Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
718 FZPN36 KWBC 131547 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 847 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. 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 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. Point St. George to Point Arena .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 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 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. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW winds 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. .Forecaster Poche. Ocean Prediction Center.