Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
155 FZPN26 KWBC 101539 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC ISSUED BY NWS Honolulu HI 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 California waters- Inner waters from 60 nm to 150 nm offshore. Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore. 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. PZZ899-110330- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A low pressure trough will shift N along the northern and central coast today through Sat night. High pressure just to the W of the central waters will persist through this evening, then drift N to the W of the N and central waters later tonight through Fri night. The high will slowly weaken Sat and Sat night as a cold front moves into the N portions, then rebuild E across the area Sun and Sun night as the cold front dissipates. $$ PZZ820-110330- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ920-110330- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. $$ PZZ825-110330- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ925-110330- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ830-110330- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SAT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ930-110330- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ835-110330- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SAT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ935-110330- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ840-110330- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ940-110330- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ945-110330- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 739 AM PST Wed Dec 10 2025 .TODAY...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ .Forecaster Collins. Ocean Prediction Center.