Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
306 FZPN36 KWBC 270407 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 907 PM PDT Thu Sep 26 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...A cold front will move from N to S across the waters tonight into Fri. A coastal trough will develop along the California coast Sat and persist through Tue night. Strong high pressure will build to the W and NW of the waters Sat then drift NE over the OR/WA waters into Mon night. The high will weaken Tue and a cold front approaches from the NW Tue night. Point St. George to Point Arena ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SUN NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. .SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .MON...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 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 8 to 14 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to 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...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.