996 FZPN28 KNHC 121654 OFFPZ8 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 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. PMZ101-130500- Synopsis for the E Pacific within 250 nm of Central America, Colombia, and within 750 nm of Ecuador 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 .SYNOPSIS...Fresh to strong NE to E winds across the Gulf of Papagayo region and Nicaragua waters will persist through the middle of the week. Winds are expected to reach near gale-force at night. Moderate to fresh NNE winds in the Gulf of Panama will change little into next week, except pulse to strong at night starting tonight through mid-week. The gale-force gap wind event in the Gulf of Tehuantepec region will continue to generate large N swell that will propagate through the Guatemala and El Salvador offshore waters through tonight along with locally strong winds for the Guatemala offshore area. $$ PMZ111-130500- Guatemala and El Salvador to 250 nm offshore- 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 .TODAY...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 10 to 16 ft in NW to N swell. Period 15 seconds. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N swell. Period 16 seconds. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .TUE...N to NE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S swell. Period 15 seconds. .WED...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 14 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S swell. Period 14 seconds. .THU...N to NE winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 14 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 14 seconds. $$ PMZ113-130500- El Salvador to North Costa Rica including the Gulfs of Fonseca and Papagayo- 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 .TODAY...Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NW swell. Period 15 seconds. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in N swell. Period 14 seconds. .MON...NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and NE to E 20 to 25 kt Elsewhere. Seas 7 to 11 ft in N to NE swell. Period 17 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and NE to E 20 to 25 kt Elsewhere. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. Period 16 seconds. .TUE...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and NE to E 15 to 20 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 ft in E to SE swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 25 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and NE to E 15 to 20 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Period 15 seconds. .WED...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and NE 15 to 20 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Period 15 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and NE 15 to 20 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Period 14 seconds. .THU...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Period 14 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and N to NE 10 to 15 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 14 seconds. $$ PMZ115-130500- North Costa Rica to West Panama to 250 nm offshore- 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 .TODAY...Near the Azuero Peninsula, NE winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, N winds 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .TONIGHT...Near the Azuero Peninsula, N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Elsewhere, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming NW 10 kt late. Seas 6 to 8 ft in SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and NW to N 10 to 15 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .MON NIGHT...Near the Azuero Peninsula, N winds 15 to 20 kt. Elsewhere, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W to NW 10 kt late. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and NW to N 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 14 seconds. .WED...NE winds 15 to 20 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and NW to N 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 14 seconds. .THU...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Period 14 seconds. $$ PMZ117-130500- East Panama and Colombia including the Gulf of Panama- 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt Gulf of Panama, and N to NE 15 to 20 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft in W to NW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .MON...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in W swell. Period 17 seconds. Scattered showers. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt Gulf of Panama, and N to NE 10 to 15 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in W swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Period 14 seconds. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Period 14 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt Gulf of Panama, and N to NE 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 13 seconds. .THU...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 15 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. $$ PMZ119-130500- Ecuador including the Gulf of Guayaquil to 250 nm offshore- 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 .TODAY...NW to N winds 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. Scattered showers. .TONIGHT...Gulf of Guayaquil, SW winds 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Elsewhere, variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .MON...Gulf of Guayaquil, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, NE to E winds 10 kt, shifting to NW to N in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Guayaquil, and NE 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 13 seconds. .WED...N winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 17 seconds. .THU...W to NW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 17 seconds. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. $$ PMZ121-130500- Ecuador between 250 and 500 nm offshore- 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 .TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 13 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 13 seconds. .WED...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 14 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S swell. Period 13 seconds. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S swell. Period 13 seconds. $$ PMZ123-130500- Offshore Galapagos Islands- 854 AM PST Sun Feb 12 2023 .TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SW to W swell. Period 17 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SW to W swell. Period 17 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW to W swell. Period 16 seconds. .WED...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. $$ Forecaster Ramos