Strong to Severe Thunderstorms Continue Tonight in the East; Early Heat Wave in the West

Scattered strong to severe storms with damaging winds and potentially a tornado or two are expected tonight from the coastal Carolinas into the Mid-Atlantic states. An anomalously early heat wave will continue to intensify and expand across the West and Southwest as the week progresses. Numerous daily and potentially monthly record highs are expected to be broken. Read More >

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San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Local Forecast Office

10NM SSE Santa Cruz CA

Marine Point Forecast

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Tonight
Light Wind
3ft
Tuesday
⇑WNW 7kt
3ft
Tuesday Night
Light Wind
3ft
Wednesday
Light Wind
3ft
Wednesday Night
W 7kt⇓
3ft
Thursday
⇑WNW 6kt
3ft
Thursday Night
WNW 7kt
3ft
Friday
N 6kt
4ft
Friday Night
WNW 8kt⇓
4ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 1:25 pm PDT Mar 16, 2026
Forecast Valid: 7pm PDT Mar 16, 2026-6pm PDT Mar 23, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

Tonight

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 16 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Tuesday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 5 to 7 kt in the afternoon. Sunny. Mixed swell...W 3 ft at 7 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 15 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Tuesday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...NNW 3 ft at 7 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 15 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Wednesday

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Sunny. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Wednesday Night

W wind 5 to 7 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...WNW 3 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Thursday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW around 6 kt in the morning. Sunny. Mixed swell...WSW 2 to 3 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Thursday Night

WNW wind 5 to 7 kt becoming N in the evening. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...WSW 3 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Friday

N wind around 6 kt becoming WNW in the afternoon. Sunny. Mixed swell...W 2 to 3 ft and S 2 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Friday Night

WNW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...W 4 ft and S 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

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.