 kt, veering to E late this evening and
overnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds
and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog this evening. Areas of dense
fog after midnight. A slight chance of showers late.
.MON...NE wind around 5 kt, backing to W in the afternoon. Seas
around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and NW 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely with a slight
chance of tstms in the afternoon. Areas of fog in the morning,
then widespread dense fog in the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...SW wind around 5 kt, backing to SE after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 6 seconds.
Showers likely. Widespread dense fog.
.TUE...N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail:
SW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Showers likely.
Patchy fog.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of showers.
.WED...N wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas
around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of
showers.
.WED NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W
3 ft at 12 seconds.
.THU...NE wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas
around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W
4 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI...E wind around 5 kt, backing to W around 5 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt, veering to SE after midnight.
Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 13 seconds.

Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.

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PZZ271-082030-
Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR from 10 to 60 NM-
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

.TONIGHT...S wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW
2 ft at 7 seconds and W 2 ft at 12 seconds. A slight chance of
showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Areas of dense fog late.
.MON...SE wind around 5 kt, veering to SW in the afternoon. Seas
around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and NW 2 ft at 15 seconds. A slight
chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the
afternoon. Patchy dense fog.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. A chance
of showers. Patchy dense fog.
.TUE...N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail:
W 2 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of showers.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 3 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of showers
in the evening.
.WED...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft
at 4 seconds and W 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 4 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds and W 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft, building to 5 to
7 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 7 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI...NW wind around 5 kt, backing to SW in the afternoon. Seas
around 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 7 ft at 14 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...SW wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to S after midnight.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 7 ft at
13 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight.

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PZZ272-082030-
Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 NM-
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

.TONIGHT...S wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW
2 ft at 7 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of
showers. Patchy dense fog after midnight. Areas of dense fog
late.
.MON...SE wind around 5 kt, veering to SW in the afternoon. Seas
around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and NW 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance
of showers. Patchy fog in the morning. Widespread dense fog in
the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...W wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Showers
likely. Widespread dense fog.
.TUE...N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft
at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Showers likely, mainly in
the morning.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 3 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of showers.
.WED...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds, S 2 ft at 10 seconds and W 3 ft at 12 seconds. A
chance of showers.
.WED NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds, S 2 ft at 10 seconds and W 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds and NW 4 ft at 16 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 4 to
6 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI...N wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to S in the afternoon. Seas
6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 14 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...SW wind around 5 kt, backing to S after midnight.
Seas around 6 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 6 ft at
13 seconds. A chance of showers after midnight.

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PZZ273-082030-
Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 NM-
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

.TONIGHT...SE wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: SW
2 ft at 7 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy dense fog
early this evening. Areas of dense fog late this evening, then
patchy dense fog after midnight. A slight chance of showers after
midnight.
.MON...SE wind around 5 kt, veering to SW in the afternoon. Seas
around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 7 seconds and NW 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance
of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the afternoon.
Patchy dense fog.
.MON NIGHT...S wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SW 2 ft at 6 seconds and NW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Showers
likely. Widespread dense fog.
.TUE...N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Showers likely, mainly in
the morning.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 3 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of showers.
.WED...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds, S 2 ft at 10 seconds and W 3 ft at 12 seconds. A
chance of showers.
.WED NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds, S 2 ft at 10 seconds and W 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds and W 4 ft at 15 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 4 to
6 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 6 ft
at 15 seconds.
.FRI...N wind around 5 kt, backing to S in the afternoon. Seas
around 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to S after midnight. Seas
around 6 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 6 ft at
13 seconds.

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PZZ210-082030-
Columbia River Bar-
144 PM PDT Sun Sep 7 2025

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

.GENERAL SEAS...3 ft subsiding to 2 to 3 ft Monday afternoon.

.FIRST EBB...Ebb current of 5.02 kt at 522 PM Sunday. Seas 3 ft.

.SECOND EBB...Strong ebb current of 5.82 kt at 532 AM Monday. Seas
 3 ft.

.THIRD EBB...Strong ebb current of 5.65 kt at 559 PM Monday. Seas
 3 to 4 ft.

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