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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Portland OR
239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater Washington to Florence Oregon
and westward 60 NM

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239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR THE SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHERN OREGON COAST...
High pressure will maintain calm weather and northerly to
northwesterly winds with gusts up to 20 knots through early next
week. Fog development tonight may reduce visibility to 1 NM or
less tonight into Friday morning. Seas generally between 2 to 4
feet. Southerly winds return mid next week with an approaching
system.

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Coastal waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR out
10 NM-
239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
PDT FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog this
evening. Areas of dense fog after midnight.
.FRI...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less, then around
3 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft in the evening,
then around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
2 ft at 7 seconds.
.SAT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft
at 4 seconds and W 3 ft at 7 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds, NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at
16 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft
at 5 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
3 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft in the morning, then
around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to S after midnight. Seas
around 3 ft in the evening, then around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at
13 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W
5 ft at 13 seconds.

$$

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Coastal waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR out 10 NM-
239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
PDT FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and
W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog this evening. Areas of fog after
midnight.
.FRI...N wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
Seas around 2 ft or less, then around 3 ft in the afternoon. Wave
Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog
in the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and
W 2 ft at 7 seconds.
.SAT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less, then 3 to
4 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 3 ft at 7 seconds.
.SUN...N wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and SW 2 ft at
18 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW wind around 5 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: W 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to E after midnight.
Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...SE wind around 5 kt, veering to SW in the afternoon. Seas
3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to NE after midnight.
Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 13 seconds.

$$

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Coastal waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR out 10 NM-
239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
PDT FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas around
3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds.
Patchy fog this evening. Areas of fog after midnight.
.FRI...N wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to
20 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft or less, then around
3 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 2 ft or less, then around 3 ft after
midnight. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at
7 seconds.
.SAT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less, then 3 to
4 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and NW 3 ft at 7 seconds.
.SUN...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at
5 seconds and SW 2 ft at 18 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and
W 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail:
NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to NE after midnight.
Seas around 3 ft in the evening, then around 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...SE wind around 5 kt, veering to W in the afternoon. Seas
around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W
5 ft at 12 seconds.

$$

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Waters from Cape Shoalwater WA to Cape Falcon OR from 10 to 60 NM-
239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
PDT FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog this
evening. Areas of dense fog after midnight.
.FRI...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail:
NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy dense fog in
the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 3 ft at 7 seconds.
.SAT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft
at 4 seconds, W 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...NW wind around 10 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 2 ft at 4 seconds, NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at
16 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind around 10 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 5 seconds and SW 2 ft at 18 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 2 ft at 4 seconds, W 2 ft at 15 seconds and SW 2 ft at
18 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft in the morning, then
around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft
at 15 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to SW after midnight.
Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at
13 seconds. A chance of showers in the morning.
.TUE NIGHT...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W
6 ft at 13 seconds.

$$

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Waters from Cape Falcon to Cape Foulweather OR from 10 to 60 NM-
239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
PDT FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog this
evening, then areas of dense fog after midnight.
.FRI...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less, then around
3 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning.
.FRI NIGHT...N wind around 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail:
N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds.
.SAT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at
4 seconds, W 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds, NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at
16 seconds.
.SUN...N wind around 10 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 5 seconds and SW 2 ft at 18 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds, W 2 ft at 15 seconds and SW 2 ft at
17 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft in the morning, then
around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft
at 15 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to SW after midnight.
Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at
14 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W
6 ft at 13 seconds.

$$

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Waters from Cape Foulweather to Florence OR from 10 to 60 NM-
239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
PDT FRIDAY...

.TONIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy fog this
evening. Areas of dense fog after midnight.
.FRI...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: N 2 ft
at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the
morning.
.FRI NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft at 7 seconds.
.SAT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at
5 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds, NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at
16 seconds.
.SUN...N wind around 10 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 5 seconds and SW 2 ft at 18 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N
2 ft at 4 seconds, W 2 ft at 15 seconds and SW 2 ft at
17 seconds.
.MON...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft in the morning, then
around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: N 2 ft at 4 seconds and W 2 ft
at 15 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft in the evening,
then around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 4 seconds and W
2 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at
4 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
2 ft at 4 seconds and W 6 ft at 12 seconds.

$$

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Columbia River Bar-
239 PM PDT Thu Jul 31 2025

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
PDT FRIDAY...

.IN THE MAIN CHANNEL...

.GENERAL SEAS...2 to 3 ft through Friday evening.

.FIRST EBB...Ebb current of 3.91 kt at 1030 PM Thursday. Seas 2 to
 3 ft.

.SECOND EBB...Ebb current of 2.35 kt at 1027 AM Friday. Seas 2 ft.

.THIRD EBB...Ebb current of 3.84 kt at 1125 PM Friday. Seas 2 to 3
 ft.

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