Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Morro Bay, CA
April 26, 2024 4:46 PM PDT (23:46 UTC) Change Location
 | Sunrise 6:14 AM Sunset 7:46 PM Moonrise 10:00 PM Moonset 6:40 AM |
PZZ645 Point Piedras Blancas To Point Sal Westward Out To 10 Nm- 252 Pm Pdt Fri Apr 26 2024
.gale warning in effect through late tonight - .
Tonight - NW winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts to 35 kt, becoming 15 to 25 kt late. Combined seas 6 to 9 ft dominant period 8 seconds.
Sat - NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Combined seas 7 to 10 ft dominant period 8 seconds, building to 8 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Patchy fog in the morning.
Sat night - NW winds 20 to 30 kt in the evening, becoming 15 to 20 kt with gusts to 25 kt. Combined seas 8 to 11 ft dominant period 8 seconds, subsiding to 7 to 9 ft after midnight.
Sun - NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Combined seas 7 to 10 ft dominant period 8 seconds.
Sun night - NW winds 20 to 30 kt with local gusts to 35 kt in the evening, becoming 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Combined seas 8 to 11 ft dominant period 8 seconds.
Mon - NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt. Combined seas 11 to 14 ft dominant period 9 seconds.
Mon night - NW winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts to 30 kt in the evening, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Combined seas 10 to 14 ft dominant period 10 seconds.
Tue - NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Wind waves 2 to 4 ft. NW swell 8 to 11 ft.
Wed - NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Combined seas 6 to 8 ft. Patchy fog.
PZZ600 252 Pm Pdt Fri Apr 26 2024
synopsis for the southern california coast and santa barbara channel including the channel islands national marine sanctuary and national park - .at 21z, or 2 pm pdt, a 1030 mb high was centered 1000 nm west of point conception. A 1006 mb low was centered in southern nevada. Strong to gale force winds and dangerous choppy seas will affect the waters through the weekend.
synopsis for the southern california coast and santa barbara channel including the channel islands national marine sanctuary and national park - .at 21z, or 2 pm pdt, a 1030 mb high was centered 1000 nm west of point conception. A 1006 mb low was centered in southern nevada. Strong to gale force winds and dangerous choppy seas will affect the waters through the weekend.
Area Discussion for - Los Angeles/Oxnard, CA
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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 329 PM PDT Fri Apr 26 2024
SYNOPSIS
26/159 PM.
An upper-level trough of low pressure will continue to move over the region through tonight. Any shower activity will likely be across the northern portion of the area and along the northern slopes of the mountains and into the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Gabriel Valley. A tightening pressure difference across the region will bring gusty and potentially damaging winds to the region through tonight. Otherwise, dry weather can be expected along with gradually warmer temperatures this weekend into the middle of next week.
.SHORT TERM (TDY-MON)...26/326 PM.
The latest satellite imagery indicate an inside-slider type trough of low pressure moving through the region this afternoon. The trough center, currently located over the California-Nevada border, will continue to push southeast into Arizona through tonight. The main story will be the winds with this system, but shower activity cannot be ruled out across the northern portion of the area, along the northern slopes, and into the San Gabriel mountains and the San Gabriel Valley tonight. There is a non-zero chance of thunderstorms across eastern Los Angeles County, but it seems highly unlikely as the best instability sits east of the area. Gusty west to northwest winds will continue to increase through this evening with the strongest winds expected across the Channel Islands, through the Interstate 5 Corridor, and into the adjacent foothills of the Antelope Valley. Winds are a little slower to develop than anticipated across much of the area, except for the Channel Islands, but multi-model ensembles suggest the winds strengthening late this afternoon. A tightening northerly pressure gradient across the region this afternoon will continue to tighten this evening, then start to relax overnight tonight into Saturday. No changes are planned to the wind headlines at this time.
A warming and drying trend will develop through the weekend as an upper-level ridge developing off the Pacific Northwest coast will drop south into the state through Saturday night. Enough of northerly pressure gradient could remain to continue another round of gusty winds through the Interstate 5 Corridor and across southern Santa Barbara County Saturday night and into Sunday. While a weak semblance of a marine layer depth remains as a deep moist layer today, a return of low clouds and fog should take place over the weekend as onshore flow strengthens. The forecast brings in some mention of low clouds and fog as early Sunday morning along the Central Coast and into southern Los Angeles County.
.LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...26/326 PM.
A general ridge pattern looks to remain in place into early next week and keep a warming trend in the mix. Forecast ensembles do disagree on how warm it will get as there is a quite a mix of solutions into Monday and beyond. An onshore flow pattern will remain in place through at least the early portion of next week, but there could be a more-entrenched marine layer depth that develops if onshore flow strengthens in combination with a strengthening ridge aloft. If this occurs, the warming trend could be more muted along the coast.
AVIATION
26/1840Z.
At 1802Z at KLAX, there was a deep moist layer to around 6500 ft, but there was no real marine inversion.
Expect much less in the way of clouds tonight, with most areas remaining VFR. The exception may be on north facing slopes and in interior SLO/SBA Counties, where IFR to VLIFR conds are possible.
Widespread gusty NW winds will affect the mtns and much of SLO/SBA Counties, with gusty W-NW winds in coastal and some valley sections of L.A./VTU Counties and the Antelope Valley. Speeds may be of by 5 kts during peak winds.
There is the potential for LLWS and turbulence, with mdt UDDF, until 15Z Sat.
KLAX...Moderate to high confidence in TAF until 09Z Sat, followed by lower confidence due to uncertainty in wind direction. Strong and gusty west winds are expected 20Z Fri - 09Z Sat, and there is the potential for LLWS and turbulence, with mdt UDDF, until 15Z Sat. Gusts could reach up to 40 kt (20% chance) from 22Z-03Z.
There is a 30% chance of northerly cross winds of 15 kt from 09Z-14Z Sat, followed by a 20% chance of the east wind component reaching 6 kts from 14Z-18Z Sat.
KBUR...Moderate to high confidence in TAF for cigs and vis, but low confidence in winds. Speeds and direction will be highly variable until 09Z Sat. There is a 20-30% chance of SW wind direction (220 to 250) at 12-15 kt with gusts to 20 kt, until 01Z Fri.
MARINE
26/324 PM.
In the Outer Waters, NW winds are at/approaching gale force, and will continue much of the time through late Sat night, with a brief drop in winds to Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level late tonight in the northern zone (PZZ670). There is a 50-60% chance of gales returning to the northern zone (PZZ670) Sat afternoon into Sat night. SCA level winds and seas are expected for all the outer waters after the gales subside, and will last through Tue.
There is a 40-60% chance of gale force winds Sun through Tue, with the highest chances during the afternoon and evening hours.
In the Inner Waters N of Pt. Sal, NW winds are at/approaching gale force, and will continue through late tonight, and then drop to SCA level. SCA level winds/seas are expected much of the time Sun through Tue night, with a 30% chance of gales during afternoon and evening hours Sun and Mon.
In the Inner Waters S Pt Conception, widespread W winds are at/approaching gale force. Gales for all the nearshore waters will likely continue thru late tonight, then decrease to SCA level. Then, SCA level wind and seas are likely to continue much of the time through late Sun night, (possibly Mon night in the western SBA Channel), with the strongest winds during the late afternoon thru late evening hours. There is a 50% chance of gales across the western portions of the SBA Channel late Sat afternoon into late Sat night, with a 20% chance elsewhere during that time.
Widespread strong to gale force winds will create dangerous sea conditions across the coastal waters thru the weekend, with short-period, steep, and choppy waves. There may be dangerous breaking waves near west-facing harbors. Mariners should remain in safe harbor until conditions improve.
BEACHES
26/311 PM.
Into Saturday morning, low level high surf is expected for west- facing beaches of Los Angeles/Ventura county and Catalina Island (4-7 feet, local sets to 8), and northwest to west- facing beaches along the Central Coast (7-10 feet). Moderate confidence in heights and surf will be choppy and rough, with a high risk of rip currents through Sunday.
LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...Wind Advisory remains in effect until 9 PM PDT this evening for zones 38-340>342-346>348-350-354-355-358-362-366>369-371-372-374. (See LAXNPWLOX).
