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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 16 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


pzz530-171030-
san pablo bay, suisun bay, the west delta and  the san francisco
bay north of the bay bridge-
256 pm pdt thu apr 16 2026

.tonight...n wind 10 to 15 kt. 
.fri...n wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to w in the afternoon. 
.fri night...w wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming sw after midnight. 
.sat...n wind around 5 kt. 
.sat night...w wind around 5 kt. 
.sun...sw wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.sun night...sw wind 5 to 10 kt. rain likely after midnight. 
.mon...s wind 5 to 10 kt. rain likely. 
.mon night...sw wind 5 to 10 kt. rain likely. 
.tue...s wind 5 to 10 kt. rain likely in the morning, then
showers likely in the afternoon. 
.tue night...sw wind 5 to 10 kt. a chance of rain.  

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fzus56 kmtr 162156
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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 16 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-
256 pm pdt thu apr 16 2026

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

.tonight...nw wind 20 to 25 kt, becoming n 5 to 10 kt. seas 7 to
10 ft. wave detail: nw 9 ft at 10 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw 7 ft at 10 seconds and
s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.fri 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 15 seconds. 
.sat...n wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming nw 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft at 8 seconds and
s 2 ft at 16 seconds. 
.sat night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 3 ft. wave detail:
nw 3 ft at 7 seconds. 
.sun...s wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 2 ft or less, then around
3 ft in the afternoon. wave detail: w 2 ft at 6 seconds. a chance
of rain in the afternoon. 
.sun night...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w
4 ft at 8 seconds and sw 2 ft at 14 seconds. rain likely. 
.mon...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft, building to 6 to 8 ft
in the afternoon. wave detail: w 7 ft at 12 seconds and sw 4 ft
at 13 seconds. rain.
.mon night...se wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 6 to 8 ft. wave detail: w
8 ft at 12 seconds and sw 6 ft at 12 seconds. rain likely. 
.tue...se wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming s 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: sw 6 ft at 10 seconds.
rain likely. 
.tue night...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: s
5 ft at 8 seconds. a chance of rain.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 16 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


pzz545-171030-
coastal waters from point reyes to pigeon point california out to
10 nm-
256 pm pdt thu apr 16 2026

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

.tonight...nw wind 20 to 25 kt, becoming n 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to
8 ft. wave detail: nw 7 ft at 10 seconds. 
.fri...n wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at 10 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
4 ft at 9 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.sat...nw wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft
at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.sat night...nw wind 5 to 10 kt, easing to around 5 kt after
midnight. seas around 3 ft. wave detail: nw 3 ft at 8 seconds. 
.sun...w wind around 5 kt, backing to sw in the afternoon. seas
around 2 ft or less. wave detail: nw 2 ft at 6 seconds. 
.sun night...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas around 2 ft or less, then
3 to 4 ft after midnight. wave detail: w 3 ft at 8 seconds and sw
2 ft at 13 seconds. a chance of rain in the evening, then rain
likely after midnight. 
.mon...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft
in the afternoon. wave detail: sw 6 ft at 9 seconds. rain likely.
.mon night...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: sw
7 ft at 11 seconds and w 4 ft at 12 seconds. a chance of rain in
the evening, then rain likely after midnight. 
.tue...s wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 10 seconds and sw 5 ft at
12 seconds. rain likely, mainly in the morning. 
.tue night...sw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 5 ft. wave detail: sw
5 ft at 9 seconds. a chance of rain.  

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

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 2 to 4 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
2.0 kt at 04:27 pm thursday and 4.2 kt at 04:34 am friday.

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fzus56 kmtr 162156
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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
256 pm pdt thu apr 16 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


pzz570-171030-
waters from point arena to point reyes 10-60 nm-
256 pm pdt thu apr 16 2026

...gale warning in effect until 9 pm pdt this evening...

.tonight...n wind 25 to 35 kt, easing to 20 to 25 kt late. seas
11 to 13 ft. wave detail: nw 13 ft at 10 seconds and s 2 ft at
14 seconds. 
.fri...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 8 to 11 ft, subsiding to 7 to
9 ft in the afternoon. wave detail: nw 10 ft at 10 seconds and s
2 ft at 17 seconds. 
.fri night...nw wind 15 to 20 kt. seas 6 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw
7 ft at 8 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.sat...nw wind around 15 kt, easing to around 10 kt in the
afternoon. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at 8 seconds and
s 2 ft at 16 seconds. 
.sat 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 chance of rain
after midnight. 
.sun...s wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w 3 ft at
7 seconds. a chance of rain. 
.sun night...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: w
5 ft at 8 seconds and sw 5 ft at 14 seconds. rain likely. 
.mon...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 6 to 8 ft, building to 9 to 10 ft
in the afternoon. wave detail: w 10 ft at 13 seconds and s 2 ft
at 14 seconds. rain likely. 
.mon night...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 8 to 9 ft. wave detail: s
8 ft at 11 seconds and w 9 ft at 12 seconds. rain likely. 
.tue...s wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 6 to 7 ft. wave detail: s 7 ft at
10 seconds. rain likely, mainly in the morning. 
.tue night...s wind around 15 kt. seas 5 to 6 ft. wave detail: s
6 ft at 8 seconds and nw 3 ft at 15 seconds. a chance of rain.  

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