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Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest California
National Weather Service Eureka CA
908 AM PDT Sun Sep 6 2026

WATERS FROM PT ST GEORGE TO PT ARENA AND OUT 60 NM

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908 AM PDT Sun Sep 6 2026

.SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS...An offshore high-
pressure system interacting with an inland thermal low will
maintain strengthening northerly winds across the southern waters
through Monday. Winds will temporarily ease Wednesday as a thermal
trough moves over the coast to generate offshore flow, before
northerlies re-strengthen late Thursday. A long-period southerly
swell from Hurricane Marie will persist across all waters through
early Monday night.

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Coastal waters from Pt. St. George to Cape Mendocino CA out 10 nm-
908 AM PDT Sun Sep 6 2026

.REST OF TODAY...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave
Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog
late this morning.
.TONIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog.
.MON...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 6 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.TUE...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind 5 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.WED...N wind 5 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...N wind 5 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and NW 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.THU...N wind 5 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft
at 7 seconds and NW 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds.

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Waters from Pt. St. George to Cape Mendocino CA from 10 to 60 nm-
908 AM PDT Sun Sep 6 2026

.REST OF TODAY...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave
Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds.
.TONIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 9 seconds and S 4 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft
at 6 seconds and S 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: N
8 ft at 7 seconds and S 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: N 8 ft
at 7 seconds and S 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: N
8 ft at 8 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.WED...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft
at 8 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 7 seconds and NW 4 ft at 11 seconds.

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Coastal waters from Cape Mendocino to Pt. Arena CA out 10 nm-
908 AM PDT Sun Sep 6 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.REST OF TODAY...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt this
afternoon. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds
and S 2 ft at 11 seconds.
.TONIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 6 ft at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft
at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind 5 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds.
.WED...N wind 5 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...N wind 5 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft
at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 11 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds.

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Waters from Cape Mendocino to Pt. Arena CA from 10 to 60 nm-
908 AM PDT Sun Sep 6 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

.REST OF TODAY...N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt this
afternoon. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds
and S 3 ft at 12 seconds.
.TONIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW
7 ft at 8 seconds and S 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft
at 7 seconds and S 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 8 ft at 7 seconds and S 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft
at 8 seconds and S 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 6 ft at 8 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.WED...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft
at 8 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.WED NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.THU...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft
at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds.
.THU NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Wave Detail: N
3 ft at 7 seconds and NW 3 ft at 11 seconds.

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