Japanese Earthquake

A STRONG EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED BUT A TSUNAMI IS NOT
  EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
  BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA COASTS...

NO WARNING... NO WATCH AND NO ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS.

BASED ON THE DEPTH OF THE EARTHQUAKE WITHIN THE EARTH A TSUNAMI
IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA COASTS.

AT 928 PM PACIFIC STANDARD TIME ON DECEMBER 31 AN EARTHQUAKE WITH
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE 7.0 OCCURRED
SOUTH OF HONSHU JAPAN AT 371KM DEPTH.

Yet Another Storm Warning !

Marine Forecast
Winds
Issued 04:00 AM PST 31 December 2011
Today Tonight and Sunday Storm warning in effect.
Wind northwest 15 knots increasing to southeast 15 to 25 early this morning and to 25 to 35 early this afternoon. Wind increasing to southeast 35 to 45 late this afternoon except 40 to 50 northwest of Estevan Point late this evening overnight and Sunday morning.


Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PST 31 December 2011
Today Tonight and Sunday Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 5 after midnight.

Beach Clean Up- All Welcome

Another Storm Warning !

Winds
Issued 10:30 AM PST 29 December 2011
Today Tonight and Friday
Storm warning in effect.
Wind southeast 15 to 20 knots increasing to 30 to 40 this afternoon and to 40 to 50 early this evening. Wind diminishing to southwest 20 to 30 late this evening then increasing to southwesterly 30 to 40 before Friday morning. Wind veering to northwest 30 to 40 near noon Friday.
 
 
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PST 29 December 2011
Today Tonight and Friday
Seas 4 to 6 metres building to 6 to 8 before Friday morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 29 December 2011
Saturday
Wind northwest 20 knots increasing to southeast 25 to 35 in the afternoon.
Sunday
Wind southeast 25 to 35 knots veering to southwest 25 to 35 late in the day.
Monday
Wind southeast 25 to 35 knots becoming northwesterly 30 to 40.
 
 
Weather & Visibility
Issued 10:30 AM PST 29 December 2011
Today Tonight and Friday
Rain changing to a few showers late this evening and ending Friday evening.
 

Tsunami Debris Tracking Project

Here's a link to a site tracking tsunami debris.Whether the current beach finds are of tsunami origin or not it is important to plan for when a larger amount of debris makes landfall.Please comment if you find anything of interest....thanks,Ralph

http://www.oceanrecov.org/tsunami-debris/about.html

Japanese Lumber Source

The stamp on the Japanese lumber that is washing up on the coast is registered to this company....http://www.meihansenpaku.co.jp/carpentry.htm#

Another Storm Warning !

Winds
Issued 04:00 AM PST 26 December 2011
Today Tonight and Tuesday
Storm warning in effect.
Wind south 15 to 25 knots increasing to 25 to 35 early this morning and to 35 to 45 near noon except 50 northwest of Estevan Point. Wind becoming southwest 30 to 40 early this evening then diminishing to northwest 20 near midnight. Wind diminishing to light overnight then increasing to southeast 15 to 25 Tuesday morning. Wind increasing to southeast 25 to 35 Tuesday afternoon then becoming southwest 30 Tuesday evening.
 
 
Waves
Issued 04:00 AM PST 26 December 2011
Today Tonight and Tuesday
Seas 3 to 5 metres building to 5 to 7 late this afternoon then subsiding to 3 to 5 after midnight. Seas building to 5 to 7 Tuesday evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 04:00 AM PST 26 December 2011
Wednesday
Wind south 30 to 40 knots.
Thursday
Wind northwest 30 to 40 knots diminishing to southeast 20 to 30 late in the day.
Friday
Wind southeast 30 to 40 knots becoming northwest 35 late in the day.
 
 
Weather & Visibility
Issued 04:00 AM PST 26 December 2011
Today Tonight and Tuesday
Rain. Visibility 1 mile or less in rain.