Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
137 FZPN26 KWBC 130957 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 California waters- Inner waters from 60 nm to 150 nm offshore. Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore. 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. The National Weather Service is accepting public comments until July 29 2024 on a proposal to replace feet with meters when describing seas in a variety of National Marine Center text and graphical products for the Offshore and High Seas Areas only. To learn more please visit the following URL: https://ocean.weather.gov/proposed-meters.php PZZ899-132315- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A high pressure area will remain W and NW of the waters through Sun and become weaker Sun night through Wed night as a cold front approaches the northern waters later Wed and Wed night. A low pressure trough will persist along the California coast through Wed night, with a weak low developing and then moving offshore across the central waters tonight and becoming nearly stationary Sun and then drifting NE Mon and Mon night and dissipating by Tue or Tue night. $$ PZZ820-132315- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ920-132315- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ825-132315- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ925-132315- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Chance of rain. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 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, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ830-132315- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ930-132315- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. Chance of rain early. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Chance of rain. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ835-132315- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ935-132315- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ840-132315- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 5 to 15 kt early, then, becoming W to NW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ940-132315- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ945-132315- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 257 AM PDT Sat Jul 13 2024 .TODAY...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of rain. .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. $$ .Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.