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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
832 AM PDT Sat May 24 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...High pressure will persist
across the waters today into Sun, before shifting W and weakening
Sun night. A weakening cold front will reach the northern waters
Sun night, then dissipate Mon. High pressure will build E toward
the waters later Mon and Mon night, then persist Tue through Wed
night. A low pressure trough will develop along the coast Mon,
then persist through Wed night.

Please see
https://www.weather.gov/media/notification/pdf_2025/
pns25-33_vobra_discontinuation_2025.pdf (all lower case)
for a proposal to discontinue this product.

Point St. George to Point Arena

.TODAY...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to
Guadalupe Island

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

.Forecaster Holley. Ocean Prediction Center.