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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
242 am pdt sat aug 8 2026

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


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san pablo bay, suisun bay, the west delta and  the san francisco
bay north of the bay bridge-
242 am pdt sat aug 8 2026

...small craft advisory in effect from 9 am pdt this morning
through this evening...
...small craft advisory in effect from sunday morning through
sunday evening...

.today...sw wind 15 to 30 kt, strongest from late morning through
the afternoon.
.tonight...sw wind 15 to 25 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after 
midnight. 
.sun...sw wind 10 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 30 kt later in the 
morning and afternoon.
.sun night...sw wind 15 to 20 kt. 
.mon...sw wind 10 to 15 kt. 
.mon night...sw wind 10 to 15 kt. 
.tue...sw wind 10 to 15 kt. 
.tue night...sw wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. 
.wed...sw wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. 
.wed night...sw wind 10 to 15 kt.  

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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
242 am pdt sat aug 8 2026

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


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coastal waters from point reyes to pigeon point california out to
10 nm-
242 am pdt sat aug 8 2026

.today...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: nw 4 ft
at 8 seconds. patchy dense fog early this morning. 
.tonight...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to
7 ft after midnight. wave detail: nw 5 ft at 9 seconds and sw
3 ft at 13 seconds. patchy dense fog after midnight. 
.sun...w wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming nw 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: nw 6 ft at 10 seconds and
s 2 ft at 16 seconds. patchy dense fog in the morning. 
.sun night...nw wind 10 to 15 kt. seas 5 to 8 ft. wave detail: nw
6 ft at 9 seconds and sw 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.mon...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 5 to 7 ft. wave detail: w 6 ft at
10 seconds and s 2 ft at 15 seconds. 
.mon night...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 9 seconds and sw 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tue...w wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft at
9 seconds and sw 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tue night...w wind around 5 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: w
5 ft at 9 seconds. 
.wed...s wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 4 to 6 ft. wave detail: nw 5 ft at
10 seconds. 
.wed night...s wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: nw
5 ft at 10 seconds.  

.....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast.....

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 2 to 3 ft at 7 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
1.1 kt at 01:35 pm saturday and 3.1 kt at 01:13 am sunday.

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