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NOAA and CDIP Buoys Friday, January 16th, 9:55am PST Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Seal Rocks   12.1 ft --- 145° 27-31 kt 120° 39.9 °F Cape Suckling   19.0 ft --- 169° 29-37 kt 120° 43.3 °F Lower Cook Inlet   2.6 ft 4 sec --- --- --- 38.8 °F FAIRWEATHER GROUND   11.5 ft 11 sec 205° 19-25 kt 130° 43.0 °F SHELIKOF STRAIT, AK   6.9 ft --- 239° 29-37 kt 270° 40.5 °F CENTRAL BERING SEA   13.1 ft 11 sec 11° 14-19 kt 10° 38.1 °F CAPE EDGECUMBE   9.5 ft 10 sec 212° 19-23 kt 140° 45.9 °F WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA   16.4 ft 13 sec 170° 21-27 kt 240° 39.9 °F CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA   14.8 ft --- 206° 23-29 kt 170° --- SOUTHWEST BERING SEA   12.8 ft --- 39° 23-27 kt 30° 38.8 °F SOUTH KODIAK   16.4 ft --- 191° 10-12 kt --- 40.6 °F CENTRAL ALEUTIANS   21.3 ft 11 sec 164° --- --- 39.9 °F WESTERN ALEUTIANS   11.5 ft 9 sec 40° 19-23 kt 10° 39.9 °F Ocean Station PAPA   16.1 ft 12 sec 208° --- --- 44.1 °F Angeles Point, WA   1.0 ft 13 sec 296° --- --- 48.6 °F Grays Harbor, WA   3.6 ft 13 sec 260° --- --- 50.9 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   3.6 ft 11 sec 247° --- --- 50.2 °F COLUMBIA RIVER BAR   4.3 ft 11 sec 289° 19-23 kt --- 50.5 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   4.6 ft 11 sec 265° --- --- 51.8 °F TILLAMOOK, OR   5.6 ft --- 43° 16-17 kt 60° 52.5 °F Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR   3.3 ft 11 sec 269° --- --- 51.6 °F Newport PWS North   4.3 ft 12 sec 271° --- --- 51.8 °F Yaquina Channel SW, OR   3.6 ft 12 sec 267° --- --- --- Newport PWS South, OR   3.6 ft 11 sec 302° --- --- 51.8 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   4.6 ft 11 sec 274° --- --- 53.1 °F WEST OREGON   8.5 ft --- 41° 14-17 kt 60° 54.7 °F Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   4.9 ft 13 sec 291° --- --- 53.4 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   --- --- --- 14-17 kt 70° --- EEL RIVER   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 80° 53.1 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   5.2 ft 13 sec 277° --- --- 54.5 °F PT ARENA   --- --- --- 4-8 kt 110° 55.8 °F BODEGA BAY   --- --- --- 8-10 kt 90° --- WEST CALIFORNIA   7.9 ft 10 sec 16° 8-14 kt 150° 58.8 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   3.3 ft 13 sec 276° --- --- 55.6 °F SAN FRANCISCO   --- --- --- 4-6 kt 330° 55.4 °F Monterey Canyon Outer, CA   4.6 ft 13 sec 284° --- --- 57.6 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   3.3 ft 13 sec 348° --- --- 57.0 °F Point Sur, CA   4.9 ft 13 sec 275° --- --- 57.7 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   4.9 ft 13 sec 287° 8-12 kt 330° --- SANTA MARIA   --- --- --- 10-12 kt 340° --- Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   5.9 ft 13 sec 292° --- --- 58.8 °F Harvest, CA   5.6 ft 14 sec 286° --- --- 58.8 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 12-14 kt 330° 59.9 °F EAST SANTA BARBARA   --- --- --- 4 kt 240° 59.5 °F Topanga Nearshore, CA   1.3 ft 14 sec 225° --- --- 61.2 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   3.0 ft 13 sec 247° --- --- 61.2 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   3.3 ft 13 sec 268° --- --- 60.3 °F Santa Monica Basin   --- --- --- 6-8 kt 340° 61.2 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 250° --- --- 61.2 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA   5.6 ft 13 sec 275° 12-16 kt 330° 60.3 °F San Pedro, CA   2.6 ft 14 sec 264° --- --- 61.5 °F San Pedro South, CA   2.0 ft 15 sec 255° --- --- 61.5 °F Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 245° --- --- 61.0 °F Green Beach Offshore, CA   2.3 ft 14 sec --- --- --- 61.7 °F Red Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 14 sec 248° --- --- 61.0 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   5.6 ft 14 sec 278° --- --- 60.6 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   2.0 ft 14 sec 253° --- --- 61.7 °F Leucadia Nearshore, CA   3.0 ft 13 sec 266° --- --- 61.3 °F Del Mar Nearshore, CA   2.0 ft 13 sec 268° --- --- 61.0 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   2.3 ft 15 sec 261° --- --- 62.2 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 13 sec 288° --- --- 61.3 °F Mission Bay West, CA   3.6 ft 14 sec 281° --- --- 62.4 °F Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA   2.6 ft 14 sec 269° --- --- 60.8 °F Point Loma South, CA   3.0 ft 14 sec 256° --- --- 62.6 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   --- --- --- 6-10 kt 350° 63.1 °F TANNER BANK   5.2 ft --- 286° 8-10 kt 340° 61.9 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   14.4 ft --- 333° 10-16 kt 90° 76.8 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   13.8 ft --- 326° 10-16 kt 50° 76.1 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   15.4 ft 13 sec 307° 17-23 kt 360° 75.7 °F Waimea Bay, HI   13.5 ft 13 sec 316° --- --- 77.0 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   8.2 ft 14 sec 348° --- --- 76.3 °F Mokapu Point, HI   7.2 ft 14 sec --- --- --- 77.2 °F Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI   9.8 ft 14 sec 312° --- --- 77.0 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   1.3 ft 7 sec 198° --- --- 76.3 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   13.1 ft 15 sec 324° --- --- 77.5 °F Kaumalapau Southwest, Lanai, HI   4.9 ft 15 sec 302° --- --- 78.1 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   9.8 ft 15 sec --- --- --- 77.9 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   7.2 ft 17 sec 342° 14-17 kt 10° 76.8 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   10.8 ft 15 sec 338° 16-19 kt 10° 77.9 °F Ipan, Guam   5.2 ft 8 sec 83° --- --- 82.2 °F North Point, Pohnpei, Micronesia   7.5 ft 9 sec 60° --- --- 84.7 °F UTWE, KOSRAE, MICRONESIA   5.9 ft 9 sec 62° --- --- 84.6 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   6.2 ft 13 sec 347° --- --- 85.5 °F King-Poloa, American Samoa   5.6 ft 14 sec 346° --- --- 85.8 °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 161028 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 228 AM PST Fri Jan 16 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... 