Sea of Cortez Southern Crossing Forecast

December 12, 2025, 3:09 am (UTC: -05:00)
Subject: Sea of Cortez Southern Crossing Forecast

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This forecast has not been reviewed. It was generated from an automatic model.

WARNINGS
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STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE GAP WINDS ARE OVER AND DOWNSTREAM THE
GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC, WITH ROUGH SEAS. ELSEWHERE, A SURFACE RIDGE
EXTENDS FROM HIGH PRESSURE N OF THE AREA TO ACROSS THE OFFSHORE
FORECAST WATERS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN
THIS RIDGE AND A TROUGH OVER WESTERN MEXICO IS SUPPORTING
MODERATE WINDS IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA, AS
WELL AS NEAR CABO CORRIENTES. LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS AND MODERATE
SEAS IN LONG PERIOD MIXED SWELLS ARE NOTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER
OF THE MEXICAN OFFSHORE WATERS, WITH SLIGHT TO MODERATE SEAS IN
THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA AND NEARSHORE SW MEXICO.
FOR THE FORECAST, FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY GAP WINDS WILL
PREVAIL IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC THROUGH FRI MORNING, WEAKENING
TO MODERATE TO FRESH THROUGH SAT. WINDS OVER THE TEHUANTEPEC
REGION WILL STRENGTHEN AGAIN ON SAT EVENING AND NIGHT, POSSIBLY
REACHING GALE-FORCE SUN NIGHT AND PREVAILING THROUGH EARLY TUE.
MAINLY GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS AND MODERATE SEAS WILL PREVAIL
ELSEWHERE, LOCALLY FRESH NEAR CABO CORRIENTES AND IN THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

SHORT-TERM SOUTHERN CROSSING (along 23N)
TODAY - Not available yet
TONITE - Not available yet
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SATURDAY NIGHT - Not available yet

LONG-TERM SOUTHERN CROSSING
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THURSDAY - Not available yet