


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
950 FZPN36 KWBC 132144 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 244 PM PDT Mon Oct 13 2025 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...A cold front will move across the northern and central waters tonight, then through the southern waters later tonight into Tue night. An area low pressure will move S along the northern and central California coast tonight into Tue, then will weaken along the southern coast Tue night. High pressure will build across the NW portion Wed into Thu before weakening Thu night. A trough will develop along the coast Wed night and persist into Fri before gradually weakening Fri night into Sat. A cold front will move into the northern waters Sat night. Point St. George to Point Arena ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...N winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 11 to 17 ft. Scattered showers. .TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. Scattered showers. .TUE...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .Forecaster Shaw. Ocean Prediction Center.