410 FZUS56 KEKA 302136 CWFEKA Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwest California National Weather Service Eureka CA 236 PM PDT Thu Mar 30 2023 PZZ400-310415- 236 PM PDT Thu Mar 30 2023 .SYNOPSIS FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WATERS...Gentle westerly winds will gradually turn southerly over the next 24 hours. Gusts in the northern waters are expected to reach 21 kts by noon Friday with near gale force gusts in front of a weak storm early Saturday morning. Gentle to moderate northwest winds are then expected behind the storms late Saturday into next week. Seas will be largely controlled by the winds with short period seas under 6 feet into the weekend. A mid period swell of 8 to 10 feet at 12 seconds will build in early next week. $$ PZZ450-310415- Pt St George to Cape Mendocino out 10 nm- 236 PM PDT Thu Mar 30 2023 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. Chance of showers. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Waves SW 5 ft at 5 seconds. Showers likely. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves S 3 ft at 7 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves NW 4 ft at 8 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 8 ft at 12 seconds. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 9 ft at 11 seconds. $$ PZZ470-310415- Pt St George to Cape Mendocino 10 to 60 nm- 236 PM PDT Thu Mar 30 2023 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 6 ft at 9 seconds. Chance of showers. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Waves S 6 ft at 6 seconds. Showers. .SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves SW 4 ft at 7 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves W 5 ft at 8 seconds...and NW 4 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 12 seconds. .MON...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves NW 12 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Waves NW 11 ft at 11 seconds. $$ PZZ455-310415- Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena out 10 nm- 236 PM PDT Thu Mar 30 2023 .TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. Chance of showers. .SAT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves S 4 ft at 5 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves W 4 ft at 6 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves W 5 ft at 5 seconds...and NW 6 ft at 13 seconds. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 11 ft at 8 seconds. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 10 ft at 11 seconds. $$ PZZ475-310415- Cape Mendocino to Pt Arena 10 to 60 nm- 236 PM PDT Thu Mar 30 2023 .TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. Chance of showers. .SAT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves SW 4 ft at 6 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Waves W 5 ft at 8 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Waves NW 9 ft at 13 seconds. .MON...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Waves NW 12 ft at 9 seconds. .TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Waves NW 12 ft at 11 seconds. $$