


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
598 FZPN36 KWBC 070342 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC ISSUED BY NWS Honolulu HI 842 PM PDT Tue May 6 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 will move across the waters late tonight through Wed before dissipating Wed night. Also a surface trough along the coast will weaken tonight. High pressure will then rebuild across the region Thu and Thu night, and then persist through Sat. A cold front will move into the N waters Sat night into Sun before another low and associated cold front moves into N waters Sun night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N 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 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N 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 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .Forecaster Byrd. Ocean Prediction Center.