Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
512 FZPN36 KWBC 150355 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 855 PM PDT Tue May 14 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...High pressure will persist to the N and NW of the waters through tonight. The area of high pressure will weaken Wed into Thu, and then restrengthen Thu night into Fri night. A coastal low pressure trough will persist through Sun night, varying in intensity each day. Weak area of high pressure will try to build over the southern California waters Sun. Point St. George to Point Arena ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. .WED...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE SUN NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.