FZPN36 KWBC 091547

OFFN36



Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast

NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC

ISSUED BY NWS Honolulu HI

847 AM PDT Fri May 9 2025



California waters-

Inner waters from  60 nm to 150 nm offshore.

Outer waters from 150 nm to 250 nm offshore.



Conditions given represent the highest within that period.



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.



.SYNOPSIS FOR CALIFORNIA WATERS...High pressure located over the

N and central waters will weaken today into tonight. A cold 

front will move E into the northern waters later tonight into 

Sat, then dissipate across the central waters later Sat or Sat 

night. Behind the front on Sat night, another area of high 

pressure will build in across the N and central waters, then 

shift farther S over the central and S waters Sun through Mon 

night. A coastal trough will develop over central and S 

California Sun through early Mon, then weaken into Mon night. A 

cold front will approach the area Sun, move across the N and 

central waters Sun night and Mon, then through the southern 

waters later Mon and Mon night. A trough will develop along the 

entire coast Tue and Tue night as high pressure builds in from 

the N and NW of the region.





Point St. George to Point Arena



.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 

.TONIGHT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 

.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 

.SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 

.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 

.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 10 ft. 

.MON...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. 

.TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. 

.TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft. 



Point Arena to Santa Cruz Island, CA



.TODAY...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 

.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 

.SAT...N to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 

.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 

.SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 

.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 

.MON...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 15 ft. 

.TUE...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 14 ft. 

.TUE NIGHT...N to NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. 



Santa Cruz Island, CA to San Clemente Island, CA...south to

Guadalupe Island



.TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. 

.TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. 

.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft. 

.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 

.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 

.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. 

.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. 

.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft. 

.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft. 



.Forecaster Rowland. Ocean Prediction Center.