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NOAA and CDIP Buoys Wednesday, June 28th, 5:20pm PDT Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Seal Rocks   3.9 ft 9 sec 16-19 kt 110° --- Lower Cook Inlet   1.0 ft 4 sec --- --- 47.1 °F CAPE CLEARE   5.9 ft 5 sec 21-25 kt 80° 51.4 °F Fairweather Ground   6.2 ft 9 sec 6 kt --- 54.7 °F PORTLOCK BANK   8.2 ft 7 sec 23-27 kt 90° 50.9 °F SHELIKOF STRAIT, AK   3.9 ft 5 sec 17-21 kt 50° 50.7 °F CENTRAL BERING SEA   3.0 ft 7 sec 8-10 kt 230° 48.0 °F WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA   7.9 ft 8 sec 23-29 kt 130° 49.6 °F CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA   9.2 ft 9 sec 21-25 kt 140° 50.9 °F ALBATROSS BANK   6.2 ft 8 sec --- --- 48.9 °F SHUMAGIN ISLANDS   5.9 ft 8 sec --- --- 48.4 °F SOUTH KODIAK   6.2 ft 8 sec 14-17 kt 310° 48.9 °F WESTERN ALEUTIANS   3.9 ft 14 sec --- --- 45.5 °F Ocean Station PAPA   13.1 ft 8 sec --- --- 49.3 °F Neah Bay   5.9 ft 8 sec 4-6 kt 230° 54.1 °F New Dungeness   1.0 ft 8 sec 4 kt 330° 53.6 °F CAPE ELIZABETH   8.2 ft 9 sec 12-14 kt 290° 57.2 °F Grays Harbor, WA   6.2 ft 8 sec --- --- 57.9 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   5.6 ft 9 sec --- --- 57.6 °F COLUMBIA RIVER BAR   7.2 ft 9 sec 8-12 kt 320° 59.7 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   8.2 ft 9 sec --- --- 59.9 °F TILLAMOOK, OR   7.9 ft 9 sec 17-19 kt 340° 60.8 °F STONEWALL BANK   6.9 ft 9 sec 10-12 kt 350° 60.1 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   6.6 ft 9 sec --- --- 55.9 °F Reedsport, OR   6.2 ft 8 sec --- --- 56.1 °F Lakeside, OR   5.9 ft 8 sec --- --- 54.5 °F PORT ORFORD   6.2 ft 8 sec 19-23 kt 350° 53.1 °F ST GEORGES   7.2 ft 8 sec 23-27 kt 350° 53.2 °F Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   5.6 ft 7 sec --- --- 55.6 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   3.6 ft 14 sec 8-10 kt 110° 60.1 °F EEL RIVER   5.9 ft 8 sec 12-14 kt 350° 53.6 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   7.2 ft 8 sec --- --- 50.2 °F PT ARENA   --- --- 16-19 kt 340° --- BODEGA BAY   --- --- 21-25 kt 310° 55.0 °F WEST CALIFORNIA   6.2 ft 9 sec 12-14 kt 20° --- Point Reyes, CA   8.2 ft 9 sec --- --- 54.7 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   4.6 ft 9 sec --- --- 57.0 °F SAN FRANCISCO   5.6 ft 8 sec 16-19 kt 310° 56.1 °F HALF MOON BAY   7.9 ft 9 sec 12-14 kt 310° 56.1 °F MONTEREY   6.9 ft 9 sec --- --- 59.5 °F MBM1   --- --- 16 kt 260° 55.6 °F West Monterey Bay, CA   7.2 ft 9 sec --- --- 56.8 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   3.3 ft 9 sec --- --- 60.1 °F Point Sur, CA   6.9 ft 8 sec --- --- 56.5 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   6.9 ft 9 sec 19-25 kt 310° 56.3 °F Diablo Canyon, CA   3.9 ft 6 sec --- --- 58.8 °F SANTA MARIA   5.6 ft 6 sec 19-23 kt 310° 57.9 °F Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   5.9 ft 7 sec --- --- 59.7 °F Harvest, CA   5.9 ft 6 sec --- --- 54.0 °F Harvest Southeast, CA   5.9 ft 7 sec --- --- 53.4 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- 19-25 kt 310° 56.8 °F EAST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- 10-14 kt 260° 60.4 °F Anacapa Passage, CA   2.6 ft 6 sec --- --- 63.1 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec --- --- 64.9 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   4.6 ft 6 sec --- --- 63.1 °F Santa Monica Basin   --- --- 12 kt 270° 66.0 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec --- --- 65.8 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA IS. CA   5.2 ft 7 sec 21-25 kt 310° 57.4 °F San Pedro, CA   2.6 ft 6 sec --- --- 66.7 °F San Pedro South, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec --- --- 68.2 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   6.9 ft 6 sec --- --- 59.7 °F Camp Pendleton Nearshore, CA   3.0 ft 18 sec --- --- 68.0 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   3.0 ft 18 sec --- --- 68.2 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   3.3 ft 13 sec --- --- 68.2 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   2.3 ft 6 sec --- --- 68.9 °F Mission Bay West, CA   3.6 ft 17 sec --- --- 69.6 °F Point Loma South, CA   3.6 ft 18 sec --- --- 67.3 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   4.9 ft 17 sec 8-12 kt 270° 64.8 °F TANNER BANK   6.9 ft 7 sec 17-21 kt 310° 63.5 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   5.2 ft 9 sec 14-17 kt 90° 81.3 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   4.9 ft 7 sec 16-17 kt 90° 81.0 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   5.9 ft 10 sec 10-14 kt 70° 78.6 °F Hanalei, Kauai, HI   5.6 ft 7 sec --- --- 79.9 °F Waimea Bay, HI   4.9 ft 10 sec --- --- 77.7 °F Kaneohe Bay, HI   5.9 ft 7 sec --- --- 79.3 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   5.6 ft 10 sec --- --- 79.7 °F Mokapu Point, HI   6.9 ft 7 sec --- --- 79.7 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   3.3 ft 8 sec --- --- 80.2 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   6.2 ft 11 sec --- --- 78.6 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   6.2 ft 8 sec --- --- 79.2 °F WESTERN HAWAII   6.6 ft 8 sec 17-21 kt 40° 80.4 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   6.9 ft 7 sec 16-19 kt 60° 78.8 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   8.2 ft 8 sec 17-23 kt 70° 78.8 °F Ritidian Point, Guam   3.9 ft 6 sec --- --- 85.8 °F Ipan, Guam   4.3 ft 7 sec --- --- 86.2 °F Woods Hole Spurs Wave Station   5.9 ft 16 sec --- --- --- Kalo, Majuro, Marshall Islands   5.2 ft 8 sec --- --- 84.9 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   6.2 ft 14 sec --- --- 83.5 °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

 

