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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
232 AM PDT MON MAR 31 2025
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COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-
232 AM PDT MON MAR 31 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 KT
WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. GENERAL SEAS 6 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 8 FT
TUESDAY MORNING.
* WHERE...IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.
* WHEN...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, UNTIL 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, FROM 5 AM TO 11 AM PDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT,
ESPECIALLY WHEN OPERATING NEAR TO, OR ATTEMPTING TO CROSS, THE
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...VERY STRONG EBB CURRENT OF 6.99 KT AT 639
AM MONDAY. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT. EBB CURRENT OF 4.69 KT AT 703 PM
MONDAY. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. VERY STRONG EBB CURRENT OF 6.85 KT AT
723 AM TUESDAY. SEAS 11 FT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WAVE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT IN THE VICINITY OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER
BAR. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO OBTAIN THE LATEST BAR CONDITIONS
FROM THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS THE
BAR.
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COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON OR OUT
10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FALCON TO CAPE FOULWEATHER OR OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE FALCON TO CAPE FOULWEATHER OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
232 AM PDT MON MAR 31 2025
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY
* WHAT...SEAS 7 TO 12 FT AT 12 SECONDS AND SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20
KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT.
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER TO FLORENCE OUT 60
NM.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 AM PDT TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND/MARINE
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