


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
959 FZPN36 KWBC 032200 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 300 PM PDT Sun Aug 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 trough near the California coast will persist tonight through Tue night. A high pressure center W of the waters will persist tonight through Tue while slowly drifting S and dissipating before a stronger high pressure center builds in from the west late Tue and then persists through Wed night. A weak front or surface trough will move across the N waters Wed night, the central waters Thu, and then dissipate Thu night. High pressure will the prevail across the remainder of the region Wed through Fri night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Huffman. Ocean Prediction Center.