FZUS56 KMTR 262236 CWFMTR Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 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 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025 .Synopsis for the Central California Coast and Bays Including the Monterey Bay...Greater Farallones...and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries... Strong southwesterly winds will veer to become northwesterly behind the rain band. Embedded thunderstorms are possible through the afternoon and into the evening with this rain band. Very rough seas will prevail through tomorrow morning due to a combination of westerly swell and southerly wind waves. Hazardous marine conditions will continue through the weekend with conditions improving by Monday.
Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes 10-60 NM- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...
TONIGHT NW wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 14 to 16 ft, subsiding to 12 to 14 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 14 ft at 13 seconds and SW 8 ft at 13 seconds. Rain likely, mainly this evening.
SAT N wind 20 to 25 kt. Gusts up to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 10 to 13 ft, subsiding to 9 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 12 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 14 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning.
SAT NIGHT N wind 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Wave Detail: NW 11 ft at 9 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds.
SUN N wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 9 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds.
SUN NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds.
MON N wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds.
MON NIGHT N wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 13 seconds.
TUE NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 14 seconds.
TUE NIGHT N wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 13 seconds.
WED E wind around 5 kt. Seas around 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
WED NIGHT SE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 9 seconds and NW 5 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain after midnight.
Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...
TONIGHT NW wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 12 to 16 ft, subsiding to 12 to 14 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 14 ft at 14 seconds and SW 8 ft at 14 seconds. Rain likely, mainly this evening.
SAT N wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 13 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning.
SAT NIGHT N wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Wave Detail: NW 10 ft at 9 seconds and S 4 ft at 11 seconds.
SUN N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 11 seconds.
SUN NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
MON NE wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
MON NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 5 ft at 8 seconds.
TUE NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 13 seconds.
TUE NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 13 seconds.
WED E wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
WED NIGHT SE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain.
Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
TONIGHT NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 13 to 17 ft, subsiding to 11 to 14 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 14 ft at 14 seconds and SW 8 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely, mainly this evening.
SAT NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 12 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning.
SAT NIGHT N wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 9 ft at 10 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds.
SUN N wind around 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 4 ft at 11 seconds.
SUN NIGHT NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 7 ft at 10 seconds.
MON NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 6 ft at 10 seconds.
MON NIGHT N wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 5 ft at 8 seconds.
TUE NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 5 ft at 14 seconds.
TUE NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 14 seconds.
WED E wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds.
WED NIGHT SE wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain.
Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas 10-60 NM- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
TONIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 14 to 16 ft, subsiding to 12 to 15 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 14 ft at 14 seconds and SW 7 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely, mainly this evening.
SAT NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 11 to 12 ft, subsiding to 9 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 12 ft at 12 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of rain in the morning.
SAT NIGHT N wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: NW 10 ft at 10 seconds.
SUN N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds.
SUN NIGHT N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: N 7 ft at 10 seconds.
MON NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: N 6 ft at 10 seconds.
MON NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: N 5 ft at 10 seconds.
TUE NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds.
TUE NIGHT N wind around 5 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 14 seconds.
WED E wind around 5 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain in the afternoon.
WED NIGHT SE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain.
Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes California out to 10 NM- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
TONIGHT NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Wave Detail: SW 8 ft at 12 seconds and W 12 ft at 13 seconds. Rain likely, mainly this evening.
SAT NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 12 ft, subsiding to 6 to 9 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 11 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 13 seconds.
SAT NIGHT N wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 9 seconds and SW 4 ft at 10 seconds.
SUN NE wind around 5 kt, backing to W around 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds.
SUN NIGHT NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds.
MON NE wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
MON NIGHT NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
TUE E wind around 5 kt, backing to N around 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 13 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
TUE NIGHT NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 5 ft at 13 seconds.
WED E wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
WED NIGHT E wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 11 seconds and W 4 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain after midnight.
Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 NM- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
TONIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt late this evening and overnight. Seas 10 to 14 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 11 ft at 14 seconds and SW 8 ft at 14 seconds. Rain likely, mainly this evening.
