Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures Through This Weekend
A clipper storm will move across the Great Lakes through this weekend with periods of light snow, gusty winds, and lake effect snow bands which could make for hazardous travel at times. A frigid airmass will spread eastward behind this storm into the Midwest and Eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 nm (PZZ565) Issued by: National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Last Update: 803 PM PST Fri Jan 16 2026 | |
| Tonight: N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Sat: NE wind around 5 kt, backing to SW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Sat Night: NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 16 seconds. Sun: NE wind around 5 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: S 2 ft at 10 seconds and W 4 ft at 16 seconds. Sun Night: N wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: SW 2