PZZ500-022230-
235 AM PDT Sat May 2 2026
.Synopsis for the Central California Coast and Bays Including
the Monterey Bay...Greater Farallones...and Cordell Bank National
Marine Sanctuaries...
Fresh to strong NW breeze continues through Saturday morning with
winds diminishing, becoming moderate to fresh, this afternoon.
Moderate, wind driven, seas between 8 to 10 feet continue across
the northern outer waters through this morning. Seas subside
Saturday afternoon into Sunday as winds diminish. Moderate seas
and a gentle to moderate NW breeze prevail Sunday into the early
work week.
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PZZ545-022230- Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 NM- 235 AM PDT Sat May 2 2026 TODAY NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds. TONIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 10 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds. SUN W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds. SUN NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of rain after midnight. MON W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 14 seconds. A slight chance of rain. MON NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain. TUE NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 9 seconds. TUE NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds. WED NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds. WED NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds. ..SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 4 to 6 feet at 13 seconds. ACROSS THE BAR...Swell can be more than twice as high across the bar than surrounding waters. Waves are also more prone to break, particularly during strong ebb currents. Maximum ebb current of 3.7 kt at 05:23 AM Saturday and 1.2 kt at 06:21 PM Saturday. $$
PZZ545-022230- Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 NM- 235 AM PDT Sat May 2 2026 TODAY NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds. TONIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 10 seconds and NW 5 ft at 11 seconds. SUN W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds. SUN NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 10 seconds. A slight chance of rain after midnight. MON W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 14 seconds. A slight chance of rain. MON NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain. TUE NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 9 seconds. TUE NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds. WED NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds. WED NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds. ..SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 4 to 6 feet at 13 seconds. ACROSS THE BAR...Swell can be more than twice as high across the bar than surrounding waters. Waves are also more prone to break, particularly during strong ebb currents. Maximum ebb current of 3.7 kt at 05:23 AM Saturday and 1.2 kt at 06:21 PM Saturday. $$