Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
610 FZPN26 KWBC 122212 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 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. PZZ899-131145- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A weak area of low pressure will persist along the central California coast through Sat, weaken Sat night, then dissipate Sun. A weak trough will continue along the southern California coast through Wed night. High pressure will build across the region Sat night into Mon, then slowly weaken Mon night into Tue night. A cold front will move into the northern waters Tue night before becoming nearly stationary over the central waters Wed. The front ill lift back N as a warm front Wed night while high pressure builds into the central and northern waters. $$ PZZ820-131145- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...N to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...S winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. $$ PZZ920-131145- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...N to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to NE, then, becoming variable 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. $$ PZZ825-131145- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...E to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. $$ PZZ925-131145- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...N to NE winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. $$ PZZ830-131145- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ930-131145- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ835-131145- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable, then, becoming SW. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ935-131145- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ840-131145- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ940-131145- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ945-131145- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 212 PM PST Fri Dec 12 2025 .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. $$ .Forecaster Shaw. Ocean Prediction Center.