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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
901 pm pst fri jan 23 2026

central california coast from point arena to point piedras
blancas out to 60 nm, including monterey bay, greater farallones,
and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries


pzz530-241815-
san pablo bay, suisun bay, the west delta and  the san francisco
bay north of the bay bridge-
901 pm pst fri jan 23 2026

.tonight...nw wind around 5 kt, veering to ne after midnight.
patchy dense fog late this evening and overnight.
.sat...ne wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. 
.sat night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.sun...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.sun night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.mon...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.mon night...ne wind around 5 kt. 
.tue...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.tue night...ne wind around 5 kt. a chance of rain after
midnight. 
.wed...ne wind around 5 kt. a chance of rain. 
.wed night...ne wind around 5 kt.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
901 pm pst fri jan 23 2026

central california coast from point arena to point piedras
blancas out to 60 nm, including monterey bay, greater farallones,
and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries


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coastal waters from point arena to point reyes california out to
10 nm-
901 pm pst fri jan 23 2026

.tonight...nw wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming ne 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. seas 5 to 8 ft. wave detail: sw 2 ft at 7 seconds and
nw 7 ft at 9 seconds. 
.sat...ne wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: sw 2 ft at 12 seconds and
nw 6 ft at 14 seconds. patchy dense fog in the morning. 
.sat night...n wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to e after midnight. seas
4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 14 seconds. 
.sun...e wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming se 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 13 seconds. 
.sun night...se wind around 10 kt. seas around 3 ft. wave detail:
w 3 ft at 12 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.mon...se wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at
8 seconds and w 3 ft at 13 seconds. 
.mon night...se wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: s
2 ft at 6 seconds and w 3 ft at 15 seconds. 
.tue...se wind around 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft
at 5 seconds and w 3 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tue night...e wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: s
3 ft at 5 seconds and w 5 ft at 13 seconds. a chance of rain. 
.wed...e wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 8 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at
6 seconds and w 8 ft at 12 seconds. a chance of rain. 
.wed night...n wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 7 to 9 ft. wave detail: w
8 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain in the evening.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
901 pm pst fri jan 23 2026

central california coast from point arena to point piedras
blancas out to 60 nm, including monterey bay, greater farallones,
and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries


pzz545-241815-
coastal waters from point reyes to pigeon point california out to
10 nm-
901 pm pst fri jan 23 2026

.tonight...nw wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to ne after midnight. seas
4 to 6 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 9 seconds and sw 2 ft at
12 seconds. 
.sat...ne wind 10 to 15 kt, backing to nw in the afternoon. seas
3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 13 seconds. 
.sat night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming e 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 14 seconds. 
.sun...e wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to se in the afternoon. seas
3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft at 12 seconds. 
.sun night...se wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to e after midnight.
seas around 3 ft. wave detail: w 3 ft at 12 seconds. 
.mon...e wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to s in the afternoon. seas
around 3 ft. wave detail: w 3 ft at 13 seconds. 
.mon night...e wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. seas around 3 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft at 13 seconds and
w 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tue...e wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 3 ft. wave detail: s 2 ft
at 8 seconds and w 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tue night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: sw
2 ft at 7 seconds and w 4 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain
after midnight. 
.wed...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft
in the afternoon. wave detail: w 6 ft at 12 seconds and s 2 ft at
15 seconds. a chance of rain. 
.wed night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: w
7 ft at 14 seconds and sw 3 ft at 15 seconds. a chance of rain in
the evening.  

.....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast.....

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 4 to 5 feet at 9 
seconds.

across the bar...swell can be more than twice as high across the
bar than surrounding waters. waves are also more prone to break,
particularly during strong ebb currents. maximum ebb current of
2.5 kt at 08:03 am saturday and 1.9 kt at 08:16 pm saturday.

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
901 pm pst fri jan 23 2026

central california coast from point arena to point piedras
blancas out to 60 nm, including monterey bay, greater farallones,
and cordell bank national marine sanctuaries


pzz570-241815-
waters from point arena to point reyes 10-60 nm-
901 pm pst fri jan 23 2026

...small craft advisory in effect until 3 am pst saturday...

.tonight...n wind 25 to 30 kt, easing to 20 to 25 kt late this
evening and overnight. seas 7 to 10 ft. wave detail: sw 2 ft at
7 seconds and nw 10 ft at 8 seconds.
.sat...n wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 6 to 9 ft. wave detail: nw 9 ft at 8 seconds and
sw 2 ft at 12 seconds. patchy fog in the morning. 
.sat night...n wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming ne 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at 10 seconds and
sw 2 ft at 12 seconds. 
.sun...se wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft at 12 seconds and
s 2 ft at 12 seconds. 
.sun night...se wind 10 to 15 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail:
w 4 ft at 13 seconds. 
.mon...se wind 10 to 15 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft
at 14 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.mon night...se wind 10 to 15 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail:
s 3 ft at 5 seconds and w 4 ft at 15 seconds. 
.tue...se wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: s 4 ft
at 5 seconds and w 3 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tue night...se wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: s
5 ft at 9 seconds and w 5 ft at 13 seconds. a chance of rain. 
.wed...e wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 6 to 9 ft. wave detail: s 5 ft at
9 seconds and w 9 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain. 
.wed night...n wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 8 to 10 ft. wave detail: w
9 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain in the evening.  

$$