Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
410 FZPN36 KWBC 030911 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 111 AM PST Wed Dec 3 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 low pressure trough along the California coast will remain in place through Sun night while high pressure persists to the W and NW of the area through Fri night. The area of high pressure will drift S to the W of the central and S waters Sat through Sun night. Weak low pressure over the inner southern waters this morning will dissipate by this afternoon. Another weak low pressure will develop across the inner central waters later today, then slowly drift S and SW across the area tonight before dissipating SW of the region Thu into Thu night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TODAY...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.