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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 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.

PZZ899-080530-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A trough will weaken along the
California coast today into Wed. A cold front will move S into
the northern waters tonight, then continue moving slowly S
through the northern and central waters Wed through Thu while
gradually dissipating. Low pressure N of the waters will drift S
to near or just into the far northern waters Thu night and Fri,
then move inland and dissipate Fri night. A coastal trough will
build along the California coast Sat and Sat night as high
pressure builds across the waters from the W.

$$

PZZ820-080530-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 5 to
9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ920-080530-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 10 ft. Scattered tstms.
.THU...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to
9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to
20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ825-080530-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ925-080530-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ830-080530-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to
6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Areas
of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to
15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ930-080530-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ835-080530-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

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

$$

PZZ935-080530-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ840-080530-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ940-080530-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.THU...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to
7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ945-080530-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
833 AM PDT Tue Oct 7 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Joseph. Ocean Prediction Center.