Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Issued by NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA
151 FZUS56 KMTR 062235 CWFMTR Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 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 PZZ500-071115- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 .Synopsis for the Central California Coast and Bays Including the Monterey Bay...Greater Farallones...and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries... Strong to near gale force gusts will be possible through the end of the weekend, with breezy northwest winds lasting into the middle of next work week. Moderate seas with wave heights 6 to 8 feet across the outer waters this weekend. A new, long period northwesterly swell is anticipated by Wednesday of next week. $$ PZZ570-071115- Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes 10-60 NM- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 13 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. A slight chance of drizzle late. .SUN...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 11 seconds and NW 7 ft at 12 seconds. A slight chance of drizzle. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 11 seconds. A slight chance of drizzle in the evening. .MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of drizzle. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 12 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds. A slight chance of drizzle. .TUE...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 11 seconds and NW 8 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 13 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds. A chance of drizzle after midnight. .WED...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas around 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 14 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of drizzle in the morning. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 12 seconds and NW 9 ft at 14 seconds. .THU...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 13 seconds and NW 10 ft at 15 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 13 seconds and NW 10 ft at 15 seconds. $$ PZZ571-071115- Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 7 seconds. .SUN...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 12 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds. .MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 11 seconds. .TUE...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 13 seconds and S 3 ft at 16 seconds. .WED...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 14 seconds and S 4 ft at 15 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 9 ft at 13 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds. .THU...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 14 seconds and NW 10 ft at 16 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 12 seconds and NW 10 ft at 15 seconds. $$ PZZ575-071115- Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .TONIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 8 seconds. .SUN...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 8 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds. .MON...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds. .MON NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 9 seconds. .TUE...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 13 seconds and S 3 ft at 16 seconds. .WED...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 14 seconds and NW 8 ft at 15 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 9 ft at 13 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds. .THU...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 11 seconds and NW 9 ft at 16 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 7 seconds and NW 9 ft at 15 seconds. $$ PZZ576-071115- Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas 10-60 NM- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt late this evening and overnight. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 8 seconds. .SUN...N wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 8 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 7 seconds. .MON...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds. .MON NIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 8 seconds. .TUE...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds. .WED...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: NW 9 ft at 14 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 10 ft at 12 seconds. .THU...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 10 ft at 14 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 8 seconds and NW 9 ft at 16 seconds. $$ PZZ540-071115- Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes California out to 10 NM- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt late this evening and overnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 11 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. .SUN...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 12 seconds and SW 3 ft at 14 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 11 seconds. .MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 12 seconds and SW 3 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 12 seconds and SW 3 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 12 seconds and SW 3 ft at 17 seconds. .WED...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 13 seconds and S 4 ft at 13 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 10 seconds and NW 7 ft at 13 seconds. .THU...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: W 8 ft at 14 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 14 seconds and W 8 ft at 15 seconds. $$ PZZ545-071115- Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 NM- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 7 seconds. .SUN...N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .MON...N wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .TUE...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds and SW 3 ft at 15 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds and SW 3 ft at 15 seconds. .WED...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 11 seconds and W 6 ft at 13 seconds. .WED NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 9 seconds and W 6 ft at 13 seconds. .THU...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: W 6 ft at 14 seconds and S 3 ft at 15 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 14 seconds and W 6 ft at 15 seconds. .....SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST..... IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 3 to 4 feet at 7 seconds. ACROSS THE BAR...Mixed seas of 4 to 5 feet at 7 seconds. Maximum ebb current of 4.4 kt at 04:29 PM Saturday and 1.4 kt at 06:06 AM Sunday. $$ PZZ560-071115- Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to 10 NM- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .TONIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .SUN...N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 12 seconds. .MON...N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 11 seconds. .TUE...N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds and S 3 ft at 12 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds and SW 3 ft at 16 seconds. .WED...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 4 ft at 12 seconds and NW 5 ft at 13 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: SW 4 ft at 12 seconds and NW 6 ft at 13 seconds. .THU...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 12 seconds and NW 6 ft at 13 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 11 seconds and W 6 ft at 15 seconds. $$ PZZ565-071115- Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 NM- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST THIS EVENING... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds. .SUN...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...N wind 20 to 25 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds. .MON...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds. .TUE...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 12 seconds. .WED...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 14 seconds and S 3 ft at 16 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 12 seconds and W 7 ft at 13 seconds. .THU...N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 12 seconds and NW 7 ft at 14 seconds. .THU NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 9 seconds and W 7 ft at 16 seconds. $$ PZZ530-071115- San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt, veering to NE after midnight. .SUN...NE wind around 5 kt. Patchy dense fog in the morning. .SUN NIGHT...NE wind around 5 kt. .MON...NE wind around 5 kt, backing to W in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. .TUE...N wind around 5 kt. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. Patchy fog. .WED...N wind around 5 kt. .WED NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. Patchy fog in the evening. .THU...N wind around 5 kt. .THU NIGHT...N wind around 5 kt. Patchy fog. $$ PZZ531-071115- San Francisco Bay South of the Bay Bridge- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. .SUN...NW wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. .SUN NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. .MON...N wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW after midnight. .TUE...N wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...N wind around 5 kt. .WED...NW wind around 5 kt. .WED NIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. .THU...N wind around 5 kt. .THU NIGHT...N wind around 5 kt. $$ PZZ535-071115- Monterey Bay- 235 PM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. .SUN...NE wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 10 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 11 seconds. .MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 8 seconds. .MON NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to NE after midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds. .TUE...N wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 11 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 12 seconds. .WED...N wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 10 seconds and W 3 ft at 13 seconds. .WED NIGHT...N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 10 seconds and W 4 ft at 12 seconds. .THU...N wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 11 seconds and W 4 ft at 12 seconds. .THU NIGHT...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SW 3 ft at 9 seconds and W 4 ft at 15 seconds. Locally lower winds and seas across sheltered portions of the bay. $$