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Small Craft Advisory


URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
321 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ455-111830-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0094.250912T0600Z-250912T1800Z/
Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena out 10 nm-
321 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING
TO 11 AM PDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and
  seas 6 to 8 feet expected.

* WHERE...Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena out 10 nm.

* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 11 AM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Eureka CA
321 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ475-111830-
/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0093.000000T0000Z-250913T0600Z/
Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena 10 to 60 nm-
321 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas
  6 to 9 feet.

* WHERE...Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena 10 to 60 nm.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ530-111745-
/O.EXB.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250912T2200Z-250913T0400Z/
San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and  the San Francisco
Bay north of the Bay Bridge-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and a
  moderate chop expected.

* WHERE...San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San
  Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge.

* WHEN...From 3 PM to 9 PM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ535-111745-
/O.EXB.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250912T2200Z-250913T0400Z/
Monterey Bay-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...West winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected.

* WHERE...Monterey Bay.

* WHEN...From 3 PM to 9 PM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ540-111745-
/O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250912T0400Z-250913T1000Z/
Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes California out to
10 NM-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM PDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt
  expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes
  California out to 10 NM.

* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 3 AM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ560-111745-
/O.EXB.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250912T2200Z-250913T0400Z/
Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to
10 NM-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM TO 9 PM PDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt
  expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos
  California out to 10 NM.

* WHEN...From 3 PM to 9 PM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ565-111745-
/O.EXT.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250912T0400Z-250912T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0162.250912T2200Z-250913T1000Z/
Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas
California out to 10 NM-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 3 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds 10
  to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt expected. For the second Small
  Craft Advisory, northwest winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to
  30 kt expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras
  Blancas California out to 10 NM.

* WHEN...For the first Small Craft Advisory, from 9 PM this
  evening to 9 AM PDT Friday. For the second Small Craft
  Advisory, from 3 PM Friday to 3 AM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ570-111745-
/O.EXT.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250911T2200Z-250913T1000Z/
Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes 10-60 NM-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 AM PDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt
  expected.

* WHERE...Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes 10-60 NM.

* WHEN...From 3 PM this afternoon to 3 AM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ571-111745-
/O.CON.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250912T0400Z-250913T1000Z/
Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 AM PDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt
  expected.

* WHERE...Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM.

* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 3 AM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ575-111745-
/O.EXT.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250912T0400Z-250912T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0162.250912T2200Z-250913T1000Z/
Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
3 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 3 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds 15 to
  20 kt with gusts to 25 kt expected. For the second Small Craft
  Advisory, northwest winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 23 kt
  expected.

* WHERE...Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM.

* WHEN...For the first Small Craft Advisory, from 9 PM this
  evening to 3 AM PDT Friday. For the second Small Craft
  Advisory, from 3 PM Friday to 3 AM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ576-111745-
/O.EXT.KMTR.SC.Y.0161.250912T0400Z-250912T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KMTR.SC.Y.0162.250912T2200Z-250913T1000Z/
Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas 10-60 NM-
239 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
9 AM PDT FRIDAY...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM FRIDAY TO 3 AM PDT
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...For the first Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds 15 to
  20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt expected. For the second Small
  Craft Advisory, northwest winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25
  kt expected.

* WHERE...Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas 10-
  60 NM.

* WHEN...For the first Small Craft Advisory, from 9 PM this
  evening to 9 AM PDT Friday. For the second Small Craft
  Advisory, from 3 PM Friday to 3 AM PDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
107 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ645-111600-
/O.EXT.KLOX.SC.Y.0146.250911T2000Z-250912T0700Z/
Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM-
107 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
MIDNIGHT PDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Hazardous sea conditions.

* WHERE...Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10
  NM.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to midnight PDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX)
  for more.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
107 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

PZZ670-111600-
/O.CON.KLOX.SC.Y.0146.250911T2000Z-250912T1000Z/
Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM-
107 AM PDT Thu Sep 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 AM PDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Hazardous sea conditions.

* WHERE...Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 3 AM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...See the Coastal Waters Forecast (CWFLOX)
  for more.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

&&

$$

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