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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

California waters-
Inner waters from  60 nm to 150 nm offshore.
Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore.

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.

PZZ899-041030-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure will persist
across the waters through Sat night while slowly weakening. A
low pressure trough will continue along the California coast
through Fri, then weaken Fri night through Sat night. A
weakening cold front will approach the northern waters early
Sat, move slowly E and SE across the N waters late Sat and Sat
night, then move across the central waters Sun into Sun night
before dissipating. A warm front will lift NE of the northern
waters Mon into Mon night as high pressure builds to the W of
the S waters and a low pressure trough begins to strengthen near
the southern California coast. Another cold front will approach
the NW portion Mon night. The front will become stationary as it
moves into northern waters Tue before beginning to lift N as a
warm front Tue night.

$$

PZZ820-041030-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SUN...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to
14 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W. Seas 12 to
14 ft.
.MON...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 11 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to
20 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft.
.TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 9 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ920-041030-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt early,
then, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.SAT...S winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 12 to 14 ft.
.MON...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to
13 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft.
.TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
9 to 13 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 9 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ825-041030-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to
15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas
8 to 13 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt. Seas
10 to 13 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft.
.TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ925-041030-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 12 to 13 ft.
.MON...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 11 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ830-041030-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
7 to 11 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ930-041030-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to
15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W. Seas 10 to 13 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
10 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft.
.TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ835-041030-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ935-041030-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
7 to 11 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ840-041030-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to
11 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ940-041030-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ945-041030-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
242 PM PDT Thu Apr 3 2025

.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Shaw. Ocean Prediction Center.