687 FZPN28 KNHC 181628 OFFPZ8 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 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. PMZ101-190430- Synopsis for the E Pacific within 250 nm of Central America, Colombia, and within 750 nm of Ecuador 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 .SYNOPSIS...Fresh to strong winds will pulse nightly across the Gulf of Papagayo on Wed night through Fri night. Across the rest of the area, light to gentle winds will prevail through midweek. Enhanced long-period SW swell is forecast to reach the Equatorial offshores today with seas increasing by midweek. The swell will reach the Central America offshores by Mon. Otherwise, widespread convection will increase in coverage today which will impact the Central America and Colombia offshores. Coverage of the convective activity is expected to decrease tonight but still continue into Mon. $$ PMZ111-190430- Guatemala and El Salvador to 250 nm offshore- 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 .TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON...NE winds 10 kt in the morning, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 21 seconds. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .TUE...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...E winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. $$ PMZ113-190430- El Salvador to North Costa Rica including the Gulfs of Fonseca and Papagayo- 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 .TODAY...W winds 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .MON...Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, SW to W winds 10 kt in the afternoon. Variable winds less than 5 kt in the morning. Elsewhere, variable less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. Scattered showers. .TUE...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 19 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...N to NE winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and NE to E 10 to 15 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .THU...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and E 15 to 20 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .THU NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and E to SE 15 to 20 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. $$ PMZ115-190430- North Costa Rica to West Panama to 250 nm offshore- 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 .TODAY...SW to W winds 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...W winds 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. Scattered showers. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. Scattered showers. .TUE...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...SE winds 10 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .THU...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. $$ PMZ117-190430- East Panama and Colombia including the Gulf of Panama- 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 .TODAY...SW winds 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .MON...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 18 seconds. Scattered showers. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 20 seconds. .TUE...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 19 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Panama, and SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Panama, and W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU NIGHT...W winds 10 kt Gulf of Panama, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. $$ PMZ119-190430- Ecuador including the Gulf of Guayaquil to 250 nm offshore- 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 .TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .MON...Gulf of Guayaquil, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .TUE...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .WED...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. $$ PMZ121-190430- Ecuador between 250 and 500 nm offshore- 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 .TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming SE 10 kt late. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .MON...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .TUE...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .WED...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. $$ PMZ123-190430- Offshore Galapagos Islands- 928 AM PDT Sun Apr 18 2021 .TODAY...Elsewhere, SE to S winds 10 kt in the afternoon. Lee of Galapagos Islands, variable winds less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S 10 kt late. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .MON...SE to S winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. Scattered showers. .TUE...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .WED...E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .THU...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. $$ Forecaster Ramos