SAT NW wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 8 to 11 ft, subsiding to 6 to 9 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: W 10 ft at 11 seconds and S 4 ft at 12 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning.
SAT NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: S 3 ft at 9 seconds and NW 6 ft at 10 seconds.
SUN NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 11 seconds.
SUN NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds.
MON NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds.
MON NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds.
TUE NE wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 13 seconds.
TUE NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds.
WED NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 12 seconds.
WED NIGHT E wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain.
.....SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST..... IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 9 to 12 feet at 9 seconds. ACROSS THE BAR...Mixed seas of 10 to 14 feet at 9 seconds. Maximum ebb current of 2.2 kt at 08:48 PM Friday and 2.0 kt at 10:08 AM Saturday.
Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to 10 NM- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
TONIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft, subsiding to 9 to 12 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 11 ft at 14 seconds and SW 8 ft at 14 seconds. A slight chance of tstms early this evening. Rain this evening, then a chance of rain after midnight.
SAT NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. Wave Detail: W 9 ft at 12 seconds and S 4 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of rain.
SAT NIGHT N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft, subsiding to 4 to 6 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds.
SUN N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds.
SUN NIGHT NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds.
MON NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: N 4 ft at 9 seconds.
MON NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds.
TUE NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 12 seconds.
TUE NIGHT NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds.
WED E wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds.
WED NIGHT SE wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.
Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 NM- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
TONIGHT NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt late. Seas 12 to 15 ft, subsiding to 9 to 13 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 12 ft at 14 seconds and SW 7 ft at 15 seconds. Showers with a slight chance of tstms early this evening, then a chance of rain late this evening and overnight.
SAT NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Wave Detail: W 10 ft at 12 seconds and SW 3 ft at 14 seconds. A chance of rain, mainly in the morning.
SAT NIGHT N wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 8 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
SUN N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
SUN NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds.
MON NE wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to N in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds.
MON NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 10 seconds.
TUE E wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N in the afternoon. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 13 seconds.
TUE NIGHT NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 14 seconds.
WED E wind around 5 kt, veering to SE in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 13 seconds. A chance of rain in the afternoon.
WED NIGHT SE wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 12 seconds. A chance of rain. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms.
San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco Bay north of the Bay Bridge- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
TONIGHT W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt late. Rain likely, mainly this evening.
SAT NW wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to N in the afternoon.
SAT NIGHT N wind around 5 kt.
SUN NE wind 5 to 10 kt.
SUN NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt.
MON NE wind 5 to 10 kt.
MON NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt.
TUE NE wind 10 to 15 kt.
TUE NIGHT NE wind 5 to 10 kt.
WED NE wind 5 to 10 kt.
WED NIGHT NE wind around 5 kt. A chance of rain after midnight.
San Francisco Bay South of the Bay Bridge- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...
TONIGHT W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt late. Rain likely, mainly this evening. .SAT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. .SAT NIGHT...NE wind around 5 kt. .SUN...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. .SUN NIGHT...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. .MON...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. .TUE...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind around 5 kt. .WED...NE wind around 5 kt. .WED NIGHT...E wind around 5 kt. A chance of rain.
Monterey Bay- 236 PM PST Fri Dec 26 2025
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON... .TONIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt late this evening and overnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft, subsiding to 6 to 9 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: W 9 ft at 14 seconds and SW 7 ft at 14 seconds. A slight chance of tstms early this evening. Rain this evening, then a chance of rain after midnight. .SAT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: W 7 ft at 12 seconds and S 3 ft at 13 seconds. A slight chance of rain in the morning. .SAT NIGHT...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds. .SUN...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds. .SUN NIGHT...NE wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 10 seconds. .MON...NE wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: N 3 ft at 9 seconds. .MON NIGHT...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 10 seconds. .TUE...NE wind 5 to 10 kt, easing to around 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft or less, then around 3 ft in the afternoon. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at 13 seconds. .TUE NIGHT...NE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 13 seconds. .WED...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. .WED NIGHT...E wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 10 seconds. A chance of rain. Winds and seas higher in and near tstms. Locally lower winds and seas across sheltered portions of the bay.
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