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FZUS56 KMFR 201007  
CWFMFR  
 
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR  
207 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE OREGON TO POINT ST. GEORGE  
CALIFORNIA AND WESTWARD 60 NM.  
 
PZZ300-202300-  
207 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
   
SYNOPSIS FOR THE SOUTHERN OREGON COASTAL WATERS
 
A FRONT MOVES  
IN TODAY AND WILL BRING STEEP SEAS THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH  
WORSENING CONDITIONS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS, UP TO GALES, AND HIGH  
AND VERY STEEP SEAS DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATERS. THEN, A STRONGER  
FRONT ARRIVES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH GALES AND VERY HIGH AND  
VERY STEEP, CHAOTIC SEAS. ADDITIONAL STRONGER FRONTS FOLLOW SUNDAY  
THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH PERSISTENT VERY HIGH AND VERY STEEP  
HAZARDOUS SEAS INTERRUPTED BY PERIODS OF GALES.  
 

 
 
PZZ350-202300-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR OUT 10 NM-  
207 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS  
MORNING...   
..HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
 
 
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
   
TODAY
 
S WIND 15 TO 20 KT, RISING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE THIS  
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. GUSTS UP  
TO 35 KT UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 TO 12 FT. WAVE DETAIL: SW  
8 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 6 FT AT 15 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN  
UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON, THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN LATE.    
TONIGHT
 
SE WIND 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT, BECOMING S  
25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 TO  
12 FT, BUILDING TO 11 TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: SW  
12 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 9 FT AT 17 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
SAT
 
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT, EASING TO 15 TO  
20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT,  
BUILDING TO 17 TO 19 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: SW 8 FT AT  
8 SECONDS AND W 17 FT AT 16 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS IN  
THE MORNING. RAIN.   
SAT NIGHT
 
S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS  
15 TO 19 FT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 6 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND W 17 FT AT  
16 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN.    
SUN
 
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. SEAS 13 TO  
17 FT, BUILDING TO 16 TO 21 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: SW  
14 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 16 FT AT 15 SECONDS. RAIN.   
SUN NIGHT
 
SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT, BECOMING  
S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT, SUBSIDING TO  
16 TO 20 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 14 FT AT 10 SECONDS,  
W 16 FT AT 16 SECONDS AND W 3 FT AT 25 SECONDS. RAIN WITH A  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS IN THE EVENING, THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
MON
 
SE WIND 10 TO 15 KT, RISING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 TO 21 FT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 8 FT AT 7 SECONDS, W  
21 FT AT 18 SECONDS AND W 7 FT AT 23 SECONDS. RAIN.   
MON NIGHT
 
S WIND 20 TO 25 KT, BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 16 TO 21 FT, SUBSIDING TO 16 TO 17 FT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 10 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 19 FT AT  
18 SECONDS. RAIN.   
TUE
 
W WIND 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 TO 17 FT, SUBSIDING TO 13 TO 15 FT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: W 3 FT AT 4 SECONDS AND W 17 FT AT  
16 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY.    
TUE NIGHT
 
SW WIND AROUND 10 KT, BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 TO 14 FT. WAVE DETAIL: S 4 FT AT 5 SECONDS AND  
W 14 FT AT 15 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY, MAINLY IN THE EVENING.  
 
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.  
 

 
 
PZZ356-202300-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA OUT 10 NM-  
207 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS  
MORNING...   
..HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
 
 
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY  
MORNING...  
   
TODAY
 
S WIND 20 TO 25 KT, EASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS  
8 TO 10 FT, BUILDING TO 9 TO 12 FT THIS AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL:  
SW 7 FT AT 8 SECONDS AND W 7 FT AT 15 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN  
UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.    
TONIGHT
 
SE WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT, BECOMING S  
30 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 TO  
12 FT, BUILDING TO 12 TO 16 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: SW  
12 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 11 FT AT 17 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS  
AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
SAT
 
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT, EASING TO 15 TO  
20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 14 TO 19 FT,  
BUILDING TO 16 TO 19 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: SW 6 FT AT  
7 SECONDS AND W 18 FT AT 16 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS IN  
THE MORNING. RAIN.   
SAT NIGHT
 
S WIND 15 TO 20 KT, RISING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS 15 TO 19 FT. WAVE DETAIL: SW  
6 FT AT 6 SECONDS AND W 18 FT AT 16 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN  
THE EVENING, THEN RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
SUN
 
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT. SEAS 13 TO  
17 FT, BUILDING TO 14 TO 19 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: SW  
11 FT AT 8 SECONDS AND W 15 FT AT 15 SECONDS. RAIN IN THE  
MORNING, THEN RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON.    
SUN NIGHT
 
S WIND 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 11 FT AT 8 SECONDS, W  
17 FT AT 17 SECONDS AND W 6 FT AT 25 SECONDS. SHOWERS WITH A  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN  
AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
MON
 
SE WIND 10 TO 15 KT, RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 TO 22 FT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 8 FT AT 7 SECONDS, W  
20 FT AT 18 SECONDS AND W 6 FT AT 23 SECONDS. RAIN.   
MON NIGHT
 
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT, BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT, SUBSIDING TO 16 TO 17 FT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 9 FT AT 8 SECONDS AND W 19 FT AT  
18 SECONDS. RAIN.   
TUE
 
W WIND 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 14 TO 17 FT, SUBSIDING TO 12 TO  
15 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: W 4 FT AT 5 SECONDS AND W  
17 FT AT 16 SECONDS. RAIN.   
TUE NIGHT
 
SW WIND 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 TO 14 FT. WAVE DETAIL: S 4 FT AT 5 SECONDS AND  
W 14 FT AT 15 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY, MAINLY IN THE EVENING.  
 
