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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 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.

PZZ899-240615-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A cold front will continue
across the southern waters as a trough moves E and SE across the
central and southern waters today into tonight. A ridge will
build E over the waters Sun into Sun night, then shift inland
Mon. A cold front will move SE over the area Mon into Mon night.
Yet another ridge will build SE over the region Mon night into
Tue night, before another cold front moves over the waters Tue
night through Wed night.

$$

PZZ820-240615-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

.TODAY...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Scattered
showers.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.MON...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 20 ft.

$$

PZZ920-240615-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming NW 20 to 30 kt.
Seas 11 to 16 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to
15 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to
15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 14 to 24 ft.

$$

PZZ825-240615-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

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

$$

PZZ925-240615-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

.TODAY...W winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming NW 20 to 30 kt. Seas
12 to 14 ft. Scattered showers.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
7 to 9 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 7 to
8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
8 to 10 ft.
.WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft.

$$

PZZ830-240615-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

.TODAY...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 14 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 11 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.WED...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to
10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.

$$

PZZ930-240615-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

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

$$

PZZ835-240615-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

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

$$

PZZ935-240615-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

.TODAY...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 14 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
7 to 9 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW. Seas 7 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ840-240615-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Chance of
rain.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 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 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ940-240615-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

.TODAY...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft.
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
7 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to
15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ945-240615-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
833 AM PDT Sat Mar 23 2024

.TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 16 ft.
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Joseph. Ocean Prediction Center.


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