FZPN26 KWBC 291547
OFFPZ6
Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 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.
PZZ899-300430-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure will persist W of
the area today into Thu night while weakening, before another
high builds NW of the waters Fri into Sat night. A low pressure
trough will persist along the California coast today and tonight,
slowly strengthen Thu into Fri, then gradually weaken Fri night
into Sat night. A weak cold front will move over the northern
waters Fri and Fri night, move over the central waters Sat and
Sat night, then dissipate Sun and Sun night as it moves southward
into the southern waters. High pressure will weaken NW of the
waters Sun and Sun night as a coastal trough develops off
California Sun night.
$$
PZZ820-300430-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.FRI...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SUN...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
$$
PZZ920-300430-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SUN...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
8 to 10 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
$$
PZZ825-300430-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.FRI...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
$$
PZZ925-300430-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
7 to 9 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
$$
PZZ830-300430-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt. Seas
8 to 10 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.FRI...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
$$
PZZ930-300430-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to
8 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
$$
PZZ835-300430-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ935-300430-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NW. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 9 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to
7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
$$
PZZ840-300430-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
7 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ940-300430-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to
15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ945-300430-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
847 AM PDT Wed Apr 29 2026
.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
$$
.Forecaster Clark. Ocean Prediction Center.