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Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
501 FZPN36 KWBC 052121 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 221 PM PDT Fri Jul 5 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 slowly shift NW of the area tonight through Sat night. A weak area of low pressure will drift well W of the area into Sat. Another area of high pressure will persist NW of the central and northern waters today through Wed night while slowly drifting NW. A low pressure trough will persist along the California coast tonight through Wed night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Poche. Ocean Prediction Center.