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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

California waters-
Inner waters from  60 nm to 150 nm offshore.
Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore.

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.

PZZ899-070430-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A ridge of high pressure will
persist over the N and central portions of the waters today. An
area of low pressure and an associated cold front will approach
the outer waters today and move E into the N and central waters
Sun into Sun night. The cold front will weaken while moving SE
across the area Mon into Mon night. Another cold front or low
pressure trough will approach the far NW portions Mon night. The
front will move S across the waters while weakening Tue into Tue
night. High pressure will build across the waters Wed through Wed
night.

$$

PZZ820-070430-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Isolated showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and slight chance of tstms.
.MON...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ920-070430-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
Isolated showers.
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
Isolated showers.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms.
Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.MON...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ825-070430-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ925-070430-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
Isolated showers.
.TONIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...W to SW winds less than 5 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms.
.MON...W to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ830-070430-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
4 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ930-070430-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ835-070430-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ935-070430-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Areas
of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...N to NW winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ840-070430-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

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

$$

PZZ940-070430-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ945-070430-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
817 AM PDT Sat Sep 6 2025

.TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.