Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
668 FZPN36 KWBC 191523 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 723 AM PST Sun Jan 19 2025 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 low pressure trough will persist near the coast through Tue, weaken Tue night, then restrengthen Wed through Thu night. High pressure W of the area will gradually shift N today through Wed night while maintaining a ridge just W of the waters. The high center and ridge will drift W of the waters Thu and Thu night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TUE...E to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 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...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...E to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Joseph. Ocean Prediction Center.