Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
911 FZPN36 KWBC 080246 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 646 PM PST Fri Feb 7 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 cold front over the southern waters will pass SE of the area tonight. High pressure will build E and SE toward the northern and central waters through Mon while a low pressure trough persists along the California coast. The high pressure will then weaken and shift to SW of the southern waters Mon night into Tue night while the coastal trough weakens. Low pressure will form over the far northern waters by Tue and move SE to near Point Reyes and dissipate Tue night while pulling a weak cold front over the northern and central waters. The front will return NE as a warm front in advance of low pressure that will approach the NW portion Wed and Wed night. The low will push an occluded front and cold front into the NW waters Wed night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED...S to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TUE...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .Forecaster Musonda. Ocean Prediction Center.