Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
485 FZPN36 KWBC 311602 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 902 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024 California waters- Inner waters from 60 nm to 150 nm offshore. Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore. Conditions given represent the highest within that period. Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure will remain centered to the W of the waters through Mon night. A coastal trough along most of the California coast will gradually weaken through Sat night. By Sun and Sun night it will be along the central and S California coast. A cold front is expected to cross the N waters Sun night into Mon before high pressure builds back across the N and central areas later Mon and Mon night. A trough of low pressure will redevelop along the California coast Tue and Tue night. A radiofax outage at Cambria has resulted in limited or no radiofax transmissions. Technicians have been notified. We apologize for the inconvenience. Point St. George to Point Arena .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.