


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
549 FZPN36 KWBC 150940 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 240 AM PDT Wed Oct 15 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...Low pressure along the central California coast and another along the southern California coast will both swing weak troughs over the central and southern waters this morning before dissipating this afternoon. High pressure will build across the NW portion today into Thu before weakening Thu night. A trough will develop along the coast tonight and persist into Fri before gradually weakening Fri night into Sat. A cold front will move SE across the northern waters Sat night through Sun. Another high will build overhead later Sun into Sun night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 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 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 13 to 20 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 20 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 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 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 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 winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.