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Special Marine Warning issued October 21 at 10:36PM PDT until October 22 at 12:30AM 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. Severe; likely; urgency: immediate.

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Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 05:36 UTC
First saved by us: 22 October 2026 at 05:40 UTC
Last included in a daily record: 22 October 2026
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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
Certainty / urgency: Likely / Immediate
Message expiry (not hazard end): 22 October 2026 at 07:30 UTC
Forecast onset / end: 22 October 2026 at 05:36 UTC / 22 October 2026 at 07:30 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... * Until 1230 AM PDT. * At 1035 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing waterspouts were located along a line extending from 7 nm east of Goleta Point to 7 nm southwest of Point Mugu, moving northeast at 30 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... Point Mugu... Anacapa Island... and Rincon Point.

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First saved record · 22 October 2026 at 05:40 UTC

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22 October 2026 at 05:40 UTC

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Our first saved version of Special Marine Warning issued October 21 at 10:36PM PDT until October 22 at 12:30AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA. We have no earlier saved version to compare.

Bulletin issued: 22 October 2026 at 05:36 UTC

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