Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
972 FZPN26 KWBC 161516 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 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. The National Weather Service is accepting public comments until July 29 2024 on a proposal to replace feet with meters when describing seas in a variety of National Marine Center text and graphical products for the Offshore and High Seas Areas only. To learn more please visit the following URL: https://ocean.weather.gov/proposed-meters.php PZZ899-170430- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A low pressure trough will continue along the California coast today through Thu night. High pressure will continue W of the waters through today, then weaken tonight as a cold front moves SE into the northern waters. The front will continue S across the central waters tonight before moving into the southern region Mon into Mon night. High pressure will briefly build across the far NW portion Sun night and Mon before weakening Tue. High pressure will rebuild NW of the area Thu into Thu night. $$ PZZ820-170430- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ920-170430- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Chance of rain. .MON...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ825-170430- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. $$ PZZ925-170430- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ830-170430- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .TUE...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. $$ PZZ930-170430- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ835-170430- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ935-170430- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ840-170430- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .MON...NW winds 25 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ940-170430- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ945-170430- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 816 AM PDT Sun Jun 16 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. $$ .Forecaster Shaw. Ocean Prediction Center.