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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

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.

PZZ899-181115-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...Strong high pressure NW of the
area will build over the waters tonight through Mon night. A
cold front over the N waters will move S tonight. A trough will
develop along the California coast later tonight into Mon and
persist through Tue night as strong high pressure remains W of
the northern waters. Another cold front will move S across the
waters Wed and Wed night. The coastal trough will strengthen Thu
into Thu night as strong high pressure weakens while moving E
toward the region. The trough will then weaken Fri and Fri night.

$$

PZZ820-181115-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 nm and 150 nm
offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft.
.MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 9 to 13 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 12 to 15 ft.
.THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 9 to 14 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 7 to 11 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds diminishing to 10 to 15 kt, then becoming W.
Seas subsiding to 6 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ920-181115-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 nm and 250 nm
offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft.
.MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 8 to 10 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 9 to 13 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 11 to 15 ft.
.THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 8 to 13 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas subsiding
to 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt.
Seas becoming 6 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ825-181115-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 nm and 150 nm offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE WED NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming N. Seas 13 to 15 ft.
.MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas subsiding to 11 to 13 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft.
.WED...NW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming N. Seas 10 to 13 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas building to 12 to 16 ft.
.THU...N winds 30 to 35 kt, diminishing to 25 to 30 kt. Seas
becoming 14 to 17 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 11 to 16 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 8 to 12 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas subsiding to 6 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ925-181115-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 nm and 250 nm offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 15 ft.
.MON...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 10 to 13 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 11 to 14 ft.
.THU...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 7 to 12 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
subsiding to 6 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ830-181115-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 nm and 150 nm
offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE WED NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming N. Seas 14 to 16 ft.
Scattered showers.
.MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas subsiding to 12 to 14 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 10 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft.
.WED...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas building to 13 to 17 ft.
.THU...N winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 14 to 18 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds diminishing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 12
to 17 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas subsiding to 7 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ930-181115-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 nm and 250 nm
offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 15 ft.
.MON...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas becoming 11 to 14 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 11 to 15 ft.
.THU...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 13 to 16 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 8 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas subsiding to
6 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ835-181115-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 nm and
150 nm offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE WED NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 15 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 14 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas becoming 10 to 13 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 10 to 13 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas building to 13 to 17
ft.
.THU...NW winds 30 to 35 kt, becoming N to NW 25 to 30 kt. Seas
becoming 15 to 18 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 13 to 17 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds diminishing to 10 to 15 kt, then becoming 10
to 20 kt. Seas subsiding to 7 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ935-181115-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 nm
and 250 nm offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft.
.MON...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 14 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas becoming 10 to 13 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 10 to 13 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 11 to 16 ft.
.THU...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 13 to 17 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 17 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 9 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
subsiding to 7 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ840-181115-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 nm
and 150 nm offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE WED NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas subsiding to 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 7 to 13 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas
building to 9 to 16 ft.
.THU...NW winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to
10 to 18 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas
subsiding to 7 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas subsiding to 6 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ940-181115-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 nm and 250 nm offshore-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 14 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 10 to 13 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 8 to 10
ft.
.WED...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 9 to 15 ft.
.THU...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 11 to 17 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 16 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds diminishing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas subsiding to
10 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas subsiding to 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ945-181115-
San Clemente Island, CA to Guadalupe Island from 60 nm offshore
west to 120W-
151 PM PST Sun Feb 17 2019

.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8
to 14 ft.
.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds diminishing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas subsiding to 5 to 9 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 9 to 15 ft.
.THU...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
subsiding to 7 to 13 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas
subsiding to 6 to 10 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Musonda. Ocean Prediction Center.
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