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Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Record Warmth Spreads

Dry and breezy conditions prevail across the High Plains where elevated to locally critical conditions continue through today. Meanwhile, record warmth increases and spreads across the South, Southwest and into southern California into this last weekend of February. Meanwhile, a fast moving system moves across the central Plains then off the mid-Atlantic by this evening. Read More >

Coastal Waters Forecast for Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545) (Text-Only)
NWS Forecast for: Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545)
Issued by: National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA
Last Update: 212 AM PST Thu Feb 26 2026

Today: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: SW 3 ft at 9 seconds and NW 2 ft at 14 seconds.

Tonight: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.

Fri: N wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas around 3 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds.

Fri Night: NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming N after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds.

Sat: NW wind around 5 kt, backing to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 9 seconds.

Sat Night: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 12 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds.

Sun: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 12 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.

Sun Night: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 7 seconds.

Mon: NW wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 8 seconds.

Mon Night: NW wind 10 to 15 kt, easing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 9 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 2.6 kt at 11:18 am thursday and 1.4 kt at 12:53 am friday.






Zone Forecast: Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545)

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