FZPN26 KWBC 032159 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 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. PZZ899-041030- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A high pressure ridge over the far NW portions this evening will lift N away from the waters tonight. A coastal trough will gradually weaken tonight through Sat night. The trough will redevelop along the S California coast Tue through Tue night. Weak ridging will persist W of the waters tonight through Mon, then gradually build E into the S waters Mon night through Wed night. To the N and W of the ridge, a cold front will move S into the N waters Tue into Tue night, while a second cold front farther S moves E into the central waters. The associated area of low pressure will move E into the central waters Tue night as the southern front moves S into the southern waters, pushing the ridge S. $$ PZZ820-041030- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 5 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. $$ PZZ920-041030- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SUN...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. $$ PZZ825-041030- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 5 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ925-041030- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. $$ PZZ830-041030- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ930-041030- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ835-041030- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. $$ PZZ935-041030- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ840-041030- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ940-041030- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ PZZ945-041030- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 259 PM PDT Fri Apr 3 2026 .TONIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .WED...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ .Forecaster Connelly. Ocean Prediction Center.