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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
&#9;July 26, 2012</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">West Marine, Inc.</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; width: 60%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"> 500 Westridge Drive<BR>
Watsonville, California 95076 </TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 60%"> (831) 728-2700</TD>
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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2.02.&#9;Results of Operations and Financial Condition.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On July 26, 2012, West Marine, Inc. issued a press release announcing
its condensed consolidated financial results for the 13-week period (second quarter) ended June 30, 2012 and for the 26-week period
ended June 30, 2012. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The press release contains disclosure of adjusted net income
and adjusted earnings per share for the fiscal second quarter 2011 and the first 26 weeks of 2011. Adjusted net income and adjusted
earnings per share are not measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States (&ldquo;GAAP&rdquo;). The press release contains tabular reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to net
income and earnings per share calculated in accordance with GAAP. We believe the 2011 income tax benefit from the release of substantially
all of our valuation allowance is an aberration and, therefore, to provide a more useful comparison with past and future earnings,
the non-GAAP measures remove income tax expense (benefit) as reported and apply our 2012 effective tax rate of 40.6% and 40.3%
to fiscal second quarter 2011 and the first 26 weeks of 2011 pre-tax income, respectively. Management believes these non-GAAP measures
provide a more meaningful view of our year-over-year earnings and per-share performance trends. Management has reconciled these
non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in the tables included in the press release
filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. These non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute
for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The information required to be furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02
and Exhibit 99.1 of this report shall not be deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, except
if we specifically incorporate it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01.&#9;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 145pt; text-indent: -73pt">&#9;99.1&#9;Press Release dated
July 26, 2012 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">WEST MARINE, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">Date: July 26, 2012&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 46%">/s/ Thomas R. Moran</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: #000000 1px solid">Thomas R. Moran<BR>Senior Vice President and</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
	July 26, 2012
West Marine, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
0-22512
77-0355502
(State or other
jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
500 Westridge Drive
Watsonville, California 95076
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
(831) 728-2700
(Registrant's
    Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.02.	Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On July 26, 2012, West Marine, Inc. issued a press release announcing
its condensed consolidated financial results for the 13-week period (second quarter) ended June 30, 2012 and for the 26-week period
ended June 30, 2012. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
The press release contains disclosure of adjusted net income
and adjusted earnings per share for the fiscal second quarter 2011 and the first 26 weeks of 2011. Adjusted net income and adjusted
earnings per share are not measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States ("GAAP"). The press release contains tabular reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to net
income and earnings per share calculated in accordance with GAAP. We believe the 2011 income tax benefit from the release of substantially
all of our valuation allowance is an aberration and, therefore, to provide a more useful comparison with past and future earnings,
the non-GAAP measures remove income tax expense (benefit) as reported and apply our 2012 effective tax rate of 40.6% and 40.3%
to fiscal second quarter 2011 and the first 26 weeks of 2011 pre-tax income, respectively. Management believes these non-GAAP measures
provide a more meaningful view of our year-over-year earnings and per-share performance trends. Management has reconciled these
non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures in the tables included in the press release
filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report. These non-GAAP measures should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute
for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP.
The information required to be furnished pursuant to Item 2.02
and Exhibit 99.1 of this report shall not be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, except
if we specifically incorporate it by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01.	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a)	Not Applicable.
(b)	Not Applicable.
(c)	Not Applicable.
(d)	Exhibit:
99.1	Press Release dated
July 26, 2012 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02).
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
WEST MARINE, INC.
Date: July 26, 2012
By:
/s/ Thomas R. Moran
Thomas R. Moran
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer