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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

California waters-
Inner waters from  60 nm to 150 nm offshore.
Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore.

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.

PZZ899-162230-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A low pressure trough along the
California coast will weaken today. A weakening cold front will
approach the NW portion today, move into the far NW part tonight,
then become stationary over the far NW waters while dissipating
Sun into Sun night. Weak high pressure will build over the waters
Mon through Wed night. Another weak cold front will move into
the N waters Mon night, where it will stall Tue and Tue night
before dissipating Wed.

$$

PZZ820-162230-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.WED...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ920-162230-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ825-162230-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable early,
then becoming S to SW. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.SUN and SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT through TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7
ft.
.WED...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W. Seas
5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ925-162230-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 5 to
7 ft.

$$

PZZ830-162230-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable early,
then becoming S to SE. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to
6 ft.

$$

PZZ930-162230-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT through TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ835-162230-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N to NE winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ935-162230-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...N to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT through TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7
ft.
.WED...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ840-162230-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable early, then
becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT through Tue...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT and WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ940-162230-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to
7 ft.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming NW. Seas 6 to
7 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE and TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ945-162230-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
312 AM PDT Sat Mar 16 2024

.TODAY...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE and TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Bancroft. Ocean Prediction Center.


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