FZPN26 KWBC 070356
OFFPZ6
Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 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.
PZZ899-071615-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure W of the waters
will gradually build E into the central and southern waters
tonight through Wed. A cold front will move S into the northern
waters Tue night, while a second cold front farther S moves E
into the central waters. The ridge will move S away from the area
Wed night. The front will continue to press SE over the central
and southern waters Thu into Sat night. The associated area of
low pressure will move E into the central waters late Wed into
Wed night, then slowly drift SE through the waters Thu into Fri
while gradually weakening. The low will dissipate as it moves
inland along the S California coast Fri night. Another area of
low pressure will approach the central waters while weakening Sat
into Sat night.
$$
PZZ820-071615-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...E to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.THU...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ920-071615-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Slight chance
of rain.
.WED...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Slight chance of
rain.
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.THU...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ825-071615-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ925-071615-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE...S winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 5 ft. Slight chance of rain.
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.WED...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ830-071615-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...W winds less than 5 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 5 to
6 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ930-071615-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ835-071615-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 4 to
5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.FRI...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ935-071615-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.WED...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
4 to 5 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ840-071615-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to
5 ft.
.FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 3 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ940-071615-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.THU...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.FRI...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SAT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ945-071615-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
856 PM PDT Mon Apr 6 2026
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
$$
.Forecaster Folmer. Ocean Prediction Center.