Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
499 FZPN36 KWBC 052156 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 256 PM PDT Sat Oct 5 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 low pressure trough along the coast will persist through Thu night. A high pressure ridge will build across the NW waters tonight through Mon, then shift S and weaken Mon night. A cold front will approach from the NW Mon night then quickly dissipate Tue, followed by another cold front moving E into the NW waters Tue night and then gradually dissipating across the northern waters Wed and Wed night. High pressure rebuilds from the NW Thu and Thu night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .Forecaster Poche. Ocean Prediction Center.