Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
959 FZPN26 KWBC 100301 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC ISSUED BY NWS Honolulu HI 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 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. PZZ899-101630- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A low pressure trough will persist along the central and S California coast tonight, then shift N along the northern and central coast Wed through Sat night. High pressure just to the W of the central waters will persist tonight through Wed night, then drift N to the W of the N and central waters later Wed night through Fri night. The high will slowly weaken Sat and Sat night as a cold front moves into the N portions, then rebuild E across the area Sun and Sun night as the cold front dissipates. $$ PZZ820-101630- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...S winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ920-101630- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ825-101630- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ925-101630- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ830-101630- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ930-101630- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...N to NW winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ835-101630- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SAT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ935-101630- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ840-101630- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ940-101630- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ PZZ945-101630- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 701 PM PST Tue Dec 9 2025 .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .THU...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. $$ .Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.