FZPN26 KWBC 151518
OFFPZ6
Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 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.
PZZ899-160430-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A low pressure trough along the
California coast will persist through Mon night, weaken Tue, then
restrengthen Tue night and persist through Thu night. A weak
ridge will develop over the N waters Sun night and continue
through Thu night.
$$
PZZ820-160430-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU...Variable winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ920-160430-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.WED...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming S 10 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
$$
PZZ825-160430-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ925-160430-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ830-160430-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.MON...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ930-160430-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ835-160430-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ935-160430-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.MON...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ840-160430-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
$$
PZZ940-160430-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...N to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
$$
PZZ945-160430-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
818 AM PDT Sun Mar 15 2026
.TODAY...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than
10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.MON...N to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
$$
.Forecaster Shaw. Ocean Prediction Center.