Wind Advisory remains in effect until 3 AM PDT Saturday for zones 87-88-352-353-356-375>377-379-380. (See LAXNPWLOX).
High Surf Advisory in effect until 10 AM PDT Saturday for zones 87-340-346-354-362-366. (See LAXCFWLOX).
Wind Advisory remains in effect until 3 AM PDT Sunday for zones 349-351. (See LAXNPWLOX).
High Wind Warning remains in effect until 3 AM PDT Saturday for zones 378-381-383-549-550. (See LAXNPWLOX).
PZ...Gale Warning in effect until 3 AM PDT Saturday for zones 645-650-655-670. (See LAXMWWLOX).
Gale Warning in effect until 3 AM PDT Sunday for zones 673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX).
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 329 PM PDT Fri Apr 26 2024
SYNOPSIS
26/159 PM.
An upper-level trough of low pressure will continue to move over the region through tonight. Any shower activity will likely be across the northern portion of the area and along the northern slopes of the mountains and into the San Gabriel Mountains and the San Gabriel Valley. A tightening pressure difference across the region will bring gusty and potentially damaging winds to the region through tonight. Otherwise, dry weather can be expected along with gradually warmer temperatures this weekend into the middle of next week.
.SHORT TERM (TDY-MON)...26/326 PM.
The latest satellite imagery indicate an inside-slider type trough of low pressure moving through the region this afternoon. The trough center, currently located over the California-Nevada border, will continue to push southeast into Arizona through tonight. The main story will be the winds with this system, but shower activity cannot be ruled out across the northern portion of the area, along the northern slopes, and into the San Gabriel mountains and the San Gabriel Valley tonight. There is a non-zero chance of thunderstorms across eastern Los Angeles County, but it seems highly unlikely as the best instability sits east of the area. Gusty west to northwest winds will continue to increase through this evening with the strongest winds expected across the Channel Islands, through the Interstate 5 Corridor, and into the adjacent foothills of the Antelope Valley. Winds are a little slower to develop than anticipated across much of the area, except for the Channel Islands, but multi-model ensembles suggest the winds strengthening late this afternoon. A tightening northerly pressure gradient across the region this afternoon will continue to tighten this evening, then start to relax overnight tonight into Saturday. No changes are planned to the wind headlines at this time.
A warming and drying trend will develop through the weekend as an upper-level ridge developing off the Pacific Northwest coast will drop south into the state through Saturday night. Enough of northerly pressure gradient could remain to continue another round of gusty winds through the Interstate 5 Corridor and across southern Santa Barbara County Saturday night and into Sunday. While a weak semblance of a marine layer depth remains as a deep moist layer today, a return of low clouds and fog should take place over the weekend as onshore flow strengthens. The forecast brings in some mention of low clouds and fog as early Sunday morning along the Central Coast and into southern Los Angeles County.
.LONG TERM (TUE-FRI)...26/326 PM.
A general ridge pattern looks to remain in place into early next week and keep a warming trend in the mix. Forecast ensembles do disagree on how warm it will get as there is a quite a mix of solutions into Monday and beyond. An onshore flow pattern will remain in place through at least the early portion of next week, but there could be a more-entrenched marine layer depth that develops if onshore flow strengthens in combination with a strengthening ridge aloft. If this occurs, the warming trend could be more muted along the coast.
AVIATION
26/1840Z.
At 1802Z at KLAX, there was a deep moist layer to around 6500 ft, but there was no real marine inversion.
Expect much less in the way of clouds tonight, with most areas remaining VFR. The exception may be on north facing slopes and in interior SLO/SBA Counties, where IFR to VLIFR conds are possible.
Widespread gusty NW winds will affect the mtns and much of SLO/SBA Counties, with gusty W-NW winds in coastal and some valley sections of L.A./VTU Counties and the Antelope Valley. Speeds may be of by 5 kts during peak winds.
There is the potential for LLWS and turbulence, with mdt UDDF, until 15Z Sat.
