Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
450 FZPN36 KWBC 222132 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 232 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 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 through Mon before shifting W and weakening between Mon night and Wed night. Additionally a trough will persist along the CA coast through tonight before weakening through Tue and dissipating Tue night. A weak cold front will move across the N waters Wed and Wed night. Then another front will pass over the waters Thu and Thu night. Then a coastal trough will rebuild along the CA coast Fri and strengthen Fri night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 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 5 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .Forecaster Byrd. Ocean Prediction Center.