


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
411 FZPN36 KWBC 081537 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 837 AM PDT Tue Jul 8 2025 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 cold front will approach the waters from the NW today, then weaken as it gradually moves across N portions of the area tonight. Thereafter, high pressure will rebuild NW of the waters Wed into Wed night and persist through Sat night. A low pressure trough near the California coastline will gradually weaken today, then strengthen tonight and Wed and persist into Fri night, before gradually weakening again Sat into Sat night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TODAY...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...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 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Ehrbar. Ocean Prediction Center.