KLAX...Moderate to high confidence in TAF until 09Z Sat, followed by lower confidence due to uncertainty in wind direction. Strong and gusty west winds are expected 20Z Fri - 09Z Sat, and there is the potential for LLWS and turbulence, with mdt UDDF, until 15Z Sat. Gusts could reach up to 40 kt (20% chance) from 22Z-03Z.
There is a 30% chance of northerly cross winds of 15 kt from 09Z-14Z Sat, followed by a 20% chance of the east wind component reaching 6 kts from 14Z-18Z Sat.
KBUR...Moderate to high confidence in TAF for cigs and vis, but low confidence in winds. Speeds and direction will be highly variable until 09Z Sat. There is a 20-30% chance of SW wind direction (220 to 250) at 12-15 kt with gusts to 20 kt, until 01Z Fri.
MARINE
26/324 PM.
In the Outer Waters, NW winds are at/approaching gale force, and will continue much of the time through late Sat night, with a brief drop in winds to Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level late tonight in the northern zone (PZZ670). There is a 50-60% chance of gales returning to the northern zone (PZZ670) Sat afternoon into Sat night. SCA level winds and seas are expected for all the outer waters after the gales subside, and will last through Tue.
There is a 40-60% chance of gale force winds Sun through Tue, with the highest chances during the afternoon and evening hours.
In the Inner Waters N of Pt. Sal, NW winds are at/approaching gale force, and will continue through late tonight, and then drop to SCA level. SCA level winds/seas are expected much of the time Sun through Tue night, with a 30% chance of gales during afternoon and evening hours Sun and Mon.
In the Inner Waters S Pt Conception, widespread W winds are at/approaching gale force. Gales for all the nearshore waters will likely continue thru late tonight, then decrease to SCA level. Then, SCA level wind and seas are likely to continue much of the time through late Sun night, (possibly Mon night in the western SBA Channel), with the strongest winds during the late afternoon thru late evening hours. There is a 50% chance of gales across the western portions of the SBA Channel late Sat afternoon into late Sat night, with a 20% chance elsewhere during that time.
Widespread strong to gale force winds will create dangerous sea conditions across the coastal waters thru the weekend, with short-period, steep, and choppy waves. There may be dangerous breaking waves near west-facing harbors. Mariners should remain in safe harbor until conditions improve.
BEACHES
26/311 PM.
Into Saturday morning, low level high surf is expected for west- facing beaches of Los Angeles/Ventura county and Catalina Island (4-7 feet, local sets to 8), and northwest to west- facing beaches along the Central Coast (7-10 feet). Moderate confidence in heights and surf will be choppy and rough, with a high risk of rip currents through Sunday.
LOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...Wind Advisory remains in effect until 9 PM PDT this evening for zones 38-340>342-346>348-350-354-355-358-362-366>369-371-372-374. (See LAXNPWLOX).
Wind Advisory remains in effect until 3 AM PDT Saturday for zones 87-88-352-353-356-375>377-379-380. (See LAXNPWLOX).
High Surf Advisory in effect until 10 AM PDT Saturday for zones 87-340-346-354-362-366. (See LAXCFWLOX).
Wind Advisory remains in effect until 3 AM PDT Sunday for zones 349-351. (See LAXNPWLOX).
High Wind Warning remains in effect until 3 AM PDT Saturday for zones 378-381-383-549-550. (See LAXNPWLOX).
PZ...Gale Warning in effect until 3 AM PDT Saturday for zones 645-650-655-670. (See LAXMWWLOX).
Gale Warning in effect until 3 AM PDT Sunday for zones 673-676. (See LAXMWWLOX).
