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Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
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649 FZPN26 KWBC 170921 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 221 AM 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. 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. PZZ899-172230- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A high pressure ridge over the central waters will sag southward into the souther waters today. A cold front over the northern portion will move S into the central waters today, then will move into the southern area tonight before dissipating Sun. High pressure will build across the NW portion behind the front tonight through Mon night, then will weaken Tue. A low pressure trough will form along the California coast Sun and persist through Tue night before dissipating Wed into Wed night. $$ PZZ820-172230- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early in the morning. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Chance of rain. .SUN...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Isolated showers. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ920-172230- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Rain. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Chance of rain. .SUN...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ825-172230- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early. Scattered tstms. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ925-172230- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early in the morning. Scattered showers and tstms. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ830-172230- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Isolated showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ930-172230- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early. .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ835-172230- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Isolated showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ935-172230- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early in the morning. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers. .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 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ840-172230- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Isolated showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ940-172230- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt early, then, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Isolated showers. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 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. .WED...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ945-172230- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 221 AM PDT Sat Aug 17 2024 .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ .Forecaster Musonda. Ocean Prediction Center.