Coastal Waters Forecast for Oregon / Washington

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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service Portland, OR
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

coastal waters from cape shoalwater washington to florence oregon
and westward 60 nm

pzz200-191215-
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

.synopsis for the southern washington and northern oregon coast...
offshore winds continue into early next week. seas remain below
10 ft through at least midweek.

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pzz251-191215-
coastal waters from cape shoalwater wa to cape falcon or out
10 nm-
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

.rest of today...ne wind around 5 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave
detail: ne 2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.tonight...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: ne
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: ne 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.mon night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: ne
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 15 seconds.
.tue...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 5 ft. wave detail: ne 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 14 seconds.
.tue night...e wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
5 ft at 13 seconds.
.wed...e wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at
12 seconds.
.wed night...se wind around 5 kt, veering to s around 5 kt after
midnight. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: sw 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.thu...w wind around 5 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft
at 13 seconds. a chance of rain in the afternoon.
.thu night...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain in
the evening, then rain likely after midnight.

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pzz252-191215-
coastal waters from cape falcon to cape foulweather or out 10 nm-
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

.rest of today...n wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail:
w 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.tonight...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: ne
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: e 2 ft at
4 seconds and w 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon night...e wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: e
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 15 seconds.
.tue...e wind around 5 kt. seas around 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft
at 14 seconds.
.tue night...e wind around 5 kt. seas around 5 ft. wave detail: w
5 ft at 13 seconds.
.wed...e wind around 5 kt, veering to s around 5 kt in the
afternoon. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 12 seconds.
.wed night...e wind around 5 kt, veering to s around 5 kt after
midnight. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.thu...w wind around 5 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft
at 15 seconds. a chance of rain in the afternoon.
.thu night...nw wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain in
the evening, then rain likely after midnight.

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pzz253-191215-
coastal waters from cape foulweather to florence or out 10 nm-
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

.rest of today...ne wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave
detail: w 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.tonight...e wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: e 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: e 2 ft at
4 seconds and w 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon night...e wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: e
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 14 seconds.
.tue...e wind around 5 kt. seas around 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft
at 14 seconds.
.tue night...e wind around 5 kt. seas around 5 ft. wave detail: w
5 ft at 13 seconds.
.wed...e wind around 5 kt, backing to n around 5 kt in the
afternoon. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 13 seconds.
.wed night...ne wind around 5 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail:
w 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.thu...ne wind around 5 kt, backing to nw around 5 kt in the
afternoon. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 14 seconds. a
chance of rain in the afternoon.
.thu night...n wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 15 seconds. a chance of rain.

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waters from cape shoalwater wa to cape falcon or from 10 to 60 nm-
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

.rest of today...e wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail:
e 2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.tonight...ne wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming e 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: e 3 ft at 4 seconds and w
4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon...ne wind around 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: e 3 ft
at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon night...ne wind around 10 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail:
ne 2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 15 seconds.
.tue...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: ne 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 6 ft at 14 seconds.
.tue night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: w
6 ft at 13 seconds.
.wed...e wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: sw 5 ft
at 12 seconds.
.wed night...nw wind around 5 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail:
sw 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.thu...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain in the
afternoon.
.thu night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 15 seconds. a chance of rain.

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waters from cape falcon to cape foulweather or from 10 to 60 nm-
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

.rest of today...ne wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave
detail: w 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.tonight...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: ne
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: ne 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: ne
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 14 seconds.
.tue...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: ne 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 6 ft at 14 seconds.
.tue night...ne wind around 5 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: w
6 ft at 13 seconds.
.wed...e wind around 5 kt, backing to nw around 5 kt in the
afternoon. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 12 seconds.
.wed night...nw wind around 5 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail:
nw 2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.thu...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 15 seconds. a chance of rain in the
afternoon.
.thu night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 15 seconds. a chance of rain.

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waters from cape foulweather to florence or from 10 to 60 nm-
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

.rest of today...e wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail:
w 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.tonight...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: ne
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.mon...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: ne 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 14 seconds.
.mon night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: ne
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 14 seconds.
.tue...ne wind around 5 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: ne 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 6 ft at 14 seconds.
.tue night...ne wind around 5 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: w
6 ft at 13 seconds.
.wed...n wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at
12 seconds.
.wed night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: n
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 12 seconds.
.thu...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: nw 2 ft
at 4 seconds and w 4 ft at 15 seconds. a chance of rain in the
afternoon.
.thu night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: n
2 ft at 4 seconds and w 5 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain.

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columbia river bar-
200 pm pst sun jan 18 2026

.in the main channel...

.general seas...around 4 ft through monday afternoon.

.first ebb...strong ebb current of 5.82 kt at 426 pm sunday. seas
 5 ft.

.second ebb...ebb current of 3.16 kt at 501 am monday. seas 4 ft.

.third ebb...strong ebb current of 5.89 kt at 500 pm monday. seas
 5 ft.

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