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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 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.

PZZ899-170430-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A high pressure ridge will
gradually drift S through tonight, then persist across the
southern waters through Tue night. A low pressure trough will
persist over the California interior through Tue night. Weak low
pressure will approach the outer northern waters tonight, then
drift E across the zones before dissipating near the northern CA
coast Sat night. The low will push a cold front across the
northern and central waters tonight through Sat night. Behind the
front, high pressure will again build across the northern and
central waters through Sun night. Weak low pressure will approach
the northern portions Mon, slow near the outer waters Mon night,
then weaken near the waters Tue and Tue night as high pressure
builds into the region again.

$$

PZZ820-170430-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming E. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Scattered tstms.
.SAT...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and
tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft. Chance of rain.
.SUN...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ920-170430-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Rain.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft. Chance of rain.
.SUN...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ825-170430-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of
fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SAT...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less early. Scattered tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ925-170430-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
8 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW 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...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ830-170430-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less early.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ930-170430-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
6 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 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 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ835-170430-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...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...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ935-170430-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

$$

PZZ840-170430-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON...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 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ940-170430-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ945-170430-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
818 AM PDT Fri Aug 16 2024

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Shaw. Ocean Prediction Center.