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NOAA and CDIP Buoys Monday, January 19th, 8:55am PST Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Seal Rocks   3.6 ft 13 sec 160° 6-8 kt 360° 41.2 °F Cape Suckling   7.2 ft 14 sec 220° 6-8 kt 90° 42.6 °F Lower Cook Inlet   1.0 ft 11 sec --- --- --- 38.1 °F FAIRWEATHER GROUND   8.2 ft 12 sec 245° 8-10 kt 150° --- SHELIKOF STRAIT, AK   3.6 ft 4 sec 20° 16-19 kt 50° 35.8 °F CENTRAL BERING SEA   16.7 ft 12 sec 139° 25-31 kt 130° 38.5 °F CAPE EDGECUMBE   6.2 ft --- 253° 2 kt 340° 45.0 °F WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA   6.9 ft 14 sec 232° 8-10 kt 130° 39.7 °F CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA   7.5 ft 12 sec 249° 8-12 kt 80° --- SOUTHWEST BERING SEA   11.8 ft --- 33° 17-21 kt 140° 38.8 °F SOUTH KODIAK   6.2 ft 11 sec 204° 12-14 kt --- 40.5 °F CENTRAL ALEUTIANS   14.8 ft 12 sec 185° --- --- 39.9 °F WESTERN ALEUTIANS   12.8 ft 11 sec 131° 12-16 kt 230° 40.1 °F Ocean Station PAPA   7.5 ft 14 sec 257° --- --- 44.1 °F Angeles Point, WA   1.3 ft 13 sec 303° --- --- 48.0 °F Grays Harbor, WA   3.3 ft 11 sec 247° --- --- 48.7 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   3.9 ft 11 sec 246° --- --- 50.4 °F COLUMBIA RIVER BAR   4.3 ft 11 sec 270° 16-17 kt --- 50.2 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   4.6 ft 12 sec 267° --- --- 51.4 °F TILLAMOOK, OR   4.3 ft 11 sec 271° 10-14 kt 60° 51.8 °F Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR   3.3 ft 12 sec 272° --- --- 51.3 °F Newport PWS North   3.9 ft 13 sec 271° --- --- 51.6 °F Yaquina Channel SW, OR   3.9 ft 13 sec 278° --- --- --- Newport PWS South, OR   3.9 ft 13 sec 275° --- --- 51.4 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   4.6 ft 12 sec 276° --- --- 53.1 °F WEST OREGON   4.9 ft 9 sec 238° 2-4 kt 290° 54.1 °F Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   4.9 ft 14 sec 285° --- --- 53.4 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   --- --- --- 14-17 kt 140° --- EEL RIVER   --- --- --- 10-14 kt 10° 54.1 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   5.2 ft 11 sec 264° --- --- 54.9 °F PT ARENA   --- --- --- 10-14 kt 330° 55.6 °F BODEGA BAY   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 310° 55.9 °F WEST CALIFORNIA   5.6 ft 14 sec 283° 2-4 kt 10° 57.4 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   3.3 ft 14 sec 275° --- --- 55.6 °F SAN FRANCISCO   --- --- --- 10-12 kt 320° 55.8 °F Monterey Canyon Outer, CA   3.6 ft 14 sec 282° --- --- 57.4 °F MBM1   --- --- --- 12 kt 20° 57.6 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec 351° --- --- 57.0 °F Point Sur, CA   4.6 ft 14 sec 291° --- --- 57.4 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   4.6 ft 15 sec 297° 6-8 kt 280° --- Diablo Canyon, CA   2.6 ft 13 sec 255° --- --- 59.2 °F SANTA MARIA   --- --- --- 10-12 kt 310° --- Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   4.6 ft 14 sec 282° --- --- 58.3 °F Harvest, CA   4.6 ft 14 sec 275° --- --- 59.2 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 320° 60.3 °F EAST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 0-2 kt --- 59.7 °F Topanga Nearshore, CA   1.3 ft 15 sec 244° --- --- 61.3 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   2.0 ft 15 sec 271° --- --- 61.5 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   3.0 ft 14 sec 260° --- --- 60.1 °F Santa Monica Basin   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 100° 61.2 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 260° --- --- 61.5 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA   4.6 ft 15 sec 274° 12-14 kt 310° 60.4 °F San Pedro, CA   2.0 ft 15 sec 267° --- --- 61.5 °F San Pedro South, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 193° --- --- 61.7 °F Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec --- --- --- 61.2 °F Green Beach Offshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 233° --- --- 61.9 °F Red Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 14 sec 247° --- --- 61.0 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   4.3 ft 14 sec --- --- --- 60.4 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   2.0 ft 14 sec 264° --- --- 61.9 °F Leucadia Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 15 sec 250° --- --- 61.2 °F Del Mar Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 14 sec 266° --- --- 61.2 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   2.0 ft 15 sec 264° --- --- 62.4 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   1.0 ft 14 sec 282° --- --- 61.5 °F Mission Bay West, CA   2.3 ft 13 sec 275° --- --- 63.0 °F Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA   2.3 ft 14 sec 269° --- --- 61.2 °F Point Loma South, CA   3.0 ft 13 sec 260° --- --- 62.6 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 270° 63.7 °F TANNER BANK   4.3 ft 15 sec 293° 6-8 kt 300° 61.7 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   5.9 ft 13 sec 292° 16-17 kt 170° 76.1 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   5.6 ft 13 sec 293° 16-19 kt 170° 75.6 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   9.2 ft 14 sec 332° 17-23 kt 100° 75.2 °F Waimea Bay, HI   5.9 ft 14 sec 313° --- --- 76.6 