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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

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.

PZZ899-201015-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS... A cold front will approach the
N waters tonight, then move into the northern waters Sun,
reaching the central waters Sun night and Mon while weakening.
The front will remain stationary across the central portion Mon
night before dissipating Tue as another high pressure ridge
builds across the area. The ridge will persist over the waters
into Wed, then weaken across the NW portion Wed night as an area
of low pressure approaches the N waters Wed night and moves just
N of the area Thu into Thu night.

$$

PZZ820-201015-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 5 to 8 ft. Chance of rain with vsby 1 nm or less.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU...S to SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 8 to 13 ft.

$$

PZZ920-201015-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 10 to
20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to
8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. Chance
of rain.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SE 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.THU...S to SE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
8 to 14 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas
8 to 13 ft.

$$

PZZ825-201015-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less early.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.THU...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ925-201015-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas
5 to 9 ft.
.THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
11 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.

$$

PZZ830-201015-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
8 ft.

$$

PZZ930-201015-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.THU...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ835-201015-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ935-201015-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ840-201015-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ940-201015-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N to NW.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ945-201015-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
149 PM PDT Sat Oct 19 2024

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Futterman. Ocean Prediction Center.