Small Craft Advisory

NWS Eureka CA · US

Updated

Details

Small Craft Advisory Remains In Effect Until 3 PM PDT This Afternoon... ...Small Craft Advisory In Effect From 11 PM Thursday To 5 PM PDT Friday

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-09-23 21:31:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-23 21:31:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-24 05:45:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-23 22:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

For the first Small Craft Advisory, north winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas 7 to 9 feet. For the second Small Craft Advisory, seas 6 to 11 feet expected.

Where

Waters from Pt. St. George to Cape Mendocino CA from 10 to 60 nm.

When

For the Small Craft Advisory, until 3 PM PDT this afternoon. For the Small Craft Advisory, from 11 PM Thursday to 5 PM PDT Friday.

Impacts

Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

Additional details

Steep westerly seas will rapidly increase late thursday through Friday morning. Seas may reach hazardous levels of 12 ft in northwest portions of this zone.

Instructions

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

Affected areas

Waters from Pt. St. George to Cape Mendocino CA from 10 to 60 nm

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Eureka CA
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-23 21:31:38 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~38s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M382WTXNED8SEZVQ7WG1TQG6
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.49eb52f5c0d054f095df7c9091c99f42a55f4589.001.1
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Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Eureka CA
AWIPS ID: CAPEKA
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.5627
WMO heading: XOUS56
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 56

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWEKA
WMOidentifier	WHUS76 KEKA 232131
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THURSDAY TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.CON.KEKA.SC.Y.0084.000000T0000Z-260923T2200Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-23T15:00:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Waters from Pt. St. George to Cape Mendocino CA from 10 to 60 nm

Name	Value
SAME	057470
UGC	PZZ470