Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
525 FZPN36 KWBC 171602 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 902 AM PDT Fri May 17 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 W of the N portion of the waters will strengthen today through Mon, then persist through Tue night. A coastal low pressure trough will persist through Tue night along the central and northern California coast. A weak cold front over the northern California waters will move S into the central waters later today and tonight and dissipate as it continues S towards the S waters Sat into Sat night. A weak area of high pressure will try to build over the southern California waters Sun. Point St. George to Point Arena ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SUN NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .MON...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .WED...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE MON... .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. .TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED 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 .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .Forecaster Achorn. Ocean Prediction Center.