000 FZPN28 KNHC 260730 OFFPZ8 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 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. PMZ101-261930- Synopsis for the E Pacific within 250 nm of Central America, Colombia, and within 750 nm of Ecuador 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 2023 .SYNOPSIS...Light to gentle winds and moderate seas north of the monsoon trough are expected to continue across the central American offshore waters north of Costa Rica through the weekend. Gentle to moderate southwesterly monsoonal winds are forecast for the offshore waters of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador through tonight, then become gentle. Seas building to 7 to 11 ft in long- period S to SW will propagate across the waters between Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands through tonight before slowly subsiding. Seas of 8 ft associated with this swell event will reach the offshore waters of western Panama and Costa Rica Fri into Sat. Reduced visibility due to haze from agricultural fires will persist across northern central American through at least tonight. $$ PMZ111-261930- Guatemala and El Salvador to 250 nm offshore- 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 2023 .TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .SAT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 18 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 17 seconds. .SUN...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S swell. Period 17 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S swell. Period 16 seconds. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S swell. Period 14 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. $$ PMZ113-261930- El Salvador to North Costa Rica including the Gulfs of Fonseca and Papagayo- 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 2023 .TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. Isolated tstms through the day. .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SAT...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the day. .SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SUN...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 15 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt Offshore Gulf of Papagayo, and SW to W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. $$ PMZ115-261930- North Costa Rica to West Panama to 250 nm offshore- 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 2023 .TODAY...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. Scattered tstms through the day. .TONIGHT...Near the Azuero Peninsula, NW winds 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Elsewhere, SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds, becoming 19 seconds late. .SAT...Variable winds less than 5 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the day. .SAT NIGHT...Near the Azuero Peninsula, variable winds less than 5 kt. Elsewhere, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming SW to W 10 kt late. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and SW to W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON NIGHT...W winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt Near the Azuero Peninsula, and SW to W 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 14 seconds. $$ PMZ117-261930- East Panama and Colombia including the Gulf of Panama- 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 2023 .TODAY...SW to W winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds, becoming 20 seconds in the afternoon. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the day. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 20 seconds. Scattered showers and isolated tstms through the night. .SAT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 9 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 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .MON...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 16 seconds. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Panama, and SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .TUE...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Period 16 seconds. $$ PMZ119-261930- Ecuador including the Gulf of Guayaquil to 250 nm offshore- 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 2023 .TODAY...Gulf of Guayaquil, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SAT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...Gulf of Guayaquil, SW winds 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Elsewhere, S winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Guayaquil, and S to SW 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt Gulf of Guayaquil, and S 10 kt Elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TUE...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. $$ PMZ121-261930- Ecuador between 250 and 500 nm offshore- 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 2023 .TODAY...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SAT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .SUN...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .MON...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 14 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 14 seconds. .TUE...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 13 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Period 13 seconds. $$ PMZ123-261930- Offshore Galapagos Islands- 1230 AM PDT Fri May 26 2023 .TODAY...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S to SW swell. Period 19 seconds. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S to SW swell. Period 18 seconds. .SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. Period 17 seconds. .SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .SUN...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 15 seconds. .MON...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S to SW swell. Period 16 seconds. .TUE...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 15 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Period 14 seconds. $$ Forecaster KONARIK