FZPN26 KWBC 282148
OFFPZ6
Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 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.
PZZ899-291030-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A trough along the entire
California coast will persist tonight through Wed night, as
strong ridging remains anchored W of the waters. On Wed night
the ridge will move a bit more to the E towards the N waters,
then remain in place just W of the N waters Thu through Sat. As a
result, the trough will persist along the N California Coast Thu
through Sat but gradually weaken along the central and S
California coastline through that time. Any tropical activity
will remain well S of the area. Also a radiofax outage that
occurred at Point Reyes has ended and service has now been
restored. Thank you for your patience.
$$
PZZ820-291030-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.WED...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.THU...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ920-291030-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ825-291030-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.WED...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ925-291030-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.WED...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ830-291030-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft.
.WED...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ930-291030-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to
7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
$$
PZZ835-291030-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ935-291030-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft.
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft.
.WED...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft.
.THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ840-291030-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 4 to 7 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
$$
PZZ940-291030-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TUE...N to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft.
.WED...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft.
.WED NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft.
.THU...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
7 to 9 ft.
.THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft.
.FRI...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
$$
PZZ945-291030-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
248 PM PDT Mon Sep 28 2026
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.
.WED...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 5 to 8 ft.
.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to
7 ft.
.THU NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
$$
.Forecaster Futterman. Ocean Prediction Center.