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NOAA and CDIP Buoys Thursday, January 15th, 11:20am PST Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Lower Cook Inlet   2.6 ft 5 sec 326° --- --- 39.0 °F FAIRWEATHER GROUND   11.2 ft 13 sec 186° 12-16 kt 160° --- Ocean Station PAPA   13.1 ft 11 sec 170° --- --- 44.1 °F Angeles Point, WA   1.3 ft 13 sec 304° --- --- 49.1 °F Grays Harbor, WA   6.2 ft 12 sec 258° --- --- 50.7 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   5.9 ft 13 sec 251° --- --- 48.6 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   6.9 ft 11 sec 260° --- --- 51.8 °F Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR   6.6 ft 13 sec 268° --- --- 52.2 °F Newport PWS North   6.9 ft 12 sec 267° --- --- 51.8 °F Yaquina Channel SW, OR   5.9 ft 13 sec 277° --- --- --- Newport PWS South, OR   6.2 ft 12 sec 263° --- --- 51.6 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   6.9 ft 13 sec 273° --- --- 53.1 °F PORT ORFORD   9.2 ft 12 sec 284° --- --- --- Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   8.5 ft 8 sec 332° --- --- 53.6 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   --- --- --- 19-23 kt 120° --- EEL RIVER   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 130° 53.4 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   8.2 ft 12 sec 277° --- --- 55.0 °F PT ARENA   --- --- --- 2-6 kt 190° 55.8 °F BODEGA BAY   --- --- --- 14-16 kt 70° 55.4 °F WEST CALIFORNIA   --- --- --- 19-23 kt 10° 58.8 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   5.2 ft 13 sec 276° --- --- 55.6 °F SAN FRANCISCO   --- --- --- 17-21 kt 90° 55.6 °F Monterey Canyon Outer, CA   6.6 ft 13 sec 275° --- --- 57.6 °F MBM1   --- --- --- 14 kt 50° 57.6 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   3.6 ft 13 sec 348° --- --- 57.0 °F Point Sur, CA   7.9 ft 14 sec 280° --- --- 57.2 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   --- --- --- 4-6 kt 250° --- SANTA MARIA   --- --- --- 2-4 kt 330° --- Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   7.5 ft 14 sec 293° --- --- 58.6 °F Harvest, CA   7.9 ft 15 sec 292° --- --- 59.0 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   7.9 ft 15 sec 288° 0-4 kt --- --- EAST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 2-4 kt 50° 60.1 °F Topanga Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 15 sec 229° --- --- 61.7 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   3.3 ft 14 sec 274° --- --- 61.5 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   3.9 ft 14 sec 274° --- --- 60.3 °F Santa Monica Basin   --- --- --- 2 kt 20° 61.2 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   2.3 ft 17 sec 243° --- --- 61.7 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA   --- --- --- 2-6 kt 330° 60.3 °F San Pedro, CA   3.3 ft 15 sec 274° --- --- 61.5 °F San Pedro South, CA   2.0 ft 14 sec 255° --- --- 61.9 °F Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 15 sec --- --- --- 61.5 °F Green Beach Offshore, CA   2.3 ft 15 sec 274° --- --- 62.6 °F Red Beach Nearshore, CA   2.3 ft 17 sec 246° --- --- 61.5 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   6.2 ft 15 sec 279° --- --- 61.2 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   2.3 ft 17 sec 271° --- --- 62.6 °F Leucadia Nearshore, CA   3.0 ft 15 sec 261° --- --- 62.1 °F Del Mar Nearshore, CA   2.6 ft 15 sec 267° --- --- 61.3 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   2.6 ft 15 sec 285° --- --- 62.8 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   1.3 ft 17 sec 291° --- --- 62.1 °F Mission Bay West, CA   4.3 ft 17 sec 288° --- --- 63.0 °F Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA   3.3 ft 17 sec 272° --- --- 60.4 °F Point Loma South, CA   3.3 ft 17 sec 274° --- --- 62.6 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   3.9 ft 16 sec 284° 4-6 kt 10° --- TANNER BANK   --- --- --- 4-6 kt 320° 61.2 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   --- --- --- 19-25 kt 340° --- NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   --- --- --- 19-27 kt 330° 77.2 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   --- --- --- 19-25 kt 260° 76.1 °F Waimea Bay, HI   8.9 ft 12 sec --- --- --- 77.5 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   3.3 ft 8 sec --- --- --- 76.3 °F Mokapu Point, HI   3.9 ft 9 sec --- --- --- 77.4 °F Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI   5.9 ft 10 sec 301° --- --- 77.7 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   3.0 ft 6 sec 203° --- --- 76.6 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   6.9 ft 13 sec --- --- --- 77.5 °F Kaumalapau Southwest, Lanai, HI   5.9 ft 7 sec --- --- --- 78.1 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   4.3 ft 9 sec --- --- --- 78.1 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   --- --- --- 10-14 kt 130° 76.6 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 250° 78.3 °F Ipan, Guam   5.9 ft 7 sec 83° --- --- 82.2 °F North Point, Pohnpei, Micronesia   8.9 ft 13 sec 335° --- --- 84.9 °F UTWE, KOSRAE, MICRONESIA   5.6 ft 8 sec 60° --- --- 85.1 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   6.2 ft 18 sec 351° --- --- 85.5 °F King-Poloa, American Samoa   5.2 ft 18 sec 334° --- --- 85.6 °F Buoy data courtesy of NOAA and CDIP

 

Santa Barbara Los Angeles 48-hour Buoy Charts  -  Ventura Region 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 San Nicolas Island (CDIP 067) 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 Santa Cruz Basin (CDIP 203) 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

 

Santa Cruz Basin Buoy  -  7-day Forecast Santa Cruz Basin buoy forecast courtesy of CDIP

 

Santa Barbara Los Angeles Santa Cruz Basin Buoy  -  Swell Direction swell direction details Santa Cruz Basin buoy directional graphic courtesy of CDIP

 

Southern California Swell Model Southern California swell model courtesy of CDIP

 

Ventura Swell Model Ventura swell model courtesy of CDIP

 

Ventura 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 151633 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 833 AM PST Thu Jan 15 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... 833 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 .Synopsis for the southern California coast and Santa Barbara Channel including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park...at 16Z, or 8 AM PST, a 1039 mb surface high was near Vancouver, British Columbia and extending to a 1039 mb ridge in northern Nevada. A 1013 mb thermal low was over southwestern Mexico and extending to a 1016 mb trough in the Santa Barbara Channel. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 833 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 .REST OF TODAY...E wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW this afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. FRI NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. FRI NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT NE wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 14 seconds. MON N wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. MON NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM- 833 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 .REST OF TODAY...Light winds, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT N wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. MON NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. MON NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 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- 833 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 .REST OF TODAY...N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W this afternoon. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN 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. MON NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. MON NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 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- 833 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 .REST OF TODAY...NE wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming S this afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 16 seconds. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN N wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 15 seconds. MON NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. MON NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 833 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...E wind 10 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt, becoming S 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. FRI W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. FRI NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Eastern Portion, NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Western Portion, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT Light winds, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. MON Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. MON NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 833 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 .REST OF TODAY...E wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI Malibu to Santa Monica and the San Pedro Channel, NE wind 10 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt becoming SE in the afternoon. Otherwise, Light winds becoming 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Malibu to Santa Monica, N to NEwind 10 to 20 kt with local gusts to 25 kt. Otherwise, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SAT NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 15 seconds. MON Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds. MON NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Hall www.weather.gov/losangeles Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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