Offshore Waters Forecast (California)

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Offshore Waters Forecast
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
830 AM PDT Fri May 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.

PZZ899-160415-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A weak cold front moving
through the waters will dissipate near the central waters this 
afternoon. High pressure will then move E towards the region 
late today. This high pressure stalls W of the central waters 
tonight through Mon night with strengthening into early Sat 
night. A low pressure trough will slowly strengthen along the 
coast today through Sat night, then persist through Mon night 
before weakening Tue into Tue night. 

$$

PZZ820-160415-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft.
.SUN...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt.
Seas 8 to 14 ft. 
.MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. 

$$

PZZ920-160415-
Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

.TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft.
.SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 
.MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 

$$

PZZ825-160415-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to
15 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 25 to 35 kt, becoming 25 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to
15 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 12 to 20 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 12 to 20 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 12 to 18 ft. 
.MON...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 15 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 14 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. 

$$

PZZ925-160415-
Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 13 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 17 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 11 to 18 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. 
.MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. 

$$

PZZ830-160415-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM
offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 25 to 30 kt, increasing to 30 to 35 kt.
Seas 11 to 15 ft. 
.SAT...N to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 14 to 21 ft. 
.SUN...N to NW winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 16 to 21 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N to NW winds 30 to 35 kt, becoming N 25 to 30 kt.
Seas 15 to 18 ft. 
.MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 16 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. 

$$

PZZ930-160415-
Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM
offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 12 to 20 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 to 35 kt, diminishing to 25 to 30 kt.
Seas 12 to 17 ft. 
.MON...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 16 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. 

$$

PZZ835-160415-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and
150 NM offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 15 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 30 to 35 kt, becoming NW. Seas 14 to 17 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 14 to 20 ft. 
.SUN...NW winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 17 to 21 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 30 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt.
Seas 15 to 19 ft. 
.MON...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. 
.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. 

$$

PZZ935-160415-
Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM
and 250 NM offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 14 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 16 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 12 to 19 ft. 
.SUN...N winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 14 to 20 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 30 to 35 kt, diminishing to 25 to 30 kt.
Seas 14 to 19 ft. 
.MON...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 13 to 16 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 13 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. 

$$

PZZ840-160415-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM
and 150 NM offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. 
.SAT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft. 
.SUN...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 12 to 20 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 19 ft. 
.MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to
16 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas
6 to 11 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 

$$

PZZ940-160415-
Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. 
.SAT...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming 25 to 35 kt. Seas
13 to 19 ft. 
.SUN...N to NW winds 30 to 35 kt, becoming NW 25 to 30 kt. Seas
15 to 19 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt.
Seas 15 to 19 ft. 
.MON...N to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 16 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. 
.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt.
Seas 8 to 11 ft. 

$$

PZZ945-160415-
San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W-
830 AM PDT Fri May 15 2026

.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to
9 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. 
.SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 11 to 18 ft. 
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 12 to 18 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 11 to 17 ft. 
.MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas 9 to
15 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 6 to
11 ft. 
.TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 

$$

.Forecaster Clark. Ocean Prediction Center.