Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
735 FZPN36 KWBC 140346 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 746 PM PST Thu Nov 13 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 strong low pressure system will drift SE over northern waters tonight with the strongest winds over the westernmost northern waters. An associated cold front will move over the central waters tonight before pushing through the S waters Fri into Fri night. High pressure will build in behind the front Fri into Sun ahead of the next cold front approaching from the NW. The cold front will move over the N and central waters Sun into Sun night before moving over the S water Mon into Mon night. High pressure to the NW and SW of the waters will build in behind the front Mon into Mon night. An inland trough will begin to form Mon night and persist into Tue and Tue night as high pressure remains SW of waters. Point St. George to Point Arena ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 15 to 27 ft. Scattered showers. .FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 21 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 18 ft. .MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 17 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 16 to 25 ft. .FRI...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 21 ft. Scattered showers. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 18 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 18 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .FRI...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.