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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
250 am 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


pzz530-232215-
san pablo bay, suisun bay, the west delta and  the san francisco
bay north of the bay bridge-
250 am pdt thu apr 23 2026

.today...nw wind around 5 kt, backing to sw this afternoon. 
.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. a slight chance of rain 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. 
.sun night...w wind around 10 kt, easing to around 5 kt after
midnight. 
.mon...w wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
.mon night...w wind around 10 kt, easing to around 5 kt after
midnight.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
250 am 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


pzz540-232215-
coastal waters from point arena to point reyes california out to
10 nm-
250 am pdt thu apr 23 2026

...small craft advisory in effect from this afternoon through
this evening...

.today...nw wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt this
afternoon. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at 8 seconds and
s 2 ft at 17 seconds. 
.tonight...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw
6 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 17 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at 8 seconds and
s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 9 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. a slight chance of
rain after midnight. 
.sat...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft at
9 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. a slight chance of rain. 
.sat night...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 7 seconds. 
.sun...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft
at 6 seconds. 
.sun night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
4 ft at 7 seconds. 
.mon...n wind around 5 kt, backing to w in the afternoon. seas
3 to 5 ft. wave detail: sw 2 ft at 11 seconds and nw 4 ft at
13 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 12 seconds and sw 2 ft at 12 seconds.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
250 am 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


pzz545-232215-
coastal waters from point reyes to pigeon point california out to
10 nm-
250 am pdt thu apr 23 2026

...small craft advisory in effect from this afternoon through
this evening...

.today...nw wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt this
afternoon. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 8 seconds. 
.tonight...nw wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft at 8 seconds and s
2 ft at 16 seconds. 
.fri...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft at
8 seconds. 
.fri night...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw
4 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. a slight chance of
rain after midnight. 
.sat...sw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft
at 8 seconds. a slight chance of rain in the morning, then a
chance of rain in the afternoon. 
.sat night...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 3 ft. wave detail: w
3 ft at 8 seconds and sw 3 ft at 9 seconds. 
.sun...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w 3 ft at
7 seconds. 
.sun night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
3 ft at 7 seconds. 
.mon...nw wind around 5 kt, backing to w in the afternoon. seas
3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 3 ft at 9 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
3 ft at 13 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
2.9 kt at 08:53 am thursday and 1.2 kt at 11:17 pm thursday.

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fzus56 kmtr 230950
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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
250 am 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


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waters from point arena to point reyes 10-60 nm-
250 am pdt thu apr 23 2026

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

.today...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 6 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw
7 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.tonight...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 7 to 9 ft. wave detail: nw
9 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 17 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 6 to 9 ft. wave detail: nw 8 ft at 8 seconds and
s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 6 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw
7 ft at 10 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. a slight chance of
rain. 
.sat...nw wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming w 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at 9 seconds and
s 2 ft at 14 seconds. a slight chance of rain. 
.sat night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 9 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.sun...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft
at 9 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.sun night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw
6 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.mon...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft
at 9 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft at 12 seconds and
s 2 ft at 13 seconds.  

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