


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
170 FZPN36 KWBC 222145 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 145 PM PST Sat Feb 22 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 high pressure ridge will persist across the central waters through Sun night. A strong cold front will move into the NW waters Sun night, and weaken as it moves into the central waters Mon and Mon night. A high pressure ridge will rebuild over the NW waters Mon night into Tue, then slowly weaken Tue night into Wed night. A weak trough will continue along the S and central California coasts through Sun night, strengthen slightly Mon into Tue, then gradually weaken Tue night into Wed night. A weakening cold front will move across the waters Thu into Thu night. Point St. George to Point Arena ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. Chance of rain. .SUN...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. Areas of fog and chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. Areas of fog and chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON...S to SW winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 17 to 27 ft. .MON NIGHT...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 17 to 27 ft. .TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 14 to 20 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. .WED...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. .THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 11 to 17 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less. .MON...SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 17 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 18 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. .WED...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to Guadalupe Island .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .Forecaster Achorn. Ocean Prediction Center.