10/29 & 30 Sailing Outlook for Ventura, Oxnard, Santa Barbara and Channel Islands

We're STILL putting together a cruising guide to Santa Cruz Island. We'd like your input on your favorite anchorages as well as places to avoid and hazards you've encountered.
Please send digital photos, too.

Outlook summary: Warm (near 70 at beach), winds about 10, moderate seas.

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Current Warnings:
Small Craft Advisory in outter waters.
CLICK FOR All WARNINGS for Oxnard, Ventura, East Santa Barbara Channel

Ultraviolet (UVI) - Moderate (UV 5)
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Ventura Sun rise/set (approx) Saturday
0609/1703

Moon: new (i.e. no) moon Sunday

Ventura Tide
click for complete tables including Channel Islands

11/29/2005 Tue 12:51AM LST 1.8  L  07:06AM LST 6.0  H
02:19PM LST -0.3 L  08:29PM LST 3.7  H
11/30/2005 Wed 01:22AM LST 2.0  L  07:36AM LST 6.3  H
02:57PM LST -0.7 L  09:15PM LST 3.7  H  

Local Notice to Mariners
• Dredging in Santa Barbara Harbor
• Yellow Research buoys, white 2 Fl, temporarily located within one mile of entrance to Port Hueneme.

SAFETY/SECURITY OF U. S. NAVAL VESSELS (REVISED)
The Coast Guard has established permanent regulations for the safety or security of U.S. Naval Vessels in the navigable waters of the Unit ed States. Effective
immediately Naval Vessel protection zones are established within 500 yards of any U.S. Naval Vessel. This includes any vessel owned, operated, chartered, or
leased by the U.S. Navy or under the operational control of the U.S. Navy. All vessels within 500 yards of a U.S. Naval vessel shall operate at the minimum
speed necessary to maintain a safe course and proceed as directed by the Official Patrol (a Coast Guard Commissioned, Warrant or Petty Officer; or the
Commanding Officer of a U.S. Naval Vessel or his or her designee). No vessel or person is allowed within 100 yards of a U.S. Naval vessel, unless authorized
by the Official Patrol. Vessels requesting to pass within 100 yards of a U.S. Naval Vessel shall contact the Official Patrol on VHF-FM Ch 16. Violations of
these regulations may be prosecuted as a felony punishable by a fine or imprisonment

Security zone for SF Bay. Concerns mostly ships of 300 gross tons, but
security zones affect small boats.
Summarized - stay away from bridge abutments, large ships and ESPECIALLY
stand clear of naval vessels.

See also the complete light list, updated to latest LNM