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Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
811 FZPN36 KWBC 140952 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 252 AM PDT Sun Jul 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...A high pressure area will remain W and NW of the waters through tonight and thereafter become weaker Mon and Mon night. The area of high pressure will weaken further through Wed as a cold front approaches the northern waters later Wed and Wed night. A low pressure trough will persist along the California coast through Thu night, with a weak low forming over the central waters today and becoming nearly stationary through tonight then drifting NE Mon and Mon night and eventually dissipating by Tue. High pressure will build in from the W later Wed and Wed night and be centered to the W of the region Thu and Thu night. A cold front will enter the N waters later Thu and Thu night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.