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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
1158 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
PZZ210-132200-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0040.260414T1500Z-260415T1200Z/  
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-  
1158 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT AT 10  
SECONDS AND WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 8 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT,  
ESPECIALLY WHEN OPERATING NEAR TO, OR ATTEMPTING TO CROSS, THE  
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...EBB CURRENT OF 4.13 KT AT 310 AM TUESDAY.  
SEAS 4 TO 5.  
 
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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/O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0040.260414T1200Z-260415T1200Z/  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON OR OUT  
10 NM-  
WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
1158 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SEAS 6 TO 11 FT AT 10 SECONDS AND WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 KT  
WITH GUSTS UP TO 33 KT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON  
OR OUT 10 NM AND WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO CAPE FALCON  
OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 5 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 38 KNOTS  
POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MAINLY OVER THE  
INNER WATERS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
PZZ252-253-272-273-132200-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0040.260414T1500Z-260415T1200Z/  
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 FALCON TO CAPE FOULWEATHER OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
1158 PM PDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT  
WEDNESDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SEAS 6 TO 11 FT AT 9 SECONDS AND SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO  
30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 33 KT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...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 FALCON TO CAPE FOULWEATHER OR FROM  
10 TO 60 NM AND WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR  
FROM 10 TO 60 NM.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 8 AM TUESDAY TO 5 AM PDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 38 KNOTS  
POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MAINLY OVER THE  
INNER WATERS.  
 
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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