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Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
343 FZPN36 KWBC 180325 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 825 PM PDT Wed Jul 17 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 build in from W and strengthen tonight into Thu night then persist just W of the area through Sat night. The high pressure area just W of the waters will then merge with stronger high pressure to the W Sat and Sat night. High pressure will then continue to build W and NW of the area Sun into Mon night, while a cold front approaches and then moves into the northern waters. A low pressure trough will remain near the California coast through Mon night. Point St. George to Point Arena ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE MON NIGHT... .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE MON NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .Forecaster Dawson. Ocean Prediction Center.