Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
448 FZPN36 KWBC 100348 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 748 PM PST Sun Nov 9 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 low pressure trough will persist along the California coast tonight through Tue before dissipating Tue night. High pressure will enter into the N and central waters tonight into Mon. A cold front will move into the N waters Mon night then weaken Tue, before moving back to the N later Tue into Tue night. A stronger, complex low pressure system will pass by to the NW of the waters Wed, dragging a strong cold front E across the waters. The front will reach the southern waters Thu. Meanwhile, over the southern waters, high pressure today will drift W tonight through Tue, then drift back E across the southern waters Tue night through Wed night, eventually moving SE of the area Thu as the cold front reaches the southern waters. Thereafter, high pressure will build in from the W Thu night through Fri night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. .THU...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft. .FRI...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...E to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .FRI...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .Forecaster Hyde. Ocean Prediction Center.