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NOAA and CDIP Buoys Thursday, December 11th, 3:00pm PST Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Seal Rocks   3.9 ft --- 123° 16-19 kt 10° 44.4 °F Cape Suckling   7.2 ft --- 129° 8-12 kt 50° 46.0 °F FAIRWEATHER GROUND   8.9 ft 7 sec 108° 23-27 kt 120° --- PORTLOCK BANK   9.8 ft --- 35° 17-21 kt 20° 44.4 °F SHELIKOF STRAIT, AK   2.6 ft --- 132° 12-14 kt 20° 44.2 °F CENTRAL BERING SEA   12.5 ft --- 224° 17-21 kt 210° 40.6 °F CAPE EDGECUMBE   5.2 ft --- 216° 12-16 kt 120° 47.8 °F WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA   9.5 ft --- 9° 23-29 kt 10° 43.5 °F CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA   5.9 ft --- 321° 10-14 kt 50° --- ALBATROSS BANK   12.1 ft --- 2° 27-35 kt 20° 43.9 °F SOUTHWEST BERING SEA   8.5 ft --- 199° 10-14 kt 50° 39.4 °F SOUTH KODIAK   12.5 ft --- 347° 23-29 kt 10° 43.5 °F CENTRAL ALEUTIANS   3.6 ft --- 259° --- --- 42.8 °F WESTERN ALEUTIANS   10.5 ft --- 219° 17-21 kt 140° 42.6 °F Ocean Station PAPA   5.9 ft 8 sec 29° --- --- 46.6 °F NEW DUNGENESS   0.7 ft --- --- 6-8 kt 150° 49.1 °F Angeles Point, WA   1.0 ft 13 sec 298° --- --- --- CAPE ELIZABETH   9.5 ft 15 sec 273° 6-10 kt 90° --- Grays Harbor, WA   7.5 ft 15 sec 270° --- --- 52.7 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   8.5 ft 15 sec 264° --- --- 52.2 °F COLUMBIA RIVER BAR   9.2 ft 11 sec 281° 4-6 kt --- 54.1 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   8.9 ft 15 sec 271° --- --- 54.1 °F TILLAMOOK, OR   8.2 ft 15 sec 280° 8 kt 210° 54.3 °F Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR   8.5 ft 15 sec 278° --- --- 53.8 °F STONEWALL BANK   9.2 ft 15 sec 282° 10-12 kt 190° --- Newport PWS North   9.8 ft 15 sec 282° --- --- 55.2 °F Yaquina Channel SW, OR   8.2 ft 15 sec 284° --- --- --- Newport PWS South, OR   8.2 ft 14 sec 296° --- --- 55.4 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   9.2 ft 14 sec 286° --- --- 55.6 °F PORT ORFORD   9.2 ft 15 sec 283° 8-10 kt 200° --- WEST OREGON   8.2 ft --- 283° 10-14 kt 200° 58.1 °F ST GEORGES   9.5 ft 16 sec 280° 8-10 kt 330° --- Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   10.5 ft 15 sec 281° --- --- 54.7 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   --- --- --- 17-21 kt 170° --- EEL RIVER   --- --- --- 10-12 kt 360° 53.6 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   8.9 ft 15 sec 291° --- --- 54.3 °F PT ARENA   9.5 ft 15 sec 274° 10-12 kt 340° 55.2 °F BODEGA BAY   --- --- --- 4-6 kt 360° 56.7 °F WEST CALIFORNIA   8.5 ft 15 sec 282° 8-12 kt 100° 61.9 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   6.2 ft 14 sec 274° --- --- 55.2 °F SAN FRANCISCO   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 70° 56.3 °F Monterey Canyon Outer, CA   5.2 ft 14 sec 279° --- --- 57.0 °F MBM1   --- --- --- 8 kt 290° 56.7 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   3.6 ft 11 sec 342° --- --- 56.5 °F Point Sur, CA   7.5 ft 14 sec 295° --- --- 60.8 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   6.9 ft 15 sec 283° 4-6 kt 340° --- Diablo Canyon, CA   4.3 ft 15 sec 260° --- --- 61.7 °F SANTA MARIA   7.2 ft 15 sec 291° 4-6 kt 340° 60.8 °F Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   6.9 ft 12 sec 306° --- --- 61.9 °F Harvest, CA   6.6 ft 15 sec 302° --- --- 63.9 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 4-8 kt 310° 62.8 °F EAST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 4-6 kt 280° 65.3 °F Topanga Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 14 sec 185° --- --- 64.9 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec 239° --- --- 65.3 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   3.3 ft 14 sec 241° --- --- 64.4 °F Santa Monica Basin   2.3 ft 14 sec 162° 4 kt 220° 63.5 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec 195° --- --- 64.4 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA   6.2 ft 11 sec 300° 8-10 kt 280° 61.7 °F San Pedro, CA   3.0 ft 14 sec 221° --- --- 65.1 °F San Pedro South, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec 255° --- --- 65.1 °F Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA   1.3 ft 13 sec --- --- --- 64.0 °F Green Beach Offshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 189° --- --- 65.1 °F Red Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 14 sec 211° --- --- 63.9 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   5.6 ft 13 sec 243° --- --- 64.2 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 195° --- --- 64.4 °F Leucadia Nearshore, CA   2.6 ft 12 sec 268° --- --- 64.6 °F Del Mar Nearshore, CA   2.3 ft 12 sec 278° --- --- 64.9 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   2.6 ft 14 sec 226° --- --- 65.7 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 12 sec 289° --- --- 66.0 °F Mission Bay West, CA   3.0 ft 14 sec 192° --- --- 65.3 °F Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 248° --- --- 63.9 °F Point Loma South, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec 185° --- --- 65.7 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 290° 65.1 °F TANNER BANK   6.6 ft --- 266° 10-12 kt 290° 64.2 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   8.5 ft --- 319° 8-12 kt 300° 78.4 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   10.5 ft --- 310° 8-12 kt 310° 77.9 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   9.5 ft --- 318° 8-10 kt 310° 77.5 °F WHOTS   --- --- --- 10 kt 330° 77.9 °F Waimea Bay, HI   8.2 ft 12 sec --- --- --- 78.8 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   5.2 ft 11 sec --- --- --- 77.4 °F Mokapu Point, HI   4.6 ft 10 sec 6° --- --- 78.4 °F Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI   4.9 ft 13 sec 303° --- --- 79.0 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   2.0 ft 14 sec 166° --- --- 78.4 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   7.9 ft 14 sec --- --- --- 78.4 °F Kaumalapau Southwest, Lanai, HI   3.3 ft 14 sec 231° --- --- 79.5 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   5.2 ft 14 sec 335° --- --- 78.4 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   7.2 ft --- 328° 6-10 kt 130° 78.3 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   6.2 ft --- 334° 4-6 kt 60° 78.6 °F Ritidian Point, Guam   6.2 ft 11 sec 60° --- --- 84.7 °F Ipan, Guam   5.9 ft 10 sec 76° --- --- 83.1 °F North Point, Pohnpei, Micronesia   5.6 ft 11 sec 54° --- --- 85.3 °F UTWE, KOSRAE, MICRONESIA   6.2 ft 6 sec 82° --- --- 85.5 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   5.9 ft 10 sec 57° --- --- 85.1 °F King-Poloa, American Samoa   4.6 ft 14 sec 324° --- --- 85.1 °F Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP

