Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
565 FZPN26 KWBC 011540 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 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. PZZ899-020530- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A trough of low pressure will persist along the California coast through Tue while high pressure remains along and W of central and S California. A cold front will enter the northern waters today, stall across the central waters Sat night, then return northward as a warm front later Sun and Sun night. Low pressure will move NE across the northern waters Mon afternoon into early Mon night, then dissipate N of the area Tue. A significant cold front will approach the area later Tue, then move E and SE across the N and central areas Tue night, then across the S waters Wed into Wed night. $$ PZZ820-020530- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT... .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. .WED...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming SW 20 to 30 kt. Seas 14 to 18 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 15 to 19 ft. $$ PZZ920-020530- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT... .TODAY...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 14 to 16 ft. Areas of fog. Chance of rain. Vsby 1 NM or less. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 12 to 14 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft. .MON...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .MON NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .TUE...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft. .WED...SW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming W 20 to 30 kt. Seas 15 to 22 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 16 to 22 ft. $$ PZZ825-020530- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT... .TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. .MON...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 10 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft. $$ PZZ925-020530- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT... .TODAY...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .TUE...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt. Seas 14 to 19 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 15 to 19 ft. $$ PZZ830-020530- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 12 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .WED...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 10 to 15 ft. $$ PZZ930-020530- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE TUE NIGHT... .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft. .MON...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TUE...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft. $$ PZZ835-020530- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED...S winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 8 to 14 ft. $$ PZZ935-020530- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 9 to 15 ft. $$ PZZ840-020530- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...W to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. $$ PZZ940-020530- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TUE...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 8 to 13 ft. $$ PZZ945-020530- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 840 AM PDT Sat Nov 1 2025 .TODAY...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. $$ .Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.