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NOAA and CDIP Buoys Saturday, January 17th, 9:20am PST Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Seal Rocks   8.2 ft 12 sec 186° 4-8 kt 20° --- Cape Suckling   11.2 ft --- 194° 10-14 kt 110° 43.3 °F Lower Cook Inlet   2.3 ft 4 sec --- --- --- 38.7 °F FAIRWEATHER GROUND   10.8 ft 13 sec 221° 14-17 kt 140° 43.0 °F SHELIKOF STRAIT, AK   4.9 ft --- 33° 25-31 kt 40° 40.6 °F CENTRAL BERING SEA   13.5 ft 12 sec 51° 19-31 kt 170° 38.3 °F CAPE EDGECUMBE   11.8 ft --- 205° 6-10 kt 80° 45.5 °F WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA   9.8 ft --- 183° 19-23 kt 130° 39.7 °F CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA   10.5 ft --- 213° 14-16 kt 120° --- SOUTHWEST BERING SEA   16.1 ft --- 23° 14-17 kt 300° 39.0 °F SOUTH KODIAK   9.8 ft --- 176° 4-6 kt --- 40.6 °F CENTRAL ALEUTIANS   15.4 ft --- 128° --- --- 39.7 °F WESTERN ALEUTIANS   11.5 ft --- 95° 16-21 kt 250° 39.9 °F Ocean Station PAPA   10.2 ft 12 sec 209° --- --- 44.1 °F Neah Bay   3.0 ft --- 236° 21-25 kt 100° 48.7 °F NEW DUNGENESS   0.3 ft --- --- 6 kt 10° 48.0 °F Angeles Point, WA   0.7 ft --- --- --- --- 48.2 °F CAPE ELIZABETH   2.3 ft 10 sec 267° 4-6 kt 130° --- Grays Harbor, WA   2.6 ft 10 sec 285° --- --- 50.9 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   3.3 ft 12 sec --- --- --- 48.6 °F COLUMBIA RIVER BAR   3.9 ft 4 sec 76° 19-23 kt --- 50.7 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   4.3 ft 5 sec 74° --- --- 51.6 °F TILLAMOOK, OR   3.6 ft 10 sec 281° 12-16 kt 60° 52.0 °F Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR   2.0 ft 10 sec 269° --- --- 51.6 °F STONEWALL BANK   3.3 ft --- 357° 12-16 kt 90° --- Newport PWS North   2.6 ft 10 sec 277° --- --- 51.8 °F Yaquina Channel SW, OR   2.6 ft 11 sec 254° --- --- --- Newport PWS South, OR   2.6 ft 11 sec 261° --- --- 51.8 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   3.6 ft 4 sec --- --- --- 53.1 °F PORT ORFORD   3.0 ft 9 sec 296° --- --- --- WEST OREGON   4.3 ft 16 sec 285° 2-4 kt 300° 54.7 °F ST GEORGES   2.6 ft 10 sec 275° 2 kt 180° --- Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   3.0 ft 11 sec 276° --- --- 53.6 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   --- --- --- 16-19 kt 140° --- EEL RIVER   --- --- --- 4-8 kt 290° 53.8 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   3.9 ft 11 sec 264° --- --- 54.3 °F PT ARENA   3.6 ft 12 sec 275° 4-8 kt 20° 55.8 °F BODEGA BAY   3.3 ft 12 sec 271° 8-10 kt 360° 55.9 °F WEST CALIFORNIA   4.3 ft 16 sec 295° 8-10 kt 100° 58.1 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   3.0 ft 13 sec 269° --- --- 55.6 °F SAN FRANCISCO   3.0 ft 11 sec 292° 6-10 kt 40° 55.4 °F Monterey Canyon Outer, CA   3.0 ft 13 sec 259° --- --- 57.4 °F MBM1   --- --- --- 14 kt 20° 57.6 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 348° --- --- 57.0 °F Point Sur, CA   3.3 ft 13 sec 278° --- --- 57.6 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   3.6 ft 13 sec 270° 0-2 kt --- --- Diablo Canyon, CA   3.3 ft 13 sec 251° --- --- 59.7 °F SANTA MARIA   3.6 ft 12 sec 281° 6-8 kt 30° --- Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   4.3 ft 13 sec 279° --- --- 58.3 °F Harvest, CA   4.3 ft 13 sec 274° --- --- 59.7 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   4.3 ft 14 sec 278° 8-10 kt 350° 59.5 °F EAST SANTA BARBARA   3.0 ft 13 sec 265° 2-4 kt 330° 59.9 °F Topanga Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 223° --- --- 60.8 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   2.6 ft 12 sec 264° --- --- 61.5 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec 257° --- --- 59.7 °F Santa Monica Basin   2.6 ft 14 sec 268° 4-6 kt 160° 61.2 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 256° --- --- 61.2 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA   3.6 ft 12 sec 269° 6-8 kt 310° 60.3 °F San Pedro, CA   2.3 ft 14 sec 256° --- --- 61.3 °F San Pedro South, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 251° --- --- 61.7 °F Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 14 sec 238° --- --- 61.2 °F Green Beach Offshore, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec --- --- --- 61.9 °F Red Beach Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec --- --- --- 61.3 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   4.3 ft 13 sec 290° --- --- 60.4 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec 254° --- --- 62.1 °F Leucadia Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 254° --- --- 61.5 °F Del Mar Nearshore, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec 267° --- --- 61.0 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec 243° --- --- 62.4 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 12 sec 285° --- --- 61.5 °F Mission Bay West, CA   2.6 ft 14 sec 249° --- --- 62.2 °F Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec 263° --- --- 60.8 °F Point Loma South, CA   3.3 ft 14 sec 250° --- --- 62.4 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   3.6 ft 14 sec 260° 4-6 kt 260° 63.1 °F TANNER BANK   4.6 ft 11 sec 298° 6 kt 320° 60.8 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   8.9 ft --- 330° 12-16 kt 70° 76.6 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   8.2 ft --- 321° 12-16 kt 90° 76.6 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   10.2 ft --- 