Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
Issued by NWS Los Angeles, CA
358 FZUS56 KLOX 031437 CWFLOX Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 737 AM PDT Sat Oct 3 2026 Point Piedras Blancas to San Mateo Point CA out 60 NM including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. PZZ600-040330- 737 AM PDT Sat Oct 3 2026 .Synopsis for the southern California coast and Santa Barbara Channel including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and National Park...at 12Z or 5 AM PDT, a 1021 mb surface high was about 800 NM NW of Point Conception, while a 1011 mb low was located in northern California. Hurricane Rachel was 930 NM southeast of Los Angeles and is expected to bring southerly swell to the coastal waters beginning Sunday. $$ PZZ645-040330- Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal westward out to 10 NM- 737 AM PDT Sat Oct 3 2026 .TODAY...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Areas of dense fog this morning with vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. .MON...Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. .TUE...Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds, NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 3 ft at 13 seconds. .WED...Light winds, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds, NW 2 ft at 11 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds. $$ PZZ670-040330- Point Piedras Blancas to Point Sal from 10 to 60 NM- 737 AM PDT Sat Oct 3 2026 .TODAY...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Local gusts to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 15 seconds. Areas of dense fog this morning with vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. .MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds, NW 3 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 6 seconds, SE 3 ft at 13 seconds and NW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog. .TUE...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds and SE 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 6 seconds, NW 3 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. .WED...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds, NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 6 seconds, NW 2 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. $$ PZZ673-040330- Waters from Pt. Sal to Santa Cruz Island CA and westward 60 nm including San Miguel and Santa Rosa Islands- 737 AM PDT Sat Oct 3 2026 .TODAY...NW wind 5 to 10 kt with local gusts to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds, NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 15 seconds. Areas of dense fog this morning with vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Local gusts to 15 kt in the evening. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. .MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds, SE 4 ft at 13 seconds and NW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening. .TUE...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and SE 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. .WED...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds, NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds, NW 3 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. $$ PZZ676-040330- Outer waters from Santa Cruz Island to San Clemente Island to 60 NM offshore including San Nicolas and Santa Barbara Islands- 737 AM PDT Sat Oct 3 2026 .TODAY...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Areas of dense fog this morning with vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 9 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. .MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds and SE 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 6 seconds and SE 4 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog in the evening. .TUE...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds, SE 4 ft at 12 seconds and NW 2 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds, NW 2 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. .WED...NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the morning, becoming light. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds, NW 3 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds, NW 3 ft at 10 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. $$ PZZ650-040330- East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 737 AM PDT Sat Oct 3 2026 .TODAY...Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight with vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...Light winds. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 9 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds. .MON...Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 8 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds. .TUE...Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .WED...Light winds. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. $$ PZZ655-040330- Inner waters from Point Mugu to San Mateo Pt. CA including Santa Catalina and Anacapa Islands- 737 AM PDT Sat Oct 3 2026 .TODAY...Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt this afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. .TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt with gusts to 15 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...Light winds, becoming N 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt in the evening, becoming light. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 14 seconds. .MON...Light winds, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 20 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .TUE...Light winds, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...W wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and S 3 ft at 13 seconds. .WED...Light winds, becoming W 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 6 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds. .WED NIGHT...W wind 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds, W 2 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds. $$ www.weather.gov/losangeles