Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
859 FZPN36 KWBC 071008 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 208 AM PST Thu Nov 7 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...High pressure over the NW waters will slowly weaken today into tonight as a high pressure ridge persists to the W and NW of the N and central waters. The high pressure ridge will drift farther S into the central waters Fri and Fri night and drift W of the waters Sat and Sat night. A low pressure trough will drift offshore of the California coast today into tonight. Low pressure will move NE and N of the area Sat into Sat night, pulling a cold front across the N and and into the central waters. A second cold front will approach the waters Sat night and move across the N and into the central waters Sun and Sun night. The front will continue moving SE across the central and into the S waters Mon and Mon night, with a high pressure ridge building across the NW waters. Point St. George to Point Arena .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .SUN...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .MON...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 21 ft. .MON NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 16 to 26 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 15 to 23 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.