FZPN26 KWBC 302118 OFFPZ6 Offshore Waters Forecast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 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. PZZ899-311045- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...A weak surface trough will persist along the California coast tonight through Tue then dissipate Tue night into Wed. A cold front will move across the N portions of the waters Tue night into Wed before reaching the central waters Wed night, and S waters on Thu. A secondary weak trough will move across the N waters Wed night into early Thu. High pressure will build W and NW of the area Thu into Thu night and persist through Fri night. A coastal trough will redevelop Thu and persist Thu night through Fri night. $$ PZZ820-311045- Point St. George to Point Arena between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...N to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...SW winds 15 to 25 kt, becoming W. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt, becoming NW 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 16 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ920-311045- Point St. George to Point Arena between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .TUE...N winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 16 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. .SAT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ PZZ825-311045- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming W 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ925-311045- Point Arena to Pigeon Point between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...E to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ830-311045- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ930-311045- Pigeon Point to Point Piedras Blancas between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to SW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ835-311045- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming variable early, then, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ935-311045- Point Piedras Blancas to Santa Cruz Island, CA between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable early, then, becoming W. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ840-311045- Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA between 60 NM and 150 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...W winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 12 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ940-311045- Santa Cruz Island, CA to 120W between 150 NM and 250 NM offshore- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. $$ PZZ945-311045- San Clemente Island, CA to 30N from 60 NM offshore west to 120W- 218 PM PDT Mon Mar 30 2026 .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. .SAT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ .Forecaster Futterman. Ocean Prediction Center.