Small Craft Advisory

NWS Medford OR · US

Updated

Details

Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 5 AM PDT Thursday... ...Hazardous Seas Watch In Effect From Thursday Evening Through Friday Morning

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-23 20:15:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-23 20:15:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-24 09:15:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-24 12:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

For the Small Craft Advisory, north winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 6 to 9 ft at 11 seconds. For the Hazardous Seas Watch, very steep and hazardous seas 7 to 12 ft at 10 seconds possible.

Where

For the Small Craft Advisory, waters south of Port Orford. For the Hazardous Seas Watch, waters south of Cape Blanco but with the highest chances of very steep seas north of Gold Beach.

When

For the Small Craft Advisory, until 5 AM PDT Thursday. For the Hazardous Seas Watch, from Thursday evening through Friday morning.

Impacts

Very steep and hazardous seas could capsize or damage vessels. Bar crossing could become especially hazardous. * View the hazard area in detail at https://go.usa.gov/x6hks

Instructions

Consider altering your plans to avoid possible hazardous and very steep sea conditions.

Affected areas

Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Medford OR
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-23 20:15:56 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~57s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M37YJ7RJCKPDSWCQBTBQPAY8
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7a5fd5f4352eab4a4476b78bd2175e0332627b3f.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Medford OR
AWIPS ID: CAPMFR
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.3656
WMO heading: XOUS56
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 56

References

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWMFR
WMOidentifier	WHUS76 KMFR 232015
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT THURSDAY... ...HAZARDOUS SEAS WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KMFR.SC.Y.0076.000000T0000Z-260924T1200Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-24T05:00:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a7a389e39d0bb78b4ef856f13f8e1e8714672671.001.2,2026-09-22T12:55:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3cd5b87ef42fb39f2f6b829a08e26480e02bac15.001.2,2026-09-22T02:29:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a03652afa21eb49072f17f1be58645c73bd83b3d.002.2,2026-09-21T12:59:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7c1e77034af1b0cea35a143cd8886376d224c3b5.001.1,2026-09-21T02:28:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7883570618724f4f6d5fcde35e5efb518e3bd065.001.1,2026-09-20T13:35:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a6f030b0645b5b4e5b97ebbd1ff100d8bee71647.001.1,2026-09-20T00:58:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bfb48255d712809c166b6664b371804b5282de60.001.1,2026-09-19T14:18:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bf6f9a597a26e43ad71a9296dc1edb2770705429.002.1,2026-09-19T02:23:00-07:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.30a5dfff992acd5378ddb6ebc64fbf329359f82c.001.1,2026-09-18T13:38:00-07:00

Locations

Location data

Coastal waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA out 10 nm
Waters from Cape Blanco OR to Pt. St. George CA from 10 to 60 nm

Name	Value
SAME	057356
SAME	057376
UGC	PZZ356
UGC	PZZ376