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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
239 AM PDT Tue Jun 17 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 Sat night while high pressure remains
anchored well W of the region. A weak cold front will move into
northern waters today, then dissipate across the central waters
tonight into Wed. Another cold front will move towards the area
Fri night, move into N and central waters Fri night into Sat,
then dissipate across the southern waters Sat night.

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...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of
fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.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 10 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.

Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA

.TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less.
.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 12 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft.

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

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 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 7 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.

.Forecaster Shaw. Ocean Prediction Center.