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Coastal Waters Forecast for California
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
244 AM PDT Thu Apr 25 2024


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244 AM PDT Thu Apr 25 2024

.Synopsis for the Central California Coast and Bays Including 
the Monterey Bay...Greater Farallones...and Cordell Bank National
Marine Sanctuaries...

Moderate northwesterly winds persist through Friday morning with 
occasional fresh to strong gusts throughout portions of the 
coastal waters. Winds strengthen to become strong and gusty into
Friday afternoon with gale-force gusts likely near the Big Sur
coast. These strong and gusty northwesterly winds last through the
weekend and into at least the early portion of next week, bringing
hazardous conditions for small craft. Moderate period northwest 
swell will continue to move through the waters this weekend, with
a new longer period northwest swell train entering the waters 
Sunday. Light, long period southerly swell continues through end 
of forecast period.

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