000 FZPN28 KNHC 300218 OFFPZ8 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 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. PMZ101-301430- Synopsis for the E Pacific within 250 nm of Central America, Colombia, and within 750 nm of Ecuador 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 2023 .SYNOPSIS...A weak pressure gradient will support light to gentle winds across the region through Sun, increasing to moderate to fresh over the Gulf of Papagayo Mon. Expect slight to moderate combined seas primarily in S to SW swell. Areas of smoke from agricultural fires may persist over the offshore waters from northern Costa Rica to Guatemala. Looking, ahead, fresh to possibly strong gap winds may pulse across the Gulf of Papagayo and the coast of Nicaragua mainly at night by mid-week. $$ PMZ111-301430- Guatemala and El Salvador to 250 nm offshore- 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 2023 .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds, becoming 19 seconds late. Areas of smoke. .SUN...NW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in W swell. Period 18 seconds. Areas of smoke. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NW swell. Period 17 seconds. .MON...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .WED...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 17 seconds. .THU...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 17 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 18 seconds. $$ PMZ113-301430- El Salvador to North Costa Rica including the Gulfs of Fonseca and Papagayo- 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 2023 .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming NW 10 kt late. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Period 19 seconds. and areas of smoke through the night. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .SUN...Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, N to NE winds 10 kt, shifting to SW in the afternoon. Elsewhere, N winds 10 kt in the morning, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Period 18 seconds. Areas of smoke through the day. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the day. .SUN NIGHT...Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, SE to S winds 10 kt, shifting to NE to E late. Elsewhere, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming NE to E 10 kt late. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Period 16 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .MON...Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, NE to E winds 20 kt, becoming E 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the day. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and E to SE 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. .TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .WED...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 17 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 17 seconds. .THU...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Period 17 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 30 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and E 15 to 20 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Period 17 seconds. $$ PMZ115-301430- North Costa Rica to West Panama to 250 nm offshore- 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 2023 .TONIGHT...SW to W winds 10 kt, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the day. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON...Near the Azuero Peninsula, variable winds less than 5 kt. Elsewhere, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming SE to S 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the day. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and SE to S 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .WED...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 17 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 16 seconds. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 16 seconds. $$ PMZ117-301430- East Panama and Colombia including the Gulf of Panama- 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 2023 .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Period 18 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the day. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 kt Gulf of Panama, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...NW winds 10 kt Gulf of Panama, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt Gulf of Panama, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU...N to NE winds 10 kt Gulf of Panama, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt Gulf of Panama, and variable less than 5 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. $$ PMZ119-301430- Ecuador including the Gulf of Guayaquil to 250 nm offshore- 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 2023 .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .MON...Gulf of Guayaquil, variable winds less than 5 kt in the morning. Variable winds less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, E to SE winds 10 kt in the morning. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 17 seconds. .TUE...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Guayaquil, and S to SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Guayaquil, and S to SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 21 seconds. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. $$ PMZ121-301430- Ecuador between 250 and 500 nm offshore- 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 2023 .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .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 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 16 seconds. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 15 seconds. .THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 14 seconds. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S swell. Period 13 seconds. $$ PMZ123-301430- Offshore Galapagos Islands- 718 PM PDT Sat Apr 29 2023 .TONIGHT...S winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .SUN...S winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .MON...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S swell. Period 18 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 18 seconds. .WED...SE winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 17 seconds. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU...E to SE winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 19 seconds. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt Elsewhere, and variable less than 5 kt Lee of Galapagos Islands. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 18 seconds. $$ Forecaster Christensen