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NOAA and CDIP Buoys Thursday, December 11th, 3:00am PST Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Ocean Station PAPA   7.9 ft 11 sec 289° --- --- 46.6 °F Angeles Point, WA   3.9 ft 5 sec 308° --- --- 48.7 °F Grays Harbor, WA   8.9 ft 11 sec 267° --- --- 52.7 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   9.5 ft 15 sec 265° --- --- 52.0 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   10.8 ft 15 sec --- --- --- 54.0 °F Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR   9.5 ft 15 sec 278° --- --- 54.0 °F Newport PWS North   10.5 ft 13 sec 293° --- --- 55.2 °F Yaquina Channel SW, OR   11.2 ft 11 sec 285° --- --- --- Newport PWS South, OR   10.8 ft 15 sec 299° --- --- 55.2 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   9.8 ft 14 sec 289° --- --- 55.2 °F Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   7.9 ft 15 sec 290° --- --- 54.0 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   --- --- --- 14-17 kt 180° --- EEL RIVER   --- --- --- 14-19 kt 20° 52.7 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   8.2 ft 14 sec 302° --- --- 54.5 °F PT ARENA   --- --- --- 16-19 kt 340° 55.2 °F BODEGA BAY   --- --- --- 12-14 kt 70° 56.5 °F WEST CALIFORNIA   --- --- --- 4-6 kt 330° 61.9 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   4.6 ft 11 sec 287° --- --- 55.0 °F SAN FRANCISCO   --- --- --- 12-14 kt 80° 56.3 °F Monterey Canyon Outer, CA   5.2 ft 13 sec 296° --- --- 56.7 °F MBM1   --- --- --- 12 kt 20° 56.5 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   3.3 ft 13 sec 349° --- --- 55.8 °F Point Sur, CA   6.6 ft 13 sec 313° --- --- 59.9 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   --- --- --- 4-6 kt 330° --- Diablo Canyon, CA   4.3 ft 12 sec 275° --- --- 60.6 °F SANTA MARIA   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 360° 60.4 °F Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   7.2 ft 13 sec 314° --- --- 60.8 °F Harvest, CA   5.9 ft 12 sec 312° --- --- 61.9 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 2-4 kt 250° 62.8 °F EAST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 0-2 kt --- 63.5 °F Topanga Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 14 sec 197° --- --- 63.5 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   2.6 ft 14 sec 201° --- --- 63.9 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   3.3 ft 14 sec 175° --- --- 61.9 °F Santa Monica Basin   --- --- --- 2-4 kt 60° 61.2 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   2.3 ft 14 sec 184° --- --- 63.5 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA   --- --- --- 4-6 kt 250° 61.2 °F San Pedro, CA   3.3 ft 13 sec 273° --- --- 63.7 °F San Pedro South, CA   2.3 ft 14 sec 206° --- --- 63.5 °F Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 14 sec 210° --- --- 62.8 °F Green Beach Offshore, CA   2.0 ft 14 sec 190° --- --- 63.7 °F Red Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 14 sec 212° --- --- 62.8 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   5.2 ft 14 sec 258° --- --- 62.8 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   2.0 ft 14 sec 192° --- --- 63.9 °F Leucadia Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 271° --- --- 62.8 °F Del Mar Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 14 sec 239° --- --- 63.1 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   3.0 ft 12 sec 285° --- --- 64.0 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 12 sec 289° --- --- 63.3 °F Mission Bay West, CA   3.0 ft 13 sec 251° --- --- 64.0 °F Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 245° --- --- 63.1 °F Point Loma South, CA   2.6 ft 14 sec --- --- --- 64.6 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   --- --- --- 2 kt 280° 64.9 °F TANNER BANK   --- --- --- 6 kt 250° 63.9 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   --- --- --- 12-14 kt 360° 78.3 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   --- --- --- 12-17 kt 350° 78.3 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   --- --- --- 16-19 kt 230° 77.5 °F WHOTS   --- --- --- 12 kt 320° 77.9 °F Waimea Bay, HI   6.9 ft 13 sec 327° --- --- 78.8 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   3.9 ft 12 sec 349° --- --- 77.4 °F Mokapu Point, HI   3.9 ft 13 sec 354° --- --- 78.4 °F Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI   5.2 ft 13 sec 310° --- --- 79.2 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   2.0 ft 8 sec 157° --- --- 78.8 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   8.5 ft 14 sec 325° --- --- 77.9 °F Kaumalapau Southwest, Lanai, HI   3.3 ft 13 sec 280° --- --- 79.5 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   6.2 ft 14 sec 327° --- --- 78.3 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 140° 77.7 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 110° 78.6 °F Ritidian Point, Guam   6.9 ft 11 sec 68° --- --- 84.7 °F Ipan, Guam   6.2 ft 10 sec 62° --- --- 83.3 °F North Point, Pohnpei, Micronesia   5.9 ft 11 sec 12° --- --- 85.3 °F UTWE, KOSRAE, MICRONESIA   4.6 ft 10 sec 104° --- --- 85.6 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   6.2 ft 8 sec --- --- --- 84.6 °F King-Poloa, American Samoa   4.9 ft 11 sec 348° --- --- 84.9 °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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San Luis Obispo Ventura Oxnard Harvest Buoy  -  Swell Direction swell direction details Harvest buoy directional graphic courtesy of CDIP

 

Southern California Swell Model     Southern California swell model courtesy of CDIP

 

Santa Barbara Swell Model Santa Barbara swell model courtesy of CDIP

 

Santa Barbara Tide Chart Tide chart courtesy of The University of South Carolina

 

Current Wind Conditions The wind model is currently unavailable :/ Wind map courtesy of U.S. Naval Air Weapons Center / Weatherflow

 

Cloud Cover Southern California satellite imagery courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

Tropical Storms Wundermap - East Pacific    Hurricane Archive Tropical storms map courtesy of the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy

 

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

 

Marine Forecast FZUS56 KLOX 110410 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 810 PM PST Wed Dec 10 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... 810 PM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .Synopsis for the southern California coast and Santa Barbara Channel including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park...at 04Z, or 8 PM PST, a 1025 MB surface high was centered 600 NM NW of Point Conception, while a 1014 mb low was located near Newport Beach, California. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 810 PM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 TONIGHT NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 5 ft at 14 seconds. THU NE wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 15 seconds. THU NIGHT Light winds, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI E wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 5 to 7 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: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Light winds. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 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. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 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- 810 PM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 TONIGHT N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 7 ft at 14 seconds. THU N wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 14 seconds. THU NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. 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: S 2 ft at 12 seconds and NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 11 seconds and NW 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 11 seconds and NW 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 11 seconds and NW 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds, W 2 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 10 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- 810 PM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 TONIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. THU N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 14 seconds. THU NIGHT 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 fog. 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: S 2 ft at 12 seconds and NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 11 seconds and NW 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 3 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 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- 810 PM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 14 seconds. THU Light winds. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 14 seconds. THU NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog. 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 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Light winds. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 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 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 810 PM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 TONIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 11 seconds. THU Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. THU NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. 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. SAT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. 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. MON Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. MON NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 810 PM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 10 seconds. THU N wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds. THU NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog. 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 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Light winds. Seas 2 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. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds, becoming NW 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: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON 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. MON 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 after midnight. www.weather.gov/losangeles Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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