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Special Marine Warning issued October 21 at 8:40PM PDT until October 21 at 10:45PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Special Marine Warning · East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island; Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands; Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands; Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands. Severe; likely; urgency: immediate.
- Bulletin issued
- 22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC
- First saved by us
- 22 October 2026 at 03:55 UTC
- Last included in a daily record
- 22 October 2026
The linked daily edition preserves what we captured that UTC day; this event page is not a live warning.
- Source classification
- Severe · Source alert
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- Issuer / area
- NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA · East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island; Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands; Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands; Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands
- Certainty / urgency
- Likely / Immediate
- Message expiry (not hazard end)
- 22 October 2026 at 05:45 UTC
- Forecast onset / end
- 22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC / 22 October 2026 at 05:45 UTC
Archived official description
SMWLOX The National Weather Service in OXNARD has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island... Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands... Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands... Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands... * Until 1045 PM PDT. * At 839 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 12 nm northeast of Point Conception to near Santa Rosa Island to 8 nm south of San Nicolas Island, moving northeast at 15 knots. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts to nearly 50 knots. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... West Point Santa Cruz Island... Santa Rosa Island... Anacapa Island... Point Conception... Ventura Harbor... San Nicolas Island... and San Miguel Island.
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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 03:55 UTC
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First saved record
Our first saved version of Special Marine Warning issued October 21 at 8:40PM PDT until October 21 at 10:45PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA. We have no earlier saved version to compare.
Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 03:40 UTC
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