228 AM PST Fri Jan 16 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 1038 mb surface high was centered over Idaho. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 228 AM PST Fri Jan 16 2026 TODAY NE to N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 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 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. 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 Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 13 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. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM- 228 AM PST Fri Jan 16 2026 TODAY NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 6 ft at 13 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT N wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 11 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Light winds. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 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 NW wind 10 to 15 kt. 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. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 6 ft at 14 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- 228 AM PST Fri Jan 16 2026 TODAY NW wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 6 ft at 13 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and NW 4 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT NIGHT Light winds. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN N wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 15 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 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 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and NW 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE N wind 5 to 10 kt. 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 NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and NW 5 ft at 14 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- 228 AM PST Fri Jan 16 2026 TODAY NW wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Areas of dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. SUN NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: 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 NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. TUE E wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE 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. East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 228 AM PST Fri Jan 16 2026 TODAY Eastern portion, NE wind 10 to 15 kt becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Western portion, W 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt becoming light afternoon midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT Eastern Portion, NE wind 10 to 15 kt becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Western Portion, Light winds becoming 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN Eastern Portion, N wind 5 to 10 kt. Western Portion, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 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 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. MON Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. MON NIGHT Light winds, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. TUE E wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. TUE NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 228 AM PST Fri Jan 16 2026 TODAY Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 10 to 15 kt becoming NW 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Otherwise, Light winds becoming W 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. TONIGHT Malibu to Santa Monica, NW wind 5 to 10 kt becoming NE 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Otherwise, W wind 5 to 10 kt becoming light after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy dense fog with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 10 to 20 kt becoming N in the afternoon. Otherwise, Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning with vsby 1 NM or less. SAT NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SUN NE wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. 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. 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 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 E wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming S in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. TUE NIGHT Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 12 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Kittell www.weather.gov/losangeles Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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