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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
257 AM PDT Sun Mar 24 2024

California waters-
Inner waters from  60 nm to 150 nm offshore.
Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore.

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

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.

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A ridge will build E over the
waters today into tonight, then shift inland Mon. A cold front
will move SE over the area Mon into Mon night before dissipating.
Yet another ridge will build SE over the region Mon night into
Tue night. Low pressure will move across the waters N of the area
and push a cold front SE across the region late Tue night through
early Thu night. The cold front will dissipate across the
southern waters later Thu night as another low pressure system
approaches and enters the outer northern and central waters.

Point St. George to Point Arena

.TODAY...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft.
.THU...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 13 to 19 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 12 to 16 ft.

Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA

.TODAY...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft.
.THU...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.

Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to
Guadalupe Island

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft.
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.

.Forecaster Krekeler. Ocean Prediction Center.


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