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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
805 AM PDT Mon Jun 16 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 trough will persist along the
California coast through Fri night. Strong high pressure will
persist W of the central waters through tonight, then weaken Tue
and Tue night as a cold front moves into the NW portion. The
front will move into the central waters Wed and Wed night before
dissipating across the southern region Thu. High pressure will
slowly build E towards the waters Wed into Fri, then will weaken
Fri night as the next front moves into the area.

Please see
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2025/
pns25-33_vobra_discontinuation_2025.pdf (all lower case)
for a proposal to discontinue this product.

Point St. George to Point Arena

.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA

.TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.

Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to
Guadalupe Island

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.

.Forecaster Futterman. Ocean Prediction Center.