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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

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.

PZZ899-010630-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure will remain
centered to the W of the waters through Mon night. A coastal
trough along most of the California coast will gradually weaken
through Sat night. By Sun and Sun night it will be along the
central and S California coast. A cold front is expected to
cross the N waters Sun night into Mon before high pressure builds
back across the N and central areas later Mon and Mon night. A
trough of low pressure will redevelop along the California coast
Tue and Tue night. A radiofax outage at Cambria has resulted in
limited or no radiofax transmissions. Technicians have been
notified. We apologize for the inconvenience.

$$

PZZ820-010630-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ920-010630-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.SUN...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.MON...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 9 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt. Seas
7 to 13 ft.

$$

PZZ825-010630-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ925-010630-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...W winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ830-010630-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.

$$

PZZ930-010630-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ835-010630-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 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 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N. Seas 9 to 12 ft.

$$

PZZ935-010630-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming N 15 to 25 kt. Seas
8 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ840-010630-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 15 to 25 kt. Seas
6 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ940-010630-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 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 11 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ945-010630-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
859 AM PDT Fri May 31 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 9 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.