Arctic Air for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic; Increase Moisture for Pacific Northwest; Active Pattern for Hawaii

An arctic cold front will impact the Great Lakes, Northeast and mid-Atlantic. Snow showers and squalls will accompany this system with increasing winds and falling temperatures. Damaging wind gusts may result in tree damage and power outages. Meanwhile, moisture returns for the Pacific Northwest and Hawaii this weekend with both coverage and intensity of rainfall and higher elevation snows. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Small Craft Advisory until February 7, 03:00 AM PST

For More Weather Information:

San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Local Forecast Office

10NM SSE Santa Cruz CA

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

This Afternoon
WNW 6kt
10ft

Small Craft Advisory
Tonight
WNW 6kt⇓
9-10ft

Small Craft Advisory
Saturday
⇑WNW 11kt
7-8ft
Saturday Night
NNW 8kt⇓
5-6ft
Sunday
⇑WNW 9kt
6ft
Sunday Night
N 9kt
6ft
Monday
N 10kt
6ft
Monday Night
NW 11kt
6ft
Tuesday
W 13kt
6-7ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 12:27 pm PST Feb 6, 2026
Forecast Valid: 1pm PST Feb 6, 2026-6pm PST Feb 12, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Afternoon

WNW wind around 6 kt. Sunny. Mixed swell...W 8 ft at 16 seconds and WSW 3 ft at 16 seconds. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Tonight

WNW wind around 6 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. Partly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 6 to 7 ft at 15 seconds and SW 3 ft at 14 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Saturday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 6 to 11 kt in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 kt. Mostly sunny. Mixed swell...W 6 ft at 14 seconds and SSW 2 to 4 ft at 13 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Saturday Night

NNW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt. Partly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 5 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Sunday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 5 to 9 kt in the afternoon. Sunny. Mixed swell...W 5 ft and S 1 ft becoming SSW. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Sunday Night

N wind 7 to 9 kt. A slight chance of rain after 10pm. Mixed swell...W 5 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft.

Monday

N wind around 10 kt. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 5 ft and SW 1 ft. Wind waves around 2 ft.

Monday Night

NW wind around 11 kt. A chance of rain. Mixed swell...W 5 ft and SW 2 ft. Wind waves around 2 ft.

Tuesday

W wind 11 to 13 kt, with gusts as high as 19 kt. A chance of rain. Mixed swell...W 6 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves around 2 ft.

Locally lower winds and seas across sheltered portions of the bay.

*Notices:

This forecast is for a single location. For safety concerns, mariners should be aware of the weather over a larger area. Forecast information for a larger area can be found within the zone forecast and the NDFD graphics.
The forecast conditions at a particular point may not exceed the criteria of a Small Craft Advisory, Gale, Storm etc. These watches/warnings/advisories are issued for the entire zone in which the point resides and mariners should act accordingly.