Harvest Buoy  -  7-day Forecast Harvest buoy forecast courtesy of CDIP

 

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 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 282124 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 224 PM PDT Wed Jun 28 2017 Point Piedras Blancas to San Mateo Point CA out 60 NM including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 224 PM PDT Wed Jun 28 2017 .Synopsis for the southern California coast and Santa Barbara Channel including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park...at 21Z...or 2 PM PDT...A 1028 MB high was located 700 NM west of Seattle Washington while a 1002 MB thermal low was over southeast California. The thermal low will change little through the week while the high moves closer to the coast...but will weaken some along the way. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 224 PM PDT Wed Jun 28 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... TONIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt in the evening... becoming 10 to 15 kt. Strongest Western portion. Combined seas 4 to 6 ft dominant period 8 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU NW winds 5 to 15 kt...becoming 15 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW winds 20 to 30 kt in the evening...becoming 10 to 20 kt. Combined seas 5 to 7 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW winds 5 to 15 kt...becoming 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. NW swell 5 to 6 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt in the evening...becoming 10 to 20 kt. Combined seas 7 to 8 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT NW winds 10 to 20 kt...becoming 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Combined seas 7 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt in the evening...becoming 5 to 10 kt. Combined seas 8 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds...subsiding to 6 to 7 ft dominant period 10 seconds after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN W winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. NW swell 4 to 6 ft. Patchy fog. MON NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. NW swell 4 to 6 ft. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM- 224 PM PDT Wed Jun 28 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... TONIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Combined seas 6 to 7 ft dominant period 8 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU NW winds 15 to 25 kt with local gusts to 30 kt. Strongest western portion. Combined seas 6 to 7 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt with local gusts to 35 kt. Combined seas 7 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt becoming 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt in the afternoon. Combined seas 7 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Combined seas 9 to 10 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT NW winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt. Combined seas 9 to 10 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT NW winds 25 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt...becoming 15 to 25 kt after midnight. Combined seas 8 to 10 ft dominant period 10 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Combined seas 6 to 8 ft. Patchy fog. MON NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. NW swell 5 to 6 ft. Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands- 224 PM PDT Wed Jun 28 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... TONIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Combined seas 6 to 7 ft dominant period 8 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Combined seas 6 to 7 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Combined seas 7 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW winds 15 to 25 kt becoming 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt in the afternoon. Combined seas 7 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt. Combined seas 8 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Northwestern portion...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Elsewhere...