Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
738 FZPN36 KWBC 162127 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 227 PM PDT Tue Jul 16 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 weak low pressure center over the northern California waters will pass N of the waters tonight. High pressure will build in from W and strengthen Wed through Thu night then persist just W of the area through Sat night. High pressure area just W of the waters will then merge with stronger high pressure to the W Sat and Sat night. A low pressure trough will remain near the California coast through Sun night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N 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 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...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 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 6 to 11 ft. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .Forecaster Musonda. Ocean Prediction Center.