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Coastal Waters Forecast for California
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 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

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817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

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

The pressure gradient has relaxed and buoys are now reporting a
gentle to moderate breeze across the coastal waters. Diurnal
effects will bring a fresh to strong SW breeze to the San
Francisco Bay over the next couple afternoons. Otherwise
conditions will be favorable through early next week when winds
start to build and a long period southwesterly swell arrives.
Winds and seas will rebuild more substantially mid to late next
week.

$$

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Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes 10-60 NM-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...SE wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 8 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 14 seconds.
.TONIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW
7 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT...SW wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft
at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind around 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind around 15 kt. Seas around 6 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 6 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft
at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, rising to 20 to 25 kt after
midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 9 seconds and
SW 3 ft at 16 seconds.

$$

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Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...SE wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to SW late. Seas
5 to 8 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at
14 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW
7 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT...SW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 8 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 6 ft
at 8 seconds and SW 3 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail: NW
7 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 16 seconds.

$$

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Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...S wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to SW late. Seas 5 to
7 ft. Wave Detail: NW 7 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at
14 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 10 seconds and S 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT...W wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 7 seconds and SW 3 ft at 16 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 8 seconds and SW 3 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 16 seconds.

$$

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Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas 10-60 NM-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 6 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W wind around 5 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT...SW wind around 5 kt, veering to W in the afternoon. Seas
4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at
14 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...NW wind around 10 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt after
midnight. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds and
S 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 7 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft
at 7 seconds and SW 3 ft at 15 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind around 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 6 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds.

$$

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Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes California out to
10 NM-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...SE wind around 5 kt, veering to W late. Seas
4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and SW 3 ft at
14 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 10 seconds and SW 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy dense fog
after midnight.
.SAT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at
9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the
morning.
.SAT NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft
at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 6 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 6 seconds and SW 2 ft at 19 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
5 ft at 6 seconds and SW 3 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds and
SW 3 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW
6 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 14 seconds.

$$

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Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to
10 NM-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...S wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to SW late. Seas 3 to
5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and SW 3 ft at
14 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt, easing to around 5 kt after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and
S 2 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight.
.SAT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at
10 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.SUN...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail:
NW 3 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 19 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft
at 7 seconds and SW 3 ft at 16 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 4 to
6 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft
at 15 seconds.

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


IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 5 to 7 feet at 10
seconds.

ACROSS THE BAR...Mixed seas 6 to 8 feet at 10 seconds. Maximum ebb
current of 1.2 kt at 02:02 PM Friday and 2.9 kt at 02:45 AM
Saturday.

$$

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Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to
10 NM-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...S wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to SW this afternoon.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 11 seconds and S 2 ft at
14 seconds.
.TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at
10 seconds and S 2 ft at 12 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 10 seconds
and S 2 ft at 14 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 10 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 11 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft
at 7 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: S
2 ft at 6 seconds and NW 4 ft at 7 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft
at 8 seconds and SW 3 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W
4 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 16 seconds.

$$

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Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas
California out to 10 NM-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...S wind 5 to 10 kt, veering to SW late. Seas 4 to
5 ft. Wave Detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at
14 seconds.
.TONIGHT...NW wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds.
.SAT...W wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at
14 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.SUN...NW wind 10 to 15 kt, rising to 15 to 20 kt in the
afternoon. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 10 seconds
and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW wind 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 18 seconds.
.MON...NW wind 15 to 20 kt, easing to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: NW
4 ft at 7 seconds and S 3 ft at 13 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: NW 4 ft
at 7 seconds and SW 3 ft at 14 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave Detail: W
5 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 15 seconds.

$$

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San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and  the San Francisco
Bay north of the Bay Bridge-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.REST OF TODAY...SW wind 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt this
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 10 to 15 kt.
.SAT...SW wind 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 30 kt in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...W wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt after
midnight.
.SUN...SW wind 10 to 15 kt.
.SUN NIGHT...W wind 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW 10 to 15 kt after
midnight.
.MON...SW wind 10 to 15 kt.
.MON NIGHT...SW wind 10 to 15 kt.
.TUE...SW wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon.
.TUE NIGHT...SW wind 10 to 15 kt.

$$

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San Francisco Bay South of the Bay Bridge-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

.REST OF TODAY...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt late.
.TONIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after
midnight.
.SAT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to
25 kt in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight.
.SUN...W wind around 5 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight.
.MON...W wind 5 to 10 kt.
.MON NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt.
.TUE...W wind 5 to 10 kt.
.TUE NIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt.

$$

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Monterey Bay-
817 AM PDT Fri Jun 6 2025

.REST OF TODAY...SW wind around 5 kt, veering to W this
afternoon. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW 3 ft at 11 seconds.
.TONIGHT...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: NW
3 ft at 10 seconds.
.SAT...W wind around 5 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas around 3 ft in the morning, then around 2 ft or
less. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 10 seconds.
.SAT NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at
6 seconds.
.SUN...W wind around 5 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at
10 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft at 6 seconds.
.MON...W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft or less. Wave Detail:
W 2 ft at 7 seconds.
.MON NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: S
2 ft at 6 seconds and NW 3 ft at 7 seconds.
.TUE...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 2 ft
at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 17 seconds.
.TUE NIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave Detail: W
3 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds.

Locally lower winds and seas across sheltered portions of the bay.


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