Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Issued by NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
325 FZUS56 KMTR 012151 CWFMTR Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 PZZ500-021015- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 .Synopsis for the Central California Coast and Bays Including the Monterey Bay...Greater Farallones...and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries... Expect breezy and gusty winds continue through Friday, with gale force gusts of 40 to 45 knots possible in the outer waters. Strong winds will result in hazardous seas and steep wind waves with significant wave heights reaching 12 to 18 feet in the outer waters. Conditions gradually improve over the weekend and into next week as winds begin to ease. Rain chances begin early Saturday as a trough descends over the region. $$ PZZ570-021015- Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes 10-60 NM- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Wind waves 10 to 12 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 10 seconds. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 10 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of rain. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. Mixed swell NW around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of rain. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft and SW around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft. $$ PZZ571-021015- Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Wind waves 11 to 12 ft. NW swell 5 to 6 ft at 11 seconds. .THU...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 8 to 10 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 11 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind waves 7 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. A slight chance of rain. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. NW swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of rain. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft and SW around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft. $$ PZZ575-021015- Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Wind waves 11 to 12 ft. NW swell 5 to 6 ft at 12 seconds. .THU...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Wind waves 8 to 10 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft at 11 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 7 to 9 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 10 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW around 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SAT...W winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. NW swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of rain. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft. $$ PZZ576-021015- Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas 10-60 NM- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Wind waves 10 to 12 ft. NW swell 4 to 6 ft at 12 seconds. .THU...NW winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts up to 45 knots. Wind waves 9 to 11 ft. NW swell 4 to 6 ft at 12 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 8 to 10 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft at 10 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW around 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SAT...W winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. NW swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of rain. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves around 5 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. NW swell 4 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft. $$ PZZ540-021015- Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes California out to 10 nm- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 knots with gusts up to 45 knots... diminishing to 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots after midnight. Wind waves 9 to 11 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 10 seconds. .THU...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 7 to 9 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 10 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 8 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 7 seconds. A chance of rain. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. W swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. Rain likely. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft and SW 2 to 3 ft. $$ PZZ545-021015- Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 9 to 11 ft. NW swell 4 to 6 ft at 11 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 17 seconds. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind waves 7 to 9 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 11 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots. Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds. .SAT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. W swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds. Rain likely. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft and SW 2 to 3 ft. .....SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST..... IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 4 to 6 ft at 10 seconds. ACROSS THE BAR...Mixed seas of 5 to 7 ft at 10 seconds. Maximum ebb current of 1.4 kt at 12:28 AM Thursday and 2.0 kt at 12:03 PM Thursday. $$ PZZ560-021015- Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to 10 nm- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots...diminishing to 10 to 20 knots after midnight. Gusts up to 35 knots. Wind waves 9 to 11 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 12 seconds. .THU...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 7 to 8 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 11 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves around 5 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds. .SAT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 2 to 3 ft. Swell SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft. $$ PZZ565-021015- Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 nm- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots. Wind waves 8 to 10 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 12 seconds. .THU...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 7 to 9 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 12 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 7 to 9 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 10 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. .SAT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. W swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. A chance of rain. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. W swell 2 to 4 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. W swell 3 to 5 ft and SW around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft and SW 2 to 3 ft. $$ PZZ530-021015- San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots. .THU...W winds 15 to 20 knots. .THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 knots. .FRI...W winds 10 to 15 knots. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. .SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Rain likely. .SAT NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. .SUN...W winds 10 to 15 knots. .MON...W winds 10 to 15 knots. $$ PZZ531-021015- San Francisco Bay South of the Bay Bridge- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .TONIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots... diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. .THU...W winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. .THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. .FRI...W winds 10 to 15 knots. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 knots. .SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Rain likely. .SAT NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 knots. .SUN...W winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. .MON...W winds 10 to 15 knots. $$ PZZ535-021015- Monterey Bay- 251 PM PDT Wed May 1 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots... diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. W swell 2 to 4 ft at 12 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 17 seconds. .THU...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 11 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 17 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. W swell around 2 ft at 9 seconds. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds. .SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind waves around 2 ft. Swell SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds. A chance of rain. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. W swell 3 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. W swell 2 to 4 ft and SW 2 to 3 ft. Locally lower winds and seas across sheltered portions of the bay. $$