Tsunami Advisory February 27, 2010

8.8 magnitude earthquake offshore Chile has generated a tsunami.  Estimated arrival time in our area is just after 1pm.

Wave heights have been generally < 5 feet, but everyone out fishing today should be aware and alert.

Too early to call 2010 the year of the earthquake?

... A tsunami advisory is in effect which includes the
   coastal areas of California - Oregon - Washington - British
   Columbia and Alaska from the California-Mexico border to
   Attu Alaska...

Persons in tsunami advisory areas should move out of the
water... off the beach and out of harbors and marinas.

Tsunami advisories mean that a tsunami capable of producing
strong currents or waves dangerous to persons in or very near
water is imminent of expected. Significant widespread inundation
is not expected for areas in an advisory. Tsunamis are a series of
waves potentially dangerous several hours after initial arrival
time. Estimated times of initial wave arrival for selected
sites in the advisory are provided below.

La Jolla-CA 1202 PST Feb 27 Yakutat-AK 1619 akst Feb 27
Santa Barbara-CA 1231 PST Feb 27 Kodiak-AK 1628 akst Feb 27
San Francisco-CA 1326 PST Feb 27 Sand Pt.-AK 1629 akst Feb 27
Crescent City-CA 1346 PST Feb 27 Juneau-AK 1635 akst Feb 27
Charleston-or 1402 PST Feb 27 Dutch Harbor-AK 1638 akst Feb 27
seaside-or 1446 PST Feb 27 Seward-AK 1639 akst Feb 27
Westport-WA 1457 PST Feb 27 Adak-AK 1642 akst Feb 27
Neah Bay-WA 1507 PST Feb 27 Valdez-AK 1657 akst Feb 27
tofino-BC 1515 PST Feb 27 Cordova-AK 1706 akst Feb 27
Langara-BC 1551 PST Feb 27 Cold Bay-AK 1709 akst Feb 27
Sitka-AK 1529 akst Feb 27 Shemya-AK 1721 akst Feb 27
Ketchikan-AK 1549 akst Feb 27 Homer-AK 1739 akst Feb 27
for arrival times at additional locations see
wcatwc.Arh.NOAA.Gov

Just read about it myself.
Stay safe coastal dudes!

Curious how this would affect the delta tides, if at all.  Anyone?

The delta is quite far from the ocean.  I'd imagine that it would not be noticeably affected at all, either by causing a sudden drop or rise in water levels or changing the timing of high and low tide.

I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure you will be just fine in the delta. 

I thought so, but was just curious.  Thanks.

Just got back from Monterey thet had all the beaches closed all the way down Asilomar. Ive seen bigger waves on A nice day. Kinda bummbed actually. 

My mom and sister were evacuated this morning from Captain Cook which is south of Kona on the Big Island.  Last thing I heard was that the ocean was being sucked out and all the coral was suddenly exposed. 

Latest: Tsunami warnings lifted everywhere but in Russia, Japan

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake.hawaii/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Got stuck in the "tsunami" at HMB.  Thought my ankles might get wet.  I was in the harbor and watched the water rise maybe a foot or more.  It came and went in less than a minute.

Did see a bunch o idiots fishing the breakwater while it happened.

Do they have to pay for the cost of their rescue?

Anyway pretty cool to see.