Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern High Plains; Snow in the Great Lakes into the Northeast

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across the central and southern High Plains today as gusty winds and dry conditions continue across the region. A clipper system will bring some lake effect snow to the Great Lakes and snow into the Northeast. Well above-average temperatures are expected to expand across much of the West, into the Plains states, and Southeast. Read More >

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San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Local Forecast Office

3NM ESE Santa Cruz CA

Marine Point Forecast

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Today
Light Wind
2ft
Tonight
Light Wind
2ft
Thursday
Light Wind
1-2ft
Thursday Night
Light Wind
1ft
Friday
Light Wind
1ft
Friday Night
Light Wind
1ft
Saturday
Light Wind
1ft
Saturday Night
Light Wind
1ft
Sunday
⇑W 6kt
1ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 12:26 am PST Feb 25, 2026
Forecast Valid: 8am PST Feb 25, 2026-6pm PST Mar 3, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

Today

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Areas of fog before noon. Mixed swell...WNW 2 ft at 10 seconds and SW 3 ft at 10 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Tonight

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Patchy fog. Mixed swell...WNW 2 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 9 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Thursday

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Areas of fog before 10am. Mixed swell...WNW 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 10 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Thursday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...WNW 2 ft and SW 1 to 2 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Friday

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Partly sunny. Mixed swell...WNW 2 ft and SW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Friday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...WNW 2 ft and SW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Saturday

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly sunny. Mixed swell...WNW 2 ft and SW 2 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Saturday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Patchy fog after 5am. Mixed swell...WNW 2 ft and SW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Sunday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming W around 6 kt in the afternoon. Patchy fog before 7am. Mixed swell...W 2 ft and SSW 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.