


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
565 FZPN26 KWBC 050936 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 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. PZZ899-052215- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure will shift farther N today. A trough will persist along the California coast today, then shift N along the coast tonight into Mon night. The trough will weaken Tue into Wed, then reform along the northern California coast Wed night into Thu night. $$ PZZ820-052215- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 7 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ920-052215- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ825-052215- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 7 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ925-052215- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ830-052215- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ930-052215- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 8 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ835-052215- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...W to SW winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ935-052215- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .TUE...W winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 8 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ840-052215- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ940-052215- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ945-052215- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 236 AM PDT Sun Oct 5 2025 .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ .Forecaster Poche. Ocean Prediction Center.