# Small Craft Advisory: Columbia River Bar — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-10-08 12:50 ingested 2026-10-09 02:49

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Small Craft Advisory — Columbia River Bar
Severity: Minor. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...Rough bar conditions expected. Northwest winds around
20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt. Seas 6 ft building to 8 to 9 ft
Friday afternoon. Ebb tide cycles may lead to locally higher
seas.

* WHERE...In the Main Channel of the Columbia River Bar.

* WHEN...From 11 AM to 6 PM PDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft,
especially when operating near to, or attempting to cross, the
Columbia River Bar.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Ebb current of 5.19 kt at 355 PM Thursday.
Seas 6 ft. Ebb current of 4.92 kt at 412 AM Friday. Seas 5 ft.
Strong ebb current of 5.72 kt at 437 PM Friday. Seas 9 to 10
ft.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.