FZPN26 KWBC 031509
OFFPZ6
Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
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.
PZZ899-040415-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A cold front over the S waters
will move S of the area today. A high pressure ridge over N
waters today will lift N away from the area tonight. A coastal
trough will persist today, then gradually weaken tonight through
Sat night. The trough will redevelop along the S California coast
Tue through Tue night. A cold front will move E into the N and
central waters Tue. The associated area of low pressure will move
E into the central waters Tue night as the front moves S into
the southern waters.
$$
PZZ820-040415-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming SW. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...S to SE winds less than 5 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ920-040415-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to SE.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds less than 10 kt, becoming E 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
$$
PZZ825-040415-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
$$
PZZ925-040415-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
$$
PZZ830-040415-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
$$
PZZ930-040415-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
$$
PZZ835-040415-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to
9 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
$$
PZZ935-040415-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
8 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
$$
PZZ840-040415-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ940-040415-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ945-040415-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
809 AM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026
.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to
9 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
.Forecaster Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.