Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
308 FZPN26 KWBC 230349 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 849 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. 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. PZZ899-231630- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .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 low pressure trough will persist along the California coast through tonight before weakening Mon through Tue and 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 and Thu night. A coastal trough will redevelop along the California coast Fri and strengthen Fri night. $$ PZZ820-231630- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft. $$ PZZ920-231630- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 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, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. $$ PZZ825-231630- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. $$ PZZ925-231630- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. $$ PZZ830-231630- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. $$ PZZ930-231630- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. $$ PZZ835-231630- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...Variable winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. $$ PZZ935-231630- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. $$ PZZ840-231630- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ940-231630- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON and MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT through FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ945-231630- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 849 PM PDT Sun Sep 22 2024 .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT and WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT and FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. $$ .Forecaster Bancroft. Ocean Prediction Center.