Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM Marine Forecast
| Tonight...Nw To N Wind 10 To 15 Kt With Gusts To 20 Kt. Seas 5 To 6 Ft. Wave Detail: N 2 Ft At 4 Seconds And Nw 6 Ft At 10 Seconds. |
| Mon...Ne Wind 10 To 15 Kt. Seas 4 To 6 Ft. Wave Detail: Ne 2 Ft At 5 Seconds And Nw 5 Ft At 10 Seconds. |
| Mon Night...N Wind 10 To 15 Kt. Seas 4 Ft. Wave Detail: Ne 2 Ft At 5 Seconds And Nw 4 Ft At 9 Seconds. |
| Tue...Ne Wind 10 To 15 Kt, Becoming N 5 To 10 Kt In The Afternoon. Seas 3 To 4 Ft. Wave Detail: Ne 2 Ft At 5 Seconds And Nw 4 Ft At 10 Seconds. |
| Tue Night...Light Winds. Seas 3 To 4 Ft. Wave Detail: Nw 4 Ft At 14 Seconds. A Slight Chance Of Showers After Midnight. Patchy Fog After Midnight. |
| Wed...E Wind 5 To 10 Kt. Seas 4 Ft. Wave Detail: Nw 4 Ft At 13 Seconds. Patchy Fog In The Morning. A Chance Of Showers In The Morning, Then Showers Likely In The Afternoon. |
| Wed Night...Se Wind 10 To 15 Kt. Seas 4 To 5 Ft, Building To 5 To 7 Ft. Wave Detail: Se 3 Ft At 6 Seconds, S 2 Ft At 9 Seconds And W 5 Ft At 12 Seconds. Showers Likely In The Evening. Patchy Fog After Midnight. |
| Thu...Se Wind 10 To 15 Kt. Seas 6 To 8 Ft. Wave Detail: S 6 Ft At 8 Seconds And W 5 Ft At 12 Seconds. Patchy Fog In The Morning. Showers Likely In The Afternoon. |
| Thu Night...S Wind 10 To 15 Kt. Seas 6 To 7 Ft. Wave Detail: S 4 Ft At 7 Seconds And W 5 Ft At 12 Seconds. Showers Likely. |
| Fri...S Wind 10 To 15 Kt. Seas 6 To 7 Ft. Wave Detail: S 5 Ft At 8 Seconds And W 5 Ft At 11 Seconds. Showers Likely. |
| Fri Night...S Wind 10 To 15 Kt With Gusts To 20 Kt. Seas 6 To 8 Ft, Building To 8 To 10 Ft. Wave Detail: W 9 Ft At 10 Seconds And S 2 Ft At 10 Seconds. Showers Likely. |
| Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 225pm PST Sunday Dec 28 2025 Synopsis 28/146 PM. Mostly clear skies are expected through Tuesday with a warming trend. Gusty Santa Ana winds peak on Monday with strong and gusty winds likely. The winds will not be as strong Tuesday. Clouds will increase Wednesday with a chance of rain through Saturday. Short Term - Today through Wednesday ...28/212 PM. A few days of dry weather coming up but with a strong Santa Ana wind event developing today across portions of LA/Ventura Counties that will continue through at least Tuesday. The strongest period of wind will be later tonight through early Monday afternoon when offshore pressure gradients top out between 6 and 8mb and winds aloft peak close to 60 mph. As usual most of the LA Basin, San Gabriel Valley, and Antelope Valley will see little to no wind during this period, but elsewhere in LA County and most of Ventura County, along with the adjacent coastal waters out to the Channel Islands will see gusts between 30 and 50 mph with gusts in the mountains up to 60-70 mph. This will create a higher than normal risk of falling trees due to the recent rains that have saturated the ground. Santa Ana winds will continue into Tuesday with with less support aloft and gradients starting to trend onshore winds are expected to be as much as 50% lighter than Monday. Santa Ana winds are also known for creating very warm temperatures due to the downsloping effects off the mountains but in this case there is quite a bit of cold air advection that will likely minimize the warming, especially inland. Coastal areas will likely be the warmest, but probably only topping out in the lower or possibly mid 70s. Most valleys and inland areas will be in the 60s at most. Cold advection will be weakening Tuesday so there should be at least a few degrees of warming inland. Starting on Wednesday moisture from off the coast of Mexico will be moving into the area and rain chances will return by Wednesday evening, if not sooner. The latest NAM is quite a bit faster with the moisture advection, suggesting rain beginning as early as Wednesday morning, while most of the ensembles hold off until Wednesday afternoon or evening. In any case, it does look like 2026 will start off wet across all of southern California. Long Term - Thursday through Sunday 28/223 PM. Looks like at least 2-3 days of off and on rain showers to start the New Year, the heaviest of which being New Years Day and then again Friday night into Saturday when the upper low from the northwest merges with the moisture advection from the south. In between those times rain rates appear to be on the lighter side, mostly under a quarter inch per hour, and not raining all the time. Heavier rain expected on at the beginning and end of the event, though there is still a lot of uncertainty in the models with timing and rates. For the time being the forecast is calling for 1-3" of rain across coast and valleys and 2-5" in the mountains. Snow levels will be very high initially, well over 7000 feet but then lowering to around 7000 feet at the back end of the event later Saturday. Marine 28/1144 AM. For the Outer Waters, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. Today through Friday, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below Small Craft Advisory (SCA) levels across most of the Outer Waters. The only exception will be the waters south of the Channel Islands where there is a 60-70% of SCA (Small Craft Advisory) level northeast winds from tonight through Tuesday evening. For the Inner Waters north of Point Sal, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. There is a 30-40% chance of SCA level northeast winds tonight through Monday afternoon. Otherwise, winds and seas are expected to remain below SCA (Small Craft Advisory) levels through Friday. For the Inner Waters south of Point Conception, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. This afternoon through Tuesday afternoon, there is a 70-90% chance of SCA (Small Craft Advisory) level northeast winds from around Point Mugu down to Santa Monica and across the San Pedro Channel with a 60-80% chance of Gale force winds tonight through Monday afternoon. Otherwise, today through Friday, winds and seas are expected to remain below SCA (Small Craft Advisory) levels. NOAA Los Angeles/Oxnard CA Office: Watches - Warnings - Advisories CA...Wind Advisory in effect from 9pm this evening to 3pm PST Monday for zones 88-354-355-358-362-370>372-374-380. Wind Advisory remains in effect from 6pm to 10pm PST this evening for zones 369-375-378-379. High Wind Warning in effect from 10pm this evening to 3 PM PST Monday for zones 369-375-378-379. PZ...Small Craft Advisory in effect until 9pm PST this evening for zones 650-655. Gale Warning in effect from 9pm this evening to 3pm PST Monday for zones 650-655. Small Craft Advisory in effect from 9pm this evening to 3 PM PST Monday for zone 676. |
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