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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 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.

PZZ899-130315-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A warm front just N of the
northern waters will advance N and away from the area today. A
complex area of low pressure will move across the central and
northern waters later today into Thu, dragging a strong cold
front E across the waters. The front will reach the southern
waters Thu and pass SE of the waters Thu night. Meanwhile, weak
high pressure will drift E over the southern waters today through
tonight, eventually moving SE of the area Thu. Thereafter, high
pressure will build in from the W Thu night through Fri night
behind the cold front. High pressure will then weaken W of the
waters Sat and Sat night as a cold front approaches from the NW
Sat night. The cold front will move SE across the N and central
waters Sun and Sun night, with high pressure rebuilding over the
area behind the front.

$$

PZZ820-130315-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

...STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 15 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas
6 to 11 ft. Chance of rain.
.TONIGHT...S to SE winds 30 to 40 kt, increasing to 40 to 50 kt.
Seas 11 to 18 ft. Showers and isolated tstms.
.THU...S to SW winds 35 to 45 kt, becoming W to SW 25 to 35 kt.
Seas 16 to 23 ft. Rain, then showers.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to
30 kt. Seas 14 to 23 ft. Showers.
.FRI...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.
.SAT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to
9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft.

$$

PZZ920-130315-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

...STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TONIGHT...S to SE winds 35 to 45 kt, increasing to 40 to 50 kt.
Seas 9 to 16 ft. Rain.
.THU...N to NW winds 40 to 50 kt, becoming NW 35 to 45 kt. Seas
15 to 25 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 30 to 40 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt.
Seas 15 to 25 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to
17 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas
8 to 11 ft.
.SAT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 9 to
13 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft.

$$

PZZ825-130315-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Chance of rain.
.TONIGHT...S to SE winds 35 to 45 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. Showers
and chance of tstms.
.THU...S to SW winds 35 to 45 kt, becoming W to SW 15 to 25 kt.
Seas 11 to 19 ft. Showers likely.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 13 to 20 ft.
Showers likely.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
8 to 12 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming NW. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.

$$

PZZ925-130315-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 35 to 45 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. Rain.
.THU...W winds 35 to 45 kt, becoming W to NW 20 to 30 kt. Seas
14 to 21 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 16 to 20 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to
9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft.

$$

PZZ830-130315-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Showers. Slight
chance of tstms.
.THU...SW winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
10 to 15 ft. Slight chance of tstms. Showers.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
10 to 17 ft. Showers likely.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 13 to 16 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to
10 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ930-130315-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 30 to 40 kt, becoming SW. Seas 10 to 16 ft.
Showers likely and slight chance of tstms.
.THU...W to SW winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt. Seas
11 to 17 ft. Chance of showers.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 13 to 18 ft.
Scattered showers. Scattered tstms.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 13 to 16 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
9 to 13 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to
9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.

$$

PZZ835-130315-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt, increasing to 25 to 35 kt. Seas
6 to 11 ft. Showers. Slight chance of tstms.
.THU...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. Showers and
slight chance of tstms, then rain.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW. Seas 9 to 16 ft.
Rain likely.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 13 to 16 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
7 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ935-130315-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Showers. Slight
chance of tstms.
.THU...W to SW winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt. Seas
9 to 14 ft. Showers and slight chance of tstms.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft.
Scattered showers. Scattered tstms.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 13 to 16 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 10 to 14 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ840-130315-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

.TODAY...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. Rain.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. Rain.
.FRI...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 9 to
15 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 6 to
11 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
5 to 9 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ940-130315-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

.TODAY...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. Rain.
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. Rain,
then scattered showers.
.FRI...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 7 to
10 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 7 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ945-130315-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
744 AM PST Wed Nov 12 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft. Rain likely.
.FRI...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 7 to 12 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas
8 to 12 ft.
.SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
8 to 12 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SUN...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Mills. Ocean Prediction Center.