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Combined seas 8 to 9 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT NW winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt...becoming 10 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt after midnight. Combined seas 9 to 10 ft dominant period 9 seconds...subsiding to 7 to 9 ft dominant period 10 seconds after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. NW swell 6 to 7 ft. Patchy fog. MON NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. NW swell 5 to 6 ft. Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands- 224 PM PDT Wed Jun 28 2017 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... TONIGHT NW winds 15 to 25 kt with local gusts to 30 kt. Strongest NW of San Nicolas Island. Combined seas 5 to 7 ft dominant period 8 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU NW of San Nicolas Island...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Elsewhere... NW winds 5 to 10 kt becoming 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Combined seas 4 to 6 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW of San Nicolas Island...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Elsewhere...W winds 15 to 20 kt becoming NW 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Combined seas 5 to 7 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW of San Nicolas Island...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Elsewhere... winds variable 10 kt or less becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Combined seas 4 to 6 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW of San Nicolas Island...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Elsewhere...NW winds 10 to 15 kt becoming variable 10 kt or less after midnight. Combined seas 6 to 8 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT NW of San Nicolas Island...NW winds 15 to 20 kt becoming 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere...winds variable 10 kt or less becoming 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Combined seas 6 to 8 ft dominant period 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT NW of San Nicolas Island...NW winds 20 to 30 kt becoming 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Elsewhere...NW winds 10 to 15 kt becoming variable 10 kt or less after midnight. Combined seas 6 to 8 ft dominant period 10 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN W winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 to 5 ft. Patchy fog. MON W winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 3 to 5 ft and S 3 ft. East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 224 PM PDT Wed Jun 28 2017 TONIGHT Western portion...W winds 10 to 20 kt becoming variable 10 kt or less after midnight. Eastern portion...SW winds 10 to 15 kt becoming variable 10 kt or less after midnight. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft. W swell 2 to 4 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU E winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT SW winds 10 to 20 kt...becoming S 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI S winds 5 to 10 kt becoming sw 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT SW winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming SE 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 to 4 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT SE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming W 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT W winds 10 to 15 kt in the evening...becoming variable 10 kt or less. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN S winds 5 to 10 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 3 ft. Patchy fog. MON SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. W swell 2 to 3 ft. Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 224 PM PDT Wed Jun 28 2017 TONIGHT W winds 10 to 15 kt...becoming S 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 to 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU SE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 18 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT W winds 10 kt in the evening...becoming variable 10 kt or less. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI SE winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming SW in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT W winds 10 kt in the evening...becoming variable 10 kt or less. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Winds variable 10 kt or less...becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT SW winds 10 kt in the evening...becoming variable 10 kt or less. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN S winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 ft and S 2 ft. Patchy fog. MON SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 ft and S 2 ft. Kittell www.weather.gov/losangeles Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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