Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
687 FZPN36 KWBC 230356 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 756 PM PST Fri Nov 22 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...A weak cold front extending across the southern waters will dissipate tonight. Farther N, a surface trough extends across the northern waters and will move NE through late Sat and move inland by Sat night. Another area of low pressure centered well W of the northern waters will move SE tonight into Sat and then cross the waters Sat night 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 Monday night. High pressure will then build in across the region Tue night and persist through Wed night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .SUN...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SAT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .Forecaster Huffman. Ocean Prediction Center.