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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 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.

PZZ899-021030-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A coastal trough will persist
along the entire California coast tonight through Thu, then
weaken Thu night through Fri night. A ridge of high pressure
will persist well W of the regional waters tonight through Wed,
advance E Wed night into Thu, then persist over the N and Central
waters Thu night through Sat night.

$$

PZZ820-021030-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ920-021030-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SE. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ825-021030-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NW.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ925-021030-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...W to NW winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W to NW.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ830-021030-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ930-021030-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...W winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ835-021030-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ935-021030-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ840-021030-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 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.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ940-021030-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 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.
.THU...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ945-021030-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
146 PM PDT Mon Sep 1 2025

.TONIGHT...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 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.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Futterman. Ocean Prediction Center.