Sailing Conditions: Ventura - Oxnard - Channel Islands

Current Warnings
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Marine Weather Advisory

SWELL WILL NECESSITATE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
FOR TO HAZARDOUS SEAS OVER ALL THE COASTAL
WATERS. THE LARGE SWELL WILL ALSO CREATE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR WEST FACING HARBOR 
ENTRANCES SUCH AS MORRO
BAY AND VENTURA HARBOR. VERY LARGE BREAKERS WILL AFFECT ANYONE
ENTERING OR EXITING THESE HARBORS.

HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM
10 PM TODAY TO 6 PM MONDAY..
DURING THE PEAK OF THE EVENT...THE INNER
COASTAL WATERS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE WESTERLY
SWELL OF 6 TO 10 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 12 TO 14
SECONDS. THIS WILL TRANSLATE INTO BREAKERS OF
6 TO 10 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER SETS ON
WEST FACING BEACHES. AREAS THAT COULD
EXPERIENCE PARTICULARLY LARGE
WAVES INCLUDE VENTURA AND CHANNEL ISLAND 
HARBORS...MALIBU...AND
MANHATTAN BEACH.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 
SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA.
A PACIFIC STORM WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND..
BRINGING RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA. THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
THROUGH SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS COAST
AND VALLEY AREAS...

Outlook -
You'll need your foulies for weekend sailing
plus jackline and tether!

TODAY -
Rain, Drizzle, High near 60
VARIABLE WIND 10 KT OR LESS...THEN W 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON.
WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FT. W SWELL 3 TO 5 FT AT 12
SECONDS...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT AT 12 SECONDS. RAIN

TONIGHT...
Mostly cloudy with rain likely.
Lows near 50. Chance of rain 60 percent.
W WIND 10 KT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 7 TO 9 FT
AT 12 SECONDS. RAIN LIKELY.

SUN...
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers.
Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
NW WIND 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 3 FT. W SWELL 8 TO 10 FT AT
12 SECONDS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
.SUN NIGHT...NW WIND 10 TO 20 KT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 5 FT. W
SWELL 8 TO 10 FT. 

Local Notices to Mariners (download complete notice)
updated 15 March 05
Ventura Marina:
The dredging operations at the entrance to Ventura Harbor will be finishing
up late Friday afternoon.  The dredge will then move into the Stub Channel
at the entrance to Ventura Keys at approximately 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning.
They will remove materials that flowed out of the Arrundell Barranca during
the January and February rains. The Port District portion of the job will take
approximately 36 hours.

The City of Ventura has contracted the dredge to continue dredging the City's
portion of the Stub Channel. It will likely take several days to remove the newly
deposited spoils, which will benefit the residents of the Keys and other
boaters that transit the area.

All boaters should exercise caution around the dredge and the floating dredge
pipe.

For passing information, contact the dredge "Ryan W" on channel 16.

Caution: crabbers in small boats and kayaks near harbor mouth. Most
carry no lights

Fixed:
Channel buoy #8 watching properly
Channel buoy #9 watching properly

Local Observations-
Storm debris is subsiding, however, a great deal of particulate matter remains.

Ultraviolet (UVI) - moderate