PZZ500-061615-
841 PM PDT Wed Aug 5 2026
.Synopsis for the Central California Coast and Bays Including
the Monterey Bay...Greater Farallones...and Cordell Bank National
Marine Sanctuaries...
Light to gentle breezes will continue through Thursday with seas
between 2-6ft. Northwest winds begin to increase Friday into the
weekend with building seas and hazardous conditions for small
craft. A long period southwesterly swell of 15-17sec begins on
Saturday, peaks on Sunday then begins to subside by the beginning
of next week.
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PZZ545-061615- Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 NM- 841 PM PDT Wed Aug 5 2026 TONIGHT SW wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy dense fog late this evening and overnight. THU W wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 8 seconds. FRI NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 6 seconds. FRI NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds. SAT NW wind around 5 kt, backing to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. SAT NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. SUN NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds. SUN NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds. MON W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds. MON NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. ..SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 2 to 4 ft at 10 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 3.0 kt at 10:06 PM Wednesday and 1.0 kt at 11:14 AM Thursday. $$
PZZ545-061615- Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 NM- 841 PM PDT Wed Aug 5 2026 TONIGHT SW wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds. Patchy dense fog late this evening and overnight. THU W wind around 5 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. THU NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 8 seconds. FRI NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 6 seconds. FRI NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 6 seconds. SAT NW wind around 5 kt, backing to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. SAT NIGHT NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. SUN NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds. SUN NIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds. MON W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds. MON NIGHT W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds. ..SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 2 to 4 ft at 10 seconds. ACROSS THE BAR...Swell can be more than twice as high across the bar than surrounding waters. Waves are also more prone to break, particularly during strong ebb currents. Maximum ebb current of 3.0 kt at 10:06 PM Wednesday and 1.0 kt at 11:14 AM Thursday. $$