


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
892 FZPN36 KWBC 172134 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 234 PM PDT Fri Oct 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 along the California Coast will persist tonight through Sat. A cold front will move S over the N waters tonight before dissipating. Then another cold front will move in across the N waters Sat night through Sun, then dissipate across the central waters late Sun. A coastal trough will rebuild along the northern and central California Coastal waters Sun night into Mon and persist through Mon night then weaken Tue through Wed and dissipate Wed night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft, building to 8 to 14 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 18 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .Forecaster Byrd. Ocean Prediction Center.