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NOAA and CDIP Buoys Thursday, January 15th, 8:25am PST Pacific Buoys Swell Wind Temp Seal Rocks   7.5 ft --- 145° 25-31 kt 120° 40.8 °F Cape Suckling   11.5 ft --- 163° 25-31 kt 90° 43.0 °F Lower Cook Inlet   3.3 ft 4 sec --- --- --- 39.0 °F FAIRWEATHER GROUND   11.2 ft 12 sec 180° 8-10 kt 150° --- SHELIKOF STRAIT, AK   5.9 ft --- 31° 21-25 kt 40° 40.1 °F CENTRAL BERING SEA   9.5 ft --- 25° 23-29 kt 30° 38.5 °F CAPE EDGECUMBE   13.1 ft 12 sec 182° 14-17 kt 150° 45.9 °F WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA   12.8 ft --- 182° 27-35 kt 130° 39.7 °F CENTRAL GULF OF ALASKA   11.2 ft --- 198° 23-27 kt 130° --- SOUTHWEST BERING SEA   11.5 ft --- 59° 21-29 kt 50° 38.7 °F SOUTH KODIAK   20.0 ft --- 158° 23-31 kt --- 40.6 °F CENTRAL ALEUTIANS   7.2 ft --- 254° --- --- 39.7 °F WESTERN ALEUTIANS   10.5 ft --- 38° 25-33 kt 50° 40.1 °F Ocean Station PAPA   13.8 ft 9 sec 167° --- --- 44.1 °F Neah Bay   7.5 ft 13 sec 240° 14-17 kt 70° 49.8 °F NEW DUNGENESS   0.7 ft --- --- 6-8 kt 10° 48.4 °F CAPE ELIZABETH   7.9 ft 12 sec 254° 4-6 kt 310° --- Grays Harbor, WA   7.2 ft 12 sec 258° --- --- 50.5 °F Clatsop Spit, OR   5.9 ft 13 sec 255° --- --- 48.6 °F COLUMBIA RIVER BAR   7.2 ft 12 sec 267° 16-19 kt --- 49.6 °F Astoria Canyon, OR   7.5 ft 13 sec 270° --- --- 51.4 °F TILLAMOOK, OR   7.2 ft --- 283° 17-23 kt 40° 52.5 °F Tillamook Bay South Jetty, OR   7.9 ft 13 sec 270° --- --- 51.6 °F STONEWALL BANK   6.6 ft 14 sec 274° 8-10 kt 40° --- Newport PWS North   7.2 ft 12 sec 264° --- --- 51.8 °F Yaquina Channel SW, OR   6.6 ft 12 sec 275° --- --- --- Newport PWS South, OR   7.5 ft 12 sec 268° --- --- 51.8 °F UMPQUA OFFSHORE, OR   7.2 ft 12 sec 274° --- --- 53.1 °F PORT ORFORD   9.5 ft 13 sec 283° --- --- --- WEST OREGON   7.2 ft --- 266° 17-21 kt 30° 54.7 °F ST GEORGES   7.2 ft 13 sec 286° 10-12 kt 20° --- Humboldt Bay, North Spit, CA   9.2 ft 13 sec 281° --- --- 52.5 °F SOUTHEAST PAPA   --- --- --- 17-21 kt 120° --- EEL RIVER   8.9 ft 14 sec 275° 2-4 kt 220° 53.1 °F Cape Mendocino, CA   8.5 ft 13 sec 273° --- --- 54.9 °F PT ARENA   8.2 ft 13 sec 291° 8-12 kt 160° 55.2 °F BODEGA BAY   6.9 ft 13 sec 286° 14-16 kt 60° 55.6 °F WEST CALIFORNIA   9.5 ft 8 sec 35° 19-23 kt 20° 59.0 °F San Francisco Bar, CA   5.6 ft 14 sec 283° --- --- 55.4 °F SAN FRANCISCO   6.9 ft 14 sec 283° 17-23 kt 90° 55.6 °F Monterey Canyon Outer, CA   7.2 ft 15 sec 277° --- --- 57.6 °F MBM1   --- --- --- 16 kt 30° 57.6 °F Cabrillo Point, Monterey Bay, CA   4.6 ft 13 sec 349° --- --- 56.8 °F Point Sur, CA   8.2 ft 15 sec 288° --- --- 57.2 °F CAPE SAN MARTIN   7.9 ft 15 sec 301° 0-4 kt --- --- SANTA MARIA   6.6 ft 16 sec 288° 2-4 kt 90° --- Santa Lucia Escarpment, CA   7.5 ft 15 sec 306° --- --- 58.5 °F Harvest, CA   6.9 ft 15 sec 288° --- --- 59.0 °F WEST SANTA BARBARA   7.5 ft 15 sec 291° 4-6 kt 10° 60.1 °F EAST SANTA BARBARA   4.3 ft 16 sec 277° 6 kt 260° 59.5 °F Topanga Nearshore, CA   1.3 ft 17 sec 219° --- --- 61.0 °F Santa Monica Bay, CA   2.6 ft 17 sec 273° --- --- 61.2 °F Santa Cruz Basin, CA   3.6 ft 15 sec 272° --- --- 59.9 °F Santa Monica Basin   3.0 ft 16 sec 284° 4 kt 260° 61.0 °F Long Beach Channel, CA   2.0 ft 17 sec 249° --- --- 61.2 °F SOUTH SANTA ROSA   6.9 ft 14 sec 280° 4 kt 10° 60.1 °F San Pedro, CA   2.6 ft 17 sec 271° --- --- 61.3 °F San Pedro South, CA   2.3 ft 17 sec 251° --- --- 61.3 °F Capistrano Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 17 sec 235° --- --- 61.0 °F Green Beach Offshore, CA   2.3 ft 15 sec 279° --- --- 61.7 °F Red Beach Nearshore, CA   1.6 ft 17 sec --- --- --- 61.2 °F San Nicolas Island, CA   6.6 ft 17 sec 289° --- --- 60.4 °F Oceanside Offshore, CA   2.0 ft 17 sec 264° --- --- 61.9 °F Leucadia Nearshore, CA   2.6 ft 17 sec 261° --- --- 61.3 °F Del Mar Nearshore, CA   2.6 ft 17 sec 271° --- --- 60.6 °F Torrey Pines Outer, CA   2.3 ft 17 sec 285° --- --- 62.1 °F SCRIPPS Nearshore, CA   1.3 ft 17 sec 289° --- --- 61.3 °F Mission Bay West, CA   3.0 ft 17 sec 277° --- --- 62.1 °F Imperial Beach Nearshore, CA   3.3 ft 17 sec 267° --- --- 59.9 °F Point Loma South, CA   3.3 ft 17 sec 271° --- --- 62.1 °F SAN CLEMENTE BASIN   3.6 ft 16 sec 286° 4 kt 330° 63.1 °F TANNER BANK   5.9 ft 16 sec 286° 4 kt 290° 61.0 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII