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WHUS76 KPQR 122234  
MWWPQR  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR  
234 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2025  
 
PZZ251-252-271-272-131445-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0148.251214T0300Z-251214T1800Z/  
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-  
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-  
234 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST  
SUNDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SEAS 6 TO 9 FT AT 12 SECONDS AND SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20  
KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...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, WATERS FROM CAPE SHOALWATER WA TO  
CAPE FALCON OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM AND WATERS FROM CAPE FALCON TO  
CAPE FOULWEATHER OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
PZZ210-131445-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0148.251214T0600Z-251214T1800Z/  
COLUMBIA RIVER BAR-  
234 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM  
PST SUNDAY...  
 
* WHAT...ROUGH BAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT AT 12  
SECONDS AND SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...IN THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BAR.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 10 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY.  
 
* 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 2.6 KT AT 1158 PM SATURDAY.  
SEAS 7 TO 8 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
PZZ253-273-131445-  
/O.NEW.KPQR.SC.Y.0148.251214T0600Z-251214T1800Z/  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR OUT 10 NM-  
WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR FROM 10 TO 60 NM-  
234 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM  
PST SUNDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SEAS 5 TO 8 FT AT 13 SECONDS AND SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20  
KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR  
OUT 10 NM AND WATERS FROM CAPE FOULWEATHER TO FLORENCE OR FROM  
10 TO 60 NM.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 10 PM SATURDAY TO 10 AM PST SUNDAY.  
 
* 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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