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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: 242 AM PDT Sat Aug 8 2026

Today: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds. Patchy dense fog early this morning.

Tonight: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft after midnight. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds and SW 3 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight.

Sun: W wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: NW 6 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 16 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning.

Sun Night: NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. Wave detail: NW 6 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.

Mon: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: W 6 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 15 seconds.

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

Tue: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds.

Tue Night: W wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: W 5 ft at 9 seconds.

Wed: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds.

Wed Night: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 10 seconds.

.....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast.....

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 2 to 3 ft at 7 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 1.1 kt at 01:35 pm saturday and 3.1 kt at 01:13 am sunday.






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

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