ONE   20.3 ft --- 305° 23-29 kt 320° 77.0 °F NORTHWESTERN HAWAII TWO   19.7 ft --- 305° 25-33 kt 320° 77.4 °F NORTHERN HAWAII ONE   8.9 ft --- 295° 21-29 kt 290° 76.1 °F Waimea Bay, HI   8.5 ft 12 sec 313° --- --- 77.5 °F Kaneohe Bay, WETS, HI   3.6 ft 13 sec 0° --- --- 76.3 °F Mokapu Point, HI   3.3 ft 9 sec 64° --- --- 77.4 °F Barbers Point, Kalaeloa, HI   6.2 ft 13 sec 306° --- --- 77.9 °F Pearl Harbor Entrance, HI   3.9 ft 6 sec 196° --- --- 77.0 °F Pauwela, Maui, HI   5.9 ft 11 sec 317° --- --- 77.5 °F Kaumalapau Southwest, Lanai, HI   6.9 ft 6 sec 262° --- --- 78.3 °F Hilo, Hawaii, HI   4.6 ft 9 sec 86° --- --- 78.3 °F SOUTHEAST HAWAII   6.6 ft --- 319° 10-12 kt 120° 76.6 °F SOUTHWEST HAWAII   5.9 ft --- 305° 8-10 kt 230° 78.3 °F Ipan, Guam   6.2 ft 7 sec 72° --- --- 82.2 °F North Point, Pohnpei, Micronesia   8.2 ft 13 sec 334° --- --- 84.9 °F UTWE, KOSRAE, MICRONESIA   6.2 ft 10 sec 82° --- --- 85.3 °F Aunuu, American Samoa   6.6 ft 7 sec 60° --- --- 85.5 °F King-Poloa, American Samoa   5.2 ft 13 sec 341° --- --- 85.6 °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 151103 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 303 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... 303 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 10Z, or 2 AM PST, a 1037 mb high was centered over Idaho and a 1011 mb thermal low was over southwestern Mexico. Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 303 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 TODAY E wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N this afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 7 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT Light winds, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. FRI NE 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- 303 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 TODAY NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft, subsiding to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds and W 7 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI N 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 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: 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- 303 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 TODAY E wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 6 seconds and W 7 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NE 2 ft at 6 seconds and 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 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: 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- 303 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 TODAY NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NE 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 16 seconds. TONIGHT Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 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- 303 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM PST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... TODAY Eastern Portion, E wind increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Western Portion, E wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: E 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 3 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. FRI Eastern Portion, NE wind 10 to 15 kt becoming N in the afternoon. Western Portion, W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 5 seconds and 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- 303 AM PST Thu Jan 15 2026 TODAY Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 10 to 20 kt. Otherwise, NE wind 5 to 10 kt becoming W this afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 15 seconds. TONIGHT Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. FRI Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Otherwise, Light winds becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. FRI NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. SAT Malibu to Santa Monica, NE wind 10 to 20 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. Kittell www.weather.gov/losangeles Coastal waters forecast courtesy of the National Weather Service

 

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