Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
490 FZPN36 KWBC 242140 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 140 PM PST Sun Nov 24 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...Low pressure over the N waters will drag a weak cold front across the central and southern waters tonight. A weak surface trough will extend S from broad low pressure N of the area and move E across the northern waters late tonight through Tue. Meanwhile, a weak low will develop along the surface trough Mon and quickly move inland by Mon night. High pressure will then build in across the region Tue and persist through Thu night. The high will weaken across the waters Fri and Fri night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .MON...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Scattered showers. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Chance of rain. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Musonda. Ocean Prediction Center.