Bad weather and maybe a biggish wave at midday in Ventura

Feb 27 2010

Bad weather and maybe a biggish wave at midday in Ventura

Published by Capt. Dan at 09:25 under Capt. Dan,safety,safety at sea,Sailing

Not a Tsunami, but a nice picture all the same

The Coast Guard has warned that the weather is going to be lousy, proving that somewhere at CG headquarters there is a window and someone chose to look outside. They also issued a couple of common sense suggestions – make sure your boat is tied down adequately etc. etc. Read it all here.

But the risible part of their rather understated caution is that they failed to mention the minor Tsunami that is headed this way. The good news is that the Tsunami warning system seems to be working, activated this time in response to the 8.8 magnitude quake in Chile. Here’s the report.

HOWEVER…A MINOR TSUNAMI MAY BE RECORDED IN SOME AREAS OF THE COAST
WHICH COULD PRODUCE DANGEROUS CURRENTS AND SURGES IN HARBORS AND
BAYS. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE BEACHES AND MARINAS.
WAVE HEIGHTS AND CURRENTS ARE AMPLIFIED BY IRREGULAR SHORELINES AND
ARE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. WAVE FLUCTUATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIMES LISTED BELOW:

PORT SAN LUIS HARBOR…AT 1235 PM PST.
SANTA BARBARA HARBOR…AT 1231 PM PST.
SANTA MONICA HARBOR….AT 1225 PM PST.
SAN PEDRO HARBOR…….AT 1215 PM PST.

I don’t know of any way to monitor the Tsunami’s progress, but you can watch radar and satellite developments simultaneously at NOWCOAST.

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