Offshore Waters Forecast (Washington/Oregon)

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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

Washington and Oregon 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.

PZZ898-161615-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.SYNOPSIS FOR WASHINGTON AND OREGON WATERS...High pressure will
slowly weaken N of the waters tonight through Fri night. A low
pressure trough will slowly strengthen tonight, then gradually
weaken and dissipate Fri through Sat night. Another high will
build S of the region Sat, then move N over the area Sat night
and Sun before shifting W of the waters Sun night through Mon
night while weakening. Weak low pressure will form over the
Oregon waters Sat and Sat night, then weaken over the region Sun
and Sun night. Another trough will form along the Oregon coast
Sun, then slowly extend N along the Washington coast Sun night
through Tue before weakening Tue night. A high pressure ridge
will build E over the region Tue and Tue night. 

$$

PZZ800-161615-
Cape Flattery to Cape Shoalwater between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E to NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas
4 to 5 ft. 
.MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas
4 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 6 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. 

$$

PZZ900-161615-
Cape Flattery to Cape Shoalwater between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming NW. Seas
5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. 

$$

PZZ805-161615-
Cape Shoalwater to Cape Lookout between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming E to SE. Seas
5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming E to NE.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON...N to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. 

$$

PZZ905-161615-
Cape Shoalwater to Cape Lookout between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...E to NE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming E 5 to 10 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N. Seas 4 to
5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to
7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. 

$$

PZZ810-161615-
Cape Lookout to Florence, OR between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas
4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to
7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. 

$$

PZZ910-161615-
Cape Lookout to Florence, OR between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas
5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.MON...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt.
Seas 6 to 7 ft. 

$$

PZZ815-161615-
Florence, OR to Point St. George between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to
5 ft. 
.SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to
6 ft. 
.MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. 

$$

PZZ915-161615-
Florence, OR to Point St. George between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
736 PM PST Thu Jan 15 2026

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 8 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. 
.MON...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 

$$

.Forecaster Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.