Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
292 FZPN36 KWBC 231012 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 312 AM PDT Mon Sep 23 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 persist to the W of the waters today before shifting W and weakening tonight into Wed night. A low pressure trough will persist along the California coast while slowly weakening today through Tue before dissipating Tue night. A weak cold front will move across the N waters Wed and Wed night. Another cold front will pass over the northern waters Thu night into Fri. A coastal trough will redevelop along the California coast Fri and strengthen Fri night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .Forecaster Bancroft. Ocean Prediction Center.