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coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
209 am pst fri jan 23 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-
209 am pst fri jan 23 2026

.today...ne wind around 5 kt, backing to nw early this afternoon,
backing to sw late. areas of dense fog this morning, then patchy
fog early this afternoon. 
.tonight...w wind around 5 kt, veering to n after midnight.
patchy fog. 
.sat...n wind 10 to 15 kt. 
.sat night...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.sun...ne wind 5 to 10 kt. 
.sun night...ne wind around 5 kt. 
.mon...ne wind around 5 kt. 
.mon night...ne wind around 5 kt. 
.tue...ne wind around 5 kt. 
.tue night...e wind around 5 kt.  

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fzus56 kmtr 231009
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expires:202601232230;;379648

coastal waters forecast for california
national weather service san francisco bay area
209 am pst fri jan 23 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-
209 am pst fri jan 23 2026

.today...n wind around 5 kt, backing to nw late. seas 4 to 6 ft.
wave detail: w 5 ft at 9 seconds and sw 2 ft at 12 seconds.
patchy dense fog this morning. 
.tonight...nw wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to n after midnight. seas
4 to 6 ft. wave detail: sw 2 ft at 7 seconds and w 5 ft at
10 seconds. 
.sat...ne wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming n 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 5 ft at 11 seconds. 
.sat night...n wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming e 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. seas 3 to 5 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at 14 seconds. 
.sun...e wind 5 to 10 kt. seas 3 to 4 ft. wave detail: w 4 ft at
13 seconds. 
.sun night...e wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. seas around 3 ft. wave detail: w 3 ft at 12 seconds. 
.mon...e wind 5 to 10 kt, easing to around 5 kt in the afternoon.
seas around 3 ft. wave detail: w 3 ft at 13 seconds. 
.mon night...e wind around 5 kt. seas around 3 ft. wave detail: s
2 ft at 13 seconds and w 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tue...e wind 5 to 10 kt. seas around 3 ft. wave detail: sw 2 ft
at 7 seconds and w 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.tue night...se wind around 5 kt. seas around 2 ft or less, then
around 3 ft after midnight. wave detail: sw 2 ft at 5 seconds and
w 2 ft at 14 seconds.  

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

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 4 to 6 feet at 15 
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
2.2 kt at 07:19 am friday and 2.5 kt at 07:18 pm friday.

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