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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 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


pzz530-241015-
san pablo bay, suisun bay, the west delta and  the san francisco
bay north of the bay bridge-
256 pm pdt thu apr 23 2026

.tonight...w wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.fri...sw wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.fri night...w wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. 
.sat...sw wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. 
.sat night...sw wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. 
.sun...sw wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. 
.sun night...w wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.mon...w wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
.mon night...w wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.tue...w wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
.tue night...w wind 5 to 10 kt.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 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


pzz545-241015-
coastal waters from point reyes to pigeon point california out to
10 nm-
256 pm pdt thu apr 23 2026

...small craft advisory in effect until 9 pm pdt this evening...

.tonight...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 7 to 8 ft. wave detail: nw
8 ft at 8 seconds and s 3 ft at 16 seconds. 
.fri...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at
8 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.fri night...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. a slight chance of
rain after midnight. 
.sat...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at
7 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. a slight chance of rain. 
.sat night...w wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 7 seconds and sw
2 ft at 14 seconds. a slight chance of rain. 
.sun...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at
7 seconds and sw 2 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain in the
morning. 
.sun night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 7 seconds. 
.mon...nw wind around 5 kt, backing to w in the afternoon. seas
3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft at 8 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
3 ft at 12 seconds. 
.tue...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 3 ft
at 7 seconds. 
.tue night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt after
midnight. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft at 7 seconds.  

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

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 5 to 7 feet at 13 
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
1.2 kt at 11:17 pm thursday and 2.2 kt at 10:23 am friday.

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 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


pzz560-241015-
coastal waters from pigeon point to point pinos california out to
10 nm-
256 pm pdt thu apr 23 2026

...small craft advisory in effect until 9 pm pdt this evening...

.tonight...nw wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt. seas 7 to
8 ft. wave detail: nw 7 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.fri...nw wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at 8 seconds and
s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft at 8 seconds and s
2 ft at 15 seconds. a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sat...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft at
7 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain. 
.sat night...w wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 10 seconds and
sw 3 ft at 11 seconds. a chance of rain. 
.sun...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at
7 seconds and sw 2 ft at 13 seconds. a chance of rain in the
morning. 
.sun night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 7 seconds. 
.mon...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft
at 6 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming n 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: sw 2 ft at 7 seconds and
nw 4 ft at 13 seconds.
.tue...n wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 3 ft at 8 seconds. 
.tue night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw
4 ft at 6 seconds.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 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


pzz570-241015-
waters from point arena to point reyes 10-60 nm-
256 pm pdt thu apr 23 2026

...small craft advisory in effect through friday morning...

.tonight...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 10 to 11 ft. wave detail: nw
10 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 17 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 8 to 10 ft. wave detail: nw 9 ft
at 8 seconds and s 3 ft at 15 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 7 to 8 ft. wave detail: nw
8 ft at 9 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.sat...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 6 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw 7 ft
at 9 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.sat night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 6 to 8 ft. wave detail: nw
7 ft at 9 seconds and s 3 ft at 14 seconds. 
.sun...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 7 to 8 ft, subsiding to 6 ft in
the afternoon. wave detail: nw 7 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at
13 seconds. 
.sun night...nw wind around 10 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail:
nw 6 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 12 seconds. 
.mon...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft
at 9 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw
6 ft at 9 seconds. 
.tue...n wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft
at 7 seconds. 
.tue night...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 6 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw
7 ft at 7 seconds.  

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fzus56 kmtr 232156
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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 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


pzz575-241015-
waters from pigeon point to point pinos 10-60 nm-
256 pm pdt thu apr 23 2026

...small craft advisory in effect through late tonight...

.tonight...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 8 to 9 ft. wave detail: nw
9 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 16 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 7 to 8 ft. wave detail: nw 8 ft
at 9 seconds and s 3 ft at 15 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 6 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw
7 ft at 9 seconds and s 3 ft at 15 seconds. a slight chance of
rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sat...w wind around 10 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw 7 ft
at 9 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. a chance of rain, mainly
in the morning. 
.sat night...w wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw
6 ft at 10 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. a slight chance of
rain in the evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. 
.sun...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft
at 8 seconds and sw 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.sun night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 12 seconds. 
.mon...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft
at 9 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 11 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.tue...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft
at 9 seconds. 
.tue night...nw wind around 15 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail:
nw 5 ft at 8 seconds.  

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