3/3 to 3/6 Sailing Conditions for Ventura, Oxnard, Channel Islands

Outlook summary: Clearing

Friday
 Rain this morning. Locally heavy then turning to
showers  this afternoon.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.WIND SE 10 TO 20 KT IN THE MORNING
BECOMING W 10 TO 15
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 TO 3 FT.
W SWELL 6 TO 8 FT AT
13 SECONDS. 
Friday night:
 Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers this evening
then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.
NW WIND 10 KT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT
OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
W SWELL 5 TO 7
FT AT 13 SECONDS. 
Saturday:
 Partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.
Wind variable 10 kts or less

Saturday night
 Partly cloudy.
Lows in the lower to mid 40s.

Sunday
 Partly cloudy.
Highs in the 60s.

Sunday night
 Mostly cloudy. A 40 percent chance of rain after midnight.
Lows in the upper 40s.

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Current Warnings:
Small Craft advisory, high surf warning
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Ultraviolet (UVI) - high
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Ventura Sun rise/set
0619/1750

Moon: Waxing- Full 3/15

Ventura Tides -

03/03/2006 Fri 05:51AM LST 0.1  L  11:47AM LST 4.0  H
05:32PM LST 1.0  L  11:52PM LST 5.3  H

03/04/2006 Sat 06:57AM LST 0.3  L  12:57PM LST 3.2  H
06:03PM LST 1.7  L

03/05/2006 Sun 12:39AM LST 5.1  H  08:23AM LST 0.5  L
02:57PM LST 2.6  H  06:36PM LST 2.4  L    

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Local Notice to Mariners

Dredge currently working in Ventura Harbor is NOT slated for Channel Islands. No word yet on when that shoal will be dredged.

Dredging in Santa Barbar Harbor 2/28 to 4/15


Light List 3720 - Buoy #9 in Ventura is a Green Can (not black as it has been listed for a decade or so).

Red Triangle on the South Jetty has been replaced!

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