815 FZPN28 KNHC 230356 OFFPZ8 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 Offshore Waters Forecast for the E Pacific within 250 nm of Central America, Colombia, and within 750 nm of Ecuador Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. PMZ101-231600- Synopsis for the E Pacific within 250 nm of Central America, Colombia, and within 750 nm of Ecuador 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 .SYNOPSIS...Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will persist near the coast and across the offshore waters of El Salvador and Guatemala through at least Wed as a trough of low pressure persists in the vicinity. Shower and thunderstorm activity might increase in the offshore waters from Nicaragua to Colombia starting Tue as a monsoon trough strengthens. Fresh gap winds off the Papagayo region are going to become moderate Mon morning but will pulse to fresh again on Mon night. Moderate to locally fresh southerly winds offshore from Ecuador will spread westward to near the Galapagos Islands Mon evening, then northward into the outer offshore waters of Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica Tue morning. Long-period southerly swell from the Southern Hemisphere will arrive on Tue, then gradually subside toward the next weekend. $$ PMZ111-231600- Guatemala and El Salvador to 250 nm offshore- 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON...N to NE winds 10 kt, shifting to SE to S in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE...NE winds 10 kt, shifting to S in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .THU...S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 15 seconds. .FRI...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 15 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 15 seconds. $$ PMZ113-231600- El Salvador to North Costa Rica including the Gulfs of Fonseca and Papagayo- 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 .TONIGHT...W winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON...NW winds 10 kt, shifting to SW to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE...Papagayo and Offshore Nicaragua, E winds 10 to 15 kt in the morning, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Elsewhere, S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED...Variable winds less than 5 kt Papagayo and Offshore Nicaragua, and SW 10 to 15 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt Papagayo and Offshore Nicaragua, and SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt Papagayo and Offshore Nicaragua, and SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 16 seconds. .THU NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .FRI...W winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt Papagayo and Offshore Nicaragua, and SW to W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. $$ PMZ115-231600- North Costa Rica to West Panama to 250 nm offshore- 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 .TONIGHT...W winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .THU NIGHT...W winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .FRI...Variable winds less than 5 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. $$ PMZ117-231600- East Panama and Colombia including the Gulf of Panama- 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 .TONIGHT...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SW swell. Period 17 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .WED...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .WED NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Panama, and SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. .FRI...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. $$ PMZ119-231600- Ecuador including the Gulf of Guayaquil to 250 nm offshore- 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON...S to SW winds 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .THU...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .FRI...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. $$ PMZ121-231600- Ecuador between 250 and 500 nm offshore- 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .THU...S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. .FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 13 seconds. $$ PMZ123-231600- Offshore Galapagos Islands- 856 PM PDT Sun May 22 2022 .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TUE...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .WED...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 15 seconds. .THU...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 15 seconds. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .FRI...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 14 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 14 seconds. $$ Forecaster Chan