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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
414 AM PST THU DEC 25 2025
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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-
414 AM PST THU DEC 25 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS
MORNING...
...GALE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM PST THIS EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, SEAS 5 TO 8 FT AT 10
SECONDS AND EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT
EXPECTED. FOR THE GALE WARNING, SEAS 17 TO 22 FT AT 12 SECONDS
AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 25 TO 35 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT
EXPECTED. FOR THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING, VERY STEEP AND
HAZARDOUS SEAS 14 TO 18 FT AT 9 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 20
TO 30 KT EXPECTED.
* WHERE...WATERS FROM CAPE FALCON TO CAPE FOULWEATHER OR FROM 10
TO 60 NM AND WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR FROM
10 TO 60 NM.
* WHEN...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY.
GALE WARNING, FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS SEAS
WARNING, FROM 10 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS SEAS WHICH COULD
CAPSIZE OR DAMAGE VESSELS AND REDUCE VISIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES
EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE
HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS.
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WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-
414 AM PST THU DEC 25 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS
EVENING...
...HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, SEAS 7 TO 12 FT AT 7
SECONDS AND EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT
EXPECTED. FOR THE HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING, VERY STEEP AND
HAZARDOUS SEAS 12 TO 16 FT AT 7 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 15
TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT EXPECTED.
* WHERE...WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON OR FROM
10 TO 60 NM.
* WHEN...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY.
HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING, FROM 7 PM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...VERY STEEP AND HAZARDOUS SEAS COULD CAPSIZE OR CAUSE
DAMAGE TO VESSELS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HAZARDOUS SEAS WARNING MEANS HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RECREATIONAL BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN IN
PORT, OR TAKE SHELTER UNTIL WAVES SUBSIDE. COMMERCIAL VESSELS
SHOULD PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEAS AND CONSIDER REMAINING IN PORT OR
TAKING SHELTER IN PORT UNTIL HAZARDOUS SEAS SUBSIDE.
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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-
414 AM PST THU DEC 25 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 AM PST FRIDAY...
* WHAT...SEAS 7 TO 12 FT AT 6 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO
20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT EXPECTED.
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON
OR OUT 10 NM.
* WHEN...FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 4 AM PST 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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND/MARINE
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