SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM PDT SATURDAY... SHORT-PERIOD AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM SATURDAY TO 3 AM PDT MONDAY... WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING, THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASE THORUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 40 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * SEAS...SHORT-PERIOD AND STEEP HAZARDOUS SEAS BETWEEN 10 AND 12 FEET WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN BUILD TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 FEET SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A GALE WARNING MEANS WINDS OF 34 TO 47 KNOTS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURING. OPERATING A VESSEL IN GALE CONDITIONS REQUIRES EXPERIENCE AND PROPERLY EQUIPPED VESSELS. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT MARINERS WITHOUT THE PROPER EXPERIENCE SEEK SAFE HARBOR PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF GALE CONDITIONS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND SPEEDS OF 21 TO 33 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVE CONDITIONS TO SMALL CRAFT. INEXPERIENCED MARINERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER VESSELS SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN THESE CONDITIONS.