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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 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.

PZZ899-242200-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A low pressure trough along the
California coast will persist through Sun night, while high
pressure continues W and NW of the waters. A cold front moving
over the N waters will dissipate today.

$$

PZZ820-242200-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE FRI NIGHT...

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas subsiding to 7 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming 25 to 35 kt. Seas
building to 8 to 14 ft.
.SAT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft.
.SUN...N winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas becoming 12 to 17 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft.

$$

PZZ920-242200-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY and TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 7 to 12 ft.
.SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 8 to 14 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.SUN...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas building to 10 to 17 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft.

$$

PZZ825-242200-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.FRI...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 9 to 13 ft.
.SAT and SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 10 to 17 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft.

$$

PZZ925-242200-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas building to 8 to 11 ft.
.SAT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas building to 9 to 13 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas becoming 11 to 14 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas building to 12 to 16 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 17 ft.

$$

PZZ830-242200-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to
9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.SAT NIGHT and SUN...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.

$$

PZZ930-242200-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9
ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11
ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft.

$$

PZZ835-242200-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7
to 9 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6
to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ935-242200-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9
ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas building to 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft.

$$

PZZ840-242200-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt early,
then becoming N to NW. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT and FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NW winds less than 5 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8
ft.

$$

PZZ940-242200-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.FRI and FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8
ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ945-242200-
San Clemente Island, CA to Guadalupe Island from 60 NM offshore
west to 120W-
250 AM PDT Wed Apr 24 2019

.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt early,
then becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT and SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Holley. Ocean Prediction Center.