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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
309 PM PDT Sat Aug 2 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 near the California
coast will persist tonight through Tue night. A high pressure
center W of the waters will persist tonight through Tue night
while slowly drifting S and dissipating before a stronger high
pressure center builds in from the west Wed into Wed night. Also
a weak trough or cold front will move into the northern waters
Sun and Sun night before dissipating Mon. The next cold front
will skirt across the far NW portion Wed and Wed night, then
dissipate across the northern and central waters Thu and Thu
night.

Point St. George to Point Arena

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.

Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA

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

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

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

.Forecaster Huffman. Ocean Prediction Center.