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.  
 

 
 
PZZ370-202300-  
WATERS FROM FLORENCE TO CAPE BLANCO OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
207 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS  
MORNING...   
..GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
 
 
   
TODAY
 
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT, EASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS  
10 TO 14 FT, BUILDING TO 13 TO 15 FT THIS AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL:  
SW 11 FT AT 8 SECONDS, W 8 FT AT 14 SECONDS AND SW 7 FT AT  
17 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN  
LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.    
TONIGHT
 
SE WIND 25 TO 30 KT, VEERING TO S 30 TO 40 KT WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 TO 16 FT, BUILDING TO  
16 TO 21 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: S 18 FT AT 10 SECONDS  
AND W 12 FT AT 17 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN  
RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
SAT
 
SW WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT, EASING TO  
15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 TO  
21 FT. WAVE DETAIL: S 17 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 19 FT AT  
16 SECONDS. RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS IN THE MORNING,  
THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.    
SAT NIGHT
 
S WIND 20 TO 25 KT, RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 19 TO 20 FT, SUBSIDING TO 17 TO 20 FT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: S 6 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND SW 19 FT AT  
15 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING, THEN RAIN AFTER  
MIDNIGHT.    
SUN
 
S WIND 30 TO 40 KT, EASING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SEAS 18 TO 20 FT, BUILDING TO 20 TO 23 FT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: S 18 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 16 FT AT  
15 SECONDS. RAIN.   
SUN NIGHT
 
SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT, BECOMING  
S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 20 TO 23 FT. WAVE DETAIL: S  
16 FT AT 10 SECONDS, W 21 FT AT 17 SECONDS AND W 9 FT AT  
25 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY, MAINLY IN THE EVENING.    
MON
 
S WIND 20 TO 25 KT, BECOMING SE 30 TO 40 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SEAS 21 TO 23 FT. WAVE DETAIL: S 16 FT AT 8 SECONDS, W  
22 FT AT 18 SECONDS AND W 9 FT AT 23 SECONDS. RAIN.   
MON NIGHT
 
S WIND 30 TO 40 KT, BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT, SUBSIDING TO 16 TO 19 FT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 16 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 19 FT AT  
18 SECONDS. RAIN.   
TUE
 
W WIND 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 16 TO 19 FT, SUBSIDING TO 15 TO  
16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: W 3 FT AT 4 SECONDS AND W  
18 FT AT 16 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY.    
TUE NIGHT
 
SW WIND 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S 20 TO 25 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 TO 15 FT. WAVE DETAIL: S 6 FT AT 8 SECONDS AND  
W 15 FT AT 15 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY, MAINLY IN THE EVENING.  
 
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.  
 

 
 
PZZ376-202300-  
WATERS FROM CAPE BLANCO OR TO PT. ST. GEORGE CA FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
207 AM PST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST EARLY THIS  
MORNING...   
..GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
 
 
   
TODAY
 
S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO  
14 FT, BUILDING TO 12 TO 15 FT THIS AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: S  
10 FT AT 8 SECONDS, W 8 FT AT 14 SECONDS AND SW 7 FT AT  
17 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.    
TONIGHT
 
S WIND 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT, RISING TO  
30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 TO  
16 FT, BUILDING TO 16 TO 21 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: S  
16 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND W 14 FT AT 17 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY IN THE  
EVENING, THEN RAIN WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
SAT
 
SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT, BECOMING S  
15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 TO  
21 FT, BUILDING TO 19 TO 20 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: SW  
7 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND W 19 FT AT 16 SECONDS. RAIN WITH A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF TSTMS IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE  
AFTERNOON.    
SAT NIGHT
 
S WIND AROUND 20 KT, RISING TO 25 TO 30 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 19 TO 20 FT, SUBSIDING TO 17 TO 20 FT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: S 5 FT AT 5 SECONDS AND W 19 FT AT  
16 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN.    
SUN
 
S WIND 30 TO 40 KT, EASING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SEAS 16 TO 19 FT, BUILDING TO 17 TO 21 FT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: S 15 FT AT 9 SECONDS AND W 16 FT AT  
15 SECONDS. RAIN.   
SUN NIGHT
 
SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING S AROUND 10 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 18 TO 21 FT, BUILDING TO 18 TO 23 FT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: S 5 FT AT 7 SECONDS, W 20 FT AT 17 SECONDS  
AND W 8 FT AT 25 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY, MAINLY IN THE EVENING.    
MON
 
SE WIND 20 TO 25 KT, BECOMING S 30 TO 40 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SEAS 20 TO 23 FT. WAVE DETAIL: S 15 FT AT 8 SECONDS, W  
21 FT AT 18 SECONDS AND W 8 FT AT 23 SECONDS. RAIN.   
MON NIGHT
 
S WIND 30 TO 40 KT, BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT, SUBSIDING TO 16 TO 19 FT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: S 15 FT AT 9 SECONDS AND W 19 FT AT  
18 SECONDS. RAIN.   
TUE
 
W WIND 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 15 TO 19 FT, SUBSIDING TO 14 TO  
16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVE DETAIL: W 3 FT AT 5 SECONDS AND W  
18 FT AT 16 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY.    
TUE NIGHT
 
W WIND AROUND 10 KT, BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 14 TO 15 FT. WAVE DETAIL: SW 5 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND  
W 15 FT AT 15 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF RAIN.  
 
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS.  
 

 
 
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