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   4.9 ft 6 sec --- --- --- 75.6 °F Mokapu Point, HI   6.6 ft 7 sec 71° --- --- 76.6 °F Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI   4.9 ft 14 sec 310° --- --- 77.2 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   3.3 ft 7 sec 154° --- --- 76.8 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   8.2 ft 13 sec 330° --- --- 77.0 °F Kaumalapau Southwest, Lanai, HI   3.0 ft 15 sec --- --- --- 77.9 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   7.2 ft 15 sec 342° --- --- 77.5 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   8.2 ft 17 sec 353° 17-21 kt 60° 76.1 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   8.9 ft 16 sec 351° 16-21 kt 90° 77.4 °F Ipan, Guam   4.6 ft 9 sec 87° --- --- 82.4 °F North Point, Pohnpei, Micronesia   6.2 ft 12 sec 12° --- --- 84.9 °F UTWE, KOSRAE, MICRONESIA   4.6 ft 10 sec 80° --- --- 85.6 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   5.2 ft 15 sec --- --- --- 85.6 °F King-Poloa, American Samoa   5.6 ft 14 sec 315° --- --- 85.5 °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

 

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Marine Forecast FZUS56 KLOX 190938 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 138 AM PST Mon Jan 19 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... 138 AM PST Mon Jan 19 2026 .Synopsis for the southern California coast and Santa Barbara Channel including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park...at 09Z or 1 AM PST, a 1037 mb surface low was over Idaho, while an inverted trough of low pressure was along the California coast. Weak Santa Ana Winds and choppy seas are possible late Monday into Tuesday focused nearshore between Ventura and Santa Monica and out to the Channel Islands. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 138 AM PST Mon Jan 19 2026 TODAY NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. TONIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming E after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE NIGHT Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 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. THU Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 10 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM- 138 AM PST Mon Jan 19 2026 TODAY N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. TONIGHT N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. WED NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and NW 6 ft at 15 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- 138 AM PST Mon Jan 19 2026 TODAY N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. TONIGHT N 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 in the morning, becoming light. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and W 5 ft at 14 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, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and NW 5 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and NW 5 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and NW 5 ft at 12 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- 138 AM PST Mon Jan 19 2026 TODAY NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. TONIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE E wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE NIGHT Light winds, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. WED NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. WED NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 8 seconds and W 4 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 138 AM PST Mon Jan 19 2026 TODAY Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. TONIGHT Eastern Portion, N wind 5 to 10 kt becoming NE 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Western Portion, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. TUE Eastern Portion, NE wind 10 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Western Portion, Light winds. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 14 seconds. TUE NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. WED NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. WED NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU Light winds, becoming S 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI 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. FRI NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 138 AM PST Mon Jan 19 2026 TODAY Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog this morning. TONIGHT Malibu to Santa Monica, N wind 5 to 10 kt becoming NE 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Otherwise, Light winds becoming E 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 15 to 25 kt. Otherwise, Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. WED NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. WED NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. THU Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT W 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. FRI Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. www.weather.gov/losangeles Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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