| Stations | Dist | Age | Wind | Air Temp | Water Temp | Waves | inHg | DewPt |
| MBXC1 | 4 mi | 26 min | 55°F | |||||
| 46215 - Diablo Canyon, CA (076) | 13 mi | 20 min | 56°F | 6 ft | ||||
| PSLC1 - 9412110 - Port San Luis, CA | 18 mi | 46 min | WSW 12G | 58°F | 54°F | 30.00 | ||
| 46011 - SANTA MARIA - 21 NM Northwest of Point Arguello, CA | 32 mi | 26 min | WNW 21G | 55°F | 7 ft |
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Airport Reports
EDIT (hide/show) Help Click EDIT to display multiple airports. Follow links for more data.| Airport | Dist | Age | Wind kt | Vis | Sky | Weather | Temp | DewPt | RH | inHg |
| KSBP SAN LUIS COUNTY RGNL,CA | 19 sm | 15 min | NW 18G28 | 10 sm | Partly Cloudy | 63°F | 48°F | 59% | 29.99 |
Morro Beach
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Fri -- 06:16 AM PDT Sunrise
Fri -- 06:35 AM PDT -0.31 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 07:40 AM PDT Moonset
Fri -- 01:04 PM PDT 2.97 feet High Tide
Fri -- 05:18 PM PDT 2.05 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 07:46 PM PDT Sunset
Fri -- 10:59 PM PDT Moonrise
Fri -- 11:46 PM PDT 5.12 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Fri -- 06:16 AM PDT Sunrise
Fri -- 06:35 AM PDT -0.31 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 07:40 AM PDT Moonset
Fri -- 01:04 PM PDT 2.97 feet High Tide
Fri -- 05:18 PM PDT 2.05 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 07:46 PM PDT Sunset
Fri -- 10:59 PM PDT Moonrise
Fri -- 11:46 PM PDT 5.12 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Morro Beach, Estero Bay, California, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 5.1 |
| 1 am |
| 4.5 |
| 2 am |
| 3.5 |
| 3 am |
| 2.3 |
| 4 am |
| 1.2 |
| 5 am |
| 0.3 |
| 6 am |
| -0.2 |
| 7 am |
| -0.3 |
| 8 am |
| 0.1 |
| 9 am |
| 0.8 |
| 10 am |
| 1.6 |
| 11 am |
| 2.3 |
| 12 pm |
| 2.8 |
| 1 pm |
| 3 |
| 2 pm |
| 2.9 |
| 3 pm |
| 2.6 |
| 4 pm |
| 2.3 |
| 5 pm |
| 2.1 |
| 6 pm |
| 2.1 |
| 7 pm |
| 2.5 |
| 8 pm |
| 3.1 |
| 9 pm |
| 3.8 |
| 10 pm |
| 4.5 |
| 11 pm |
| 5 |
Port San Luis
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Fri -- 06:16 AM PDT Sunrise
Fri -- 06:33 AM PDT -0.51 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 07:40 AM PDT Moonset
Fri -- 01:18 PM PDT 3.19 feet High Tide
Fri -- 05:14 PM PDT 2.44 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 07:45 PM PDT Sunset
Fri -- 10:58 PM PDT Moonrise
Fri -- 11:36 PM PDT 5.31 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
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Fri -- 06:16 AM PDT Sunrise
Fri -- 06:33 AM PDT -0.51 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 07:40 AM PDT Moonset
Fri -- 01:18 PM PDT 3.19 feet High Tide
Fri -- 05:14 PM PDT 2.44 feet Low Tide
Fri -- 07:45 PM PDT Sunset
Fri -- 10:58 PM PDT Moonrise
Fri -- 11:36 PM PDT 5.31 feet High Tide
Tide / Current data from XTide NOT FOR NAVIGATION
Port San Luis, California, Tide feet
| 12 am |
| 5.2 |
| 1 am |
| 4.5 |
| 2 am |
| 3.5 |
| 3 am |
| 2.2 |
| 4 am |
| 1 |
| 5 am |
| 0.1 |
| 6 am |
| -0.4 |
| 7 am |
| -0.5 |
| 8 am |
| -0 |
| 9 am |
| 0.7 |
| 10 am |
| 1.6 |
| 11 am |
| 2.4 |
| 12 pm |
| 2.9 |
| 1 pm |
| 3.2 |
| 2 pm |
| 3.1 |
| 3 pm |
| 2.9 |
| 4 pm |
| 2.6 |
| 5 pm |
| 2.4 |
| 6 pm |
| 2.5 |
| 7 pm |
| 2.9 |
| 8 pm |
| 3.5 |
| 9 pm |
| 4.2 |
| 10 pm |
| 4.8 |
| 11 pm |
| 5.2 |
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