Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
461 FZPN36 KWBC 222147 OFFN36 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 147 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 cold front extending S from low pressure to the N will move E and SE across the waters tonight. Another area of low pressure will develop W of the waters Sat, and will slowly move E into the northern waters Sat night into Sun before weakening into a trough Sun night. The low will drag a weak cold front across the central and southern waters Sun night through Mon 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. The low will dissipate late Tue into Tue night as high pressure builds from the W. The trough will persist across the N waters Wed and Wed night. Point St. George to Point Arena .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Rain. .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...S winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming W. Seas 7 to 13 ft. Chance of showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .SAT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. Scattered showers. .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...S to 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. Scattered showers with vsby 1 nm or less. .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 Musonda. Ocean Prediction Center.