Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
137 FZPN36 KWBC 172055 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 155 PM PDT Sat Aug 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 across the waters tonight through Sun night. A weak area of low pressure will move slowly E across the N portions of the waters Mon into Tue then gradually weaken as high pressure builds in again from the W across all of the waters Tue night into Thu night. A trough will develop along the Central and S California coast Tue and persist through Wed before dissipating Wed night into Thu. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 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. .SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Futterman. Ocean Prediction Center.