336° 14-17 kt 40° 75.6 °F Waimea Bay, HI   11.5 ft 13 sec 338° --- --- 76.6 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   8.2 ft 12 sec 352° --- --- 75.9 °F Mokapu Point, HI   8.2 ft 13 sec 352° --- --- 77.0 °F Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI   4.9 ft 14 sec 314° --- --- 77.0 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   2.3 ft 5 sec 127° --- --- 76.5 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   10.5 ft 13 sec 324° --- --- 77.2 °F Kaumalapau Southwest, Lanai, HI   3.3 ft 13 sec 310° --- --- 78.1 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   9.2 ft 13 sec 344° --- --- 77.2 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   11.5 ft --- 340° 21-27 kt 30° 76.5 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   10.8 ft --- 343° 17-23 kt 70° 77.7 °F Ipan, Guam   4.6 ft 8 sec 82° --- --- 82.2 °F North Point, Pohnpei, Micronesia   7.5 ft 8 sec 54° --- --- 85.1 °F UTWE, KOSRAE, MICRONESIA   4.9 ft 9 sec 81° --- --- 84.9 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   5.2 ft 13 sec 341° --- --- 85.6 °F King-Poloa, American Samoa   4.9 ft 12 sec 339° --- --- 85.8 °F Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP

 

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Marine Forecast FZUS56 KLOX 171024 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 224 AM PST Sat Jan 17 2026 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... 224 AM PST Sat Jan 17 2026 .Synopsis for the southern California coast and Santa Barbara Channel including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park...at 10Z, or 2 AM PST, a 1041 mb surface high was centered over NE Idaho. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 224 AM PST Sat Jan 17 2026 TODAY NE wind 5 to 10 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. TONIGHT Light winds, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN NE wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NE wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE NIGHT Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. WED Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM- 224 AM PST Sat Jan 17 2026 TODAY N wind 5 to 10 kt this morning, becoming light. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE Light winds. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE NIGHT Light winds. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. WED Light winds. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 13 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- 224 AM PST Sat Jan 17 2026 TODAY N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 12 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 15 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE NIGHT Light winds. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 6 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. WED Light winds. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT Light winds. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 13 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- 224 AM PST Sat Jan 17 2026 TODAY NE wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN NE wind 5 to 10 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 15 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 4 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 13 seconds. TUE NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. TUE NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. WED Light winds. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 224 AM PST Sat Jan 17 2026 TODAY Eastern Portion, NE wind 10 to 20 kt. Western Portion, E wind 5 to 10 kt becoming W this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT Eastern Portion, NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Western Portion, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN Eastern Portion, NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Western Portion, E wind 5 to 10 kt becoming W in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. MON Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. MON NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. TUE Eastern Portion, NE wind 10 to 20 kt. Western Portion, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 14 seconds. TUE NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. WED Light winds. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 224 AM PST Sat Jan 17 2026 TODAY Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 10 to 20 kt. Otherwise, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT Malibu to Santa Monica, N wind 10 to 15 kt. Otherwise, Light winds. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Otherwise, Light winds. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SUN NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT Malibu to Santa Monica, N wind 10 to 15 kt. Otherwise, Light winds. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. TUE Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 15 to 25 kt. Otherwise, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 14 seconds. TUE NIGHT SE wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. WED Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. RK www.weather.gov/losangeles Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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