Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
041 FZPN36 KWBC 050410 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 810 PM PST Wed Dec 4 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 weak low pressure trough will persist along the Oregon and California coast tonight through Sun night. Broad weak high pressure will persist SW of the waters tonight into Fri. Low pressure will pass just NW of the waters on tonight followed by a second low taking a similar path Thu and Thu night. High pressure will rebuild W of the waters Fri and Fri night. The high will persist Sat into Sat night and will begin to move NE Sun into Sun night. The low pressure trough will begin to strengthen over the coastline Mon into Mon night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Chance of rain. .THU...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 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 8 to 14 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...N to NW 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. .FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Chance of rain. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.