Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
176 FZPN36 KWBC 092134 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 134 PM PST Sat Nov 9 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 will move NE this evening along a frontal system moving SE across the N portion of the waters. The frontal system will move SE of the area late tonight as high pressure briefly moves across the waters late tonight into Sunday morning. Another cold front will move SE into the N and central waters Sun night into Mon, reaching the S waters Mon night. High pressure will build into the area from the W and NW Mon night into Tue. A trough will set up along the central and S California coast Tue into Tue night. Yet another strong cold front will move into the N and central waters Tue night into Wed, then weaken across the S waters Wed night. Thereafter, strong high pressure will build in across the area Wed night into Thu. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...S to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 9 to 11 ft. Rain. .SUN...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 14 to 22 ft. .TUE...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 15 to 20 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 17 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 13 to 19 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 14 to 17 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 16 ft. .WED...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 17 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .Forecaster Futterman. Ocean Prediction Center.