Coastal Waters Forecast
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Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest California
National Weather Service Eureka CA
306 PM PDT Thu Mar 21 2024

PZZ400-220415-
306 PM PDT Thu Mar 21 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS...Southerly winds will
continue to increase this afternoon and into tonight as an area of
low pressure approaches. These are expected to peak near gale early
tomorrow morning and again tomorrow night. A small long period
northwest swell will continue to move through the waters. Late in
the weekend a long westerly fetch on the south side of the low will
build a fresh westerly swell into the waters.

$$

PZZ450-220415-
Pt St George to Cape Mendocino out 10 nm-
306 PM PDT Thu Mar 21 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves S 6 ft at 6 seconds...and W
4 ft at 16 seconds.
.FRI...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 30 kt. Waves S 9 ft at
7 seconds...and W 4 ft at 16 seconds. Rain and showers.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Waves S 11 ft at 7 seconds...and W
4 ft at 15 seconds. Showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves W 11 ft at 12 seconds. Showers and
chance of tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves W 9 ft at 12 seconds. Chance
of showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves W 9 ft at 11 seconds...and W 3 ft
at 18 seconds.
.MON...SW winds 10 kt. Waves W 5 ft at 8 seconds...and W 4 ft at
15 seconds.
.TUE...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves W 5 ft at 7 seconds...and W 6 ft
at 20 seconds.

$$

PZZ470-220415-
Pt St George to Cape Mendocino 10 to 60 nm-
306 PM PDT Thu Mar 21 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to around 35 kt. Waves S
6 ft at 6 seconds...and W 4 ft at 18 seconds. Rain.
.FRI...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Gusts up to 35 kt. Waves S 10 ft at
7 seconds...and W 4 ft at 16 seconds. Rain and chance of showers.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Waves S 12 ft at 8 seconds...and W
4 ft at 15 seconds. Showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves W 12 ft at 13 seconds. Showers
and slight chance of tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves W 11 ft at 12 seconds.
Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves W 9 ft at 11 seconds...and W 4 ft
at 18 seconds.
.MON...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves W 5 ft at 8 seconds...and W 5 ft
at 15 seconds.
.TUE...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves W 7 ft at 8 seconds...and W 8 ft
at 20 seconds.

$$

PZZ455-220415-
Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena out 10 nm-
306 PM PDT Thu Mar 21 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves S building to 6 ft at
6 seconds...and W 5 ft at 17 seconds.
.FRI...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves S 9 ft at 7 seconds...and W 5 ft
at 16 seconds. Rain and showers.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves S 9 ft at 7 seconds...and W
4 ft at 15 seconds. Showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves W 11 ft at 12 seconds. Showers
and slight chance of tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves W 10 ft at 12 seconds.
Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves W 11 ft at 11 seconds...and W
3 ft at 17 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 10 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 8 seconds...and W 4 ft at
15 seconds.
.TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves W 6 ft at 7 seconds...and W 6 ft
at 20 seconds.

$$

PZZ475-220415-
Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena 10 to 60 nm-
306 PM PDT Thu Mar 21 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts to around 30 kt. Waves S
6 ft at 6 seconds...and W 5 ft at 18 seconds. Rain.
.FRI...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Gusts up to 30 kt. Waves S 9 ft at
7 seconds...and W 5 ft at 16 seconds. Rain and chance of showers.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves S 12 ft at 8 seconds...and
W 4 ft at 15 seconds. Showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves W 11 ft at 12 seconds. Showers
and slight chance of tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves W 12 ft at 12 seconds.
Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves NW 12 ft at 9 seconds...and W
3 ft at 17 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 6 ft at 8 seconds...and W 4 ft
at 15 seconds.
.TUE...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves W 6 ft at 7 seconds...and W 7 ft
at 20 seconds.

$$


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