 

San Luis Obispo Ventura Oxnard 48-hour Buoy Charts  -  Santa Barbara Region Harvest Buoy (CDIP 071) Yesterday Today 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WEST SANTA BARBARA (NOAA 46054) Yesterday Today -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 EAST SANTA BARBARA (NOAA 46053) Yesterday Today -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 SOUTH SANTA ROSA ISLAND (NOAA 46069) Yesterday Today -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 View all buoy charts  >> Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP

 

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Point Conception Wave Height Forecast Point Conception wave height forecast courtesy of CDIP

 

Marine Forecast FZUS56 KLOX 111619 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 819 AM PST Thu Dec 11 2025 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... 819 AM PST Thu Dec 11 2025 .Synopsis for the southern California coast and Santa Barbara Channel including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park...at 12Z, or 4 AM PST, a 1027 MB surface high extended from 550 miles NW of Point Conception and eastward into western Colorado. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 819 AM PST Thu Dec 11 2025 TODAY NE wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW this afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. TONIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 15 seconds. FRI E wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT Light winds. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 12 seconds and NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Light winds. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM- 819 AM PST Thu Dec 11 2025 TODAY N wind 10 to 15 kt. Local gusts to 20 kt across northwest portion. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 8 ft at 14 seconds. TONIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Local gusts to 15 kt in the evening. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 15 seconds. FRI NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 15 seconds. FRI NIGHT Light winds. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 13 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog. SUN Light winds. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds, NW 2 ft at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds, W 2 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands- 819 AM PST Thu Dec 11 2025 TODAY N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming this afternoon. Local gusts to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 13 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. FRI Light winds. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT Light winds. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 13 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog. SUN NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands- 819 AM PST Thu Dec 11 2025 TODAY W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog this afternoon. TONIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the evening. Patchy dense fog after midnight. Vsby 1 NM or less. FRI Light winds. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT Light winds. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Light winds. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog. SUN NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and NW 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 819 AM PST Thu Dec 11 2025 TODAY Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. TONIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. FRI Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. SAT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds. MON Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds. MON NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 819 AM PST Thu Dec 11 2025 TODAY Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. TONIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy dense fog. Vsby 1 NM or less. FRI Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog. SUN Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds. www.weather.gov/losangeles Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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