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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 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.

PZZ899-162215-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A trough along the California
coast will persist today through Mon night, weaken Tue and Tue
night, then restrengthen Wed and Wed night. A cold front will
move S across the waters today before dissipating near the
southern waters tonight. Also high pressure will build from the
NW today behind the front and expand SE through Mon night. The
high will then persist across the waters through Wed night.

$$

PZZ820-162215-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less early.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.

$$

PZZ920-162215-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.TODAY...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SUN...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...N winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

$$

PZZ825-162215-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ925-162215-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

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

$$

PZZ830-162215-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ930-162215-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

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

$$

PZZ835-162215-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.

$$

PZZ935-162215-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

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

$$

PZZ840-162215-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Areas of fog with
vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Areas of fog
with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ940-162215-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.

$$

PZZ945-162215-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
221 AM PDT Sat Aug 16 2025

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt early, then,
becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Areas of fog with vsby
1 nm or less.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. Areas of fog with vsby 1 nm or less.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 8 ft.

$$

.Forecaster Byrd. Ocean Prediction Center.