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Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
581 FZPN36 KWBC 080956 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 256 AM PDT Mon Jul 8 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 W of the waters will persist through Fri night. The high pressure area will then strengthen W and NW of the waters Wed through Thu. A weak cold front will move into the N waters Wed night and then dissipate over the central portions Thu. A low pressure trough will persist along the California coast through Fri night. Point St. George to Point Arena ...GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE THU NIGHT... .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early in the morning. .TONIGHT...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 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early in the morning. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .Forecaster Bancroft. Ocean Prediction Center.