Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
Issued by NWS Eureka, CA
539 FZUS56 KEKA 301536 CWFEKA Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest California National Weather Service Eureka CA 836 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024 PZZ400-302230- 836 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS...Northerly winds will continue to strengthen today through Wednesday. South of Cape Mendocino, northerly gale strength winds this afternoon are expected to create very large steep seas. North of Cape Mendocino, building northerly winds will lead to steep seas through Wednesday. Thursday is forecasted to have weak northerlies in the morning that will build to steady breezes by the afternoon. $$ PZZ450-302230- Pt St George to Cape Mendocino out 10 nm- 836 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 8 ft at 11 seconds. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 12 seconds. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 9 ft at 11 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves N 5 ft at 5 seconds. .THU...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 8 seconds. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves NW 4 ft at 7 seconds. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 8 ft at 13 seconds. $$ PZZ470-302230- Pt St George to Cape Mendocino 10 to 60 nm- 836 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 8 ft at 11 seconds. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 30 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 12 seconds. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves N 9 ft at 7 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves N 5 ft at 5 seconds. .THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 6 ft at 8 seconds. .FRI...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 7 seconds. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 9 ft at 13 seconds. $$ PZZ455-302230- Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena out 10 nm- 836 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .TODAY...NW winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to around 40 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 7 seconds. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to around 40 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 8 seconds. .WED...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 8 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves NW 8 ft at 8 seconds. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves NW 6 ft at 7 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 5 seconds. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 8 ft at 13 seconds. $$ PZZ475-302230- Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena 10 to 60 nm- 836 AM PDT Tue Apr 30 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .TODAY...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 7 seconds. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 8 seconds. .WED...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves NW 11 ft at 8 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves N 8 ft at 8 seconds. .THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves NW 7 ft at 8 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 6 ft at 5 seconds. .SAT...NW winds 15 kt. Waves NW 9 ft at 13 seconds. $$