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Coastal Waters Forecast for California
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
206 AM PDT Sat May 9 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-
206 AM PDT Sat May 9 2026

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.TODAY...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt late. Seas
4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds. 
.TONIGHT...NW wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW
7 ft at 9 seconds. 
.SUN...NW wind 20 to 25 kt, easing to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds.
Patchy fog after midnight. 
.MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft
at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds. Patchy fog in the
morning. 
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas
3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at
16 seconds. Patchy fog. 
.TUE...W wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at
15 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. 
.TUE NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W
4 ft at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.WED...W wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at
11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. 
.WED NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 11 seconds.  

.....SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST.....

IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 4 to 6 feet at 13 
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
1.7 kt at 10:02 AM Saturday and 1.1 kt at 12:16 AM Sunday.

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