Marine Dense Fog in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters
Every marine dense fog event the National Weather Service has filed in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less over water.
The most significant on the map
The most significant marine dense fog episodes in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 4
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $15,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Marine Dense Fog in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters, April 17, 2015A fishing party of four men departed early on April 17 on a fishing outing from Bodega Harbor. Their overturned boat and two bodies were discovered near Tomales Point the following day. The bodies of the other two individuals were found over the next few weeks.
- Marine Dense Fog in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters, June 29, 2020A boat sank after striking the south jetty of the Suislaw River on 06/29/2020. The Coast Guard received the distress call at 29/0150 PDT. Three people were on board, two died and one was rescued.
- Marine Dense Fog in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters, September 26, 2021Just before 9:30 AM PDT, the USCG received a report of a capsized vessel just outside of the Umpqua River Bar. The boat was a 22 ft pleasure craft with 5 people on board. Three made it to shore with assistance.
- Marine Dense Fog in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters, March 26, 2022A fishing vessel White Swan III based on South Beach, Oregon sank in the north end of Heceta Banks fishing area, about 35 miles west of Florence, Oregon. Coast Guard Sector North Bend dispatched a helicopter which found the vessel, but due to heavy fog had to return to base.
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Marine Dense Fog everywhereEvery kind of event in Eastern Pacific Coastal Waters
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01.