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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
235 pm pdt sun mar 15 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


pzz530-161030-
san pablo bay, suisun bay, the west delta and  the san francisco
bay north of the bay bridge-
235 pm pdt sun mar 15 2026

.tonight...sw wind around 5 kt. 
.mon...e wind around 5 kt, backing to w around 5 kt in the
afternoon. 
.mon night...sw wind around 5 kt. 
.tue...ne wind around 5 kt. 
.tue night...w wind around 5 kt. 
.wed...n wind around 5 kt. 
.wed night...w wind around 5 kt. 
.thu...n wind around 5 kt. 
.thu night...w wind around 5 kt. 
.fri...nw wind around 5 kt. 
.fri night...w wind 5 to 10 kt.  

$$

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
235 pm pdt sun mar 15 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-
235 pm pdt sun mar 15 2026

.tonight...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.mon...nw 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 7 seconds and
s 2 ft at 18 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 18 seconds. 
.tue...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft
at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 17 seconds. 
.tue night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 16 seconds. 
.wed...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at
7 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.wed night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas around 4 ft. wave detail:
w 4 ft at 6 seconds. 
.thu...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft
at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.thu night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
5 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft
at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: w
6 ft at 7 seconds.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
235 pm pdt sun mar 15 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 reyes to pigeon point california out to
10 nm-
235 pm pdt sun mar 15 2026

.tonight...nw wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to around 5 kt. seas 3 to
5 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft at 8 seconds and sw 2 ft at
14 seconds. 
.mon...n wind around 5 kt, backing to nw in the afternoon. seas
3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft at 8 seconds and sw 2 ft at
19 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 18 seconds. 
.tue...n wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at
17 seconds. 
.tue night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 16 seconds. 
.wed...n wind around 5 kt, backing to nw in the afternoon. seas
3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at
15 seconds. 
.wed night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 7 seconds. 
.thu...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w 3 ft at
7 seconds. 
.thu night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at
7 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft, building to
5 to 7 ft after midnight. wave detail: w 5 ft at 8 seconds and s
2 ft at 13 seconds.  

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

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 3 to 4 feet at 17 
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
2.1 kt at 02:51 pm sunday and 1.9 kt at 03:27 am monday.

$$

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
235 pm pdt sun mar 15 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-
235 pm pdt sun mar 15 2026

...small craft advisory in effect through late monday night...

.tonight...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 7 to 8 ft. wave detail: nw
7 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 17 seconds. 
.mon...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw 7 ft
at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 19 seconds. 
.mon night...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 6 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw
6 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 18 seconds. 
.tue...n wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming nw 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 6 to 7 ft, subsiding to 5 ft in the afternoon.
wave detail: nw 6 ft at 7 seconds and s 2 ft at 17 seconds. 
.tue night...nw wind around 15 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail:
nw 5 ft at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 16 seconds. 
.wed...n wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft
at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.wed night...nw wind around 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail:
nw 5 ft at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.thu...n wind around 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft
at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.thu night...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 5 seconds and s 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas around 6 ft. wave detail: nw
6 ft at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 20 to 25 kt. seas around 7 ft. wave detail:
nw 7 ft at 6 seconds and s 2 ft at 13 seconds.  

$$