Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
315 FZPN36 KWBC 232158 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 158 PM PST Sat Nov 23 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...An area of low pressure centered W of the northern waters will move E across the waters tonight into Sun. The low will drag a weak cold front across the central and southern waters Sun and Sun night. An additional weak surface trough will extend S from broad low pressure N of the area and move E across the northern waters Mon 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 night and persist through Thu night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers. Scattered tstms. .SUN...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Scattered showers. .MON...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers. .MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S to SW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Chance of rain. .MON...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Chance of rain. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 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 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .Forecaster Musonda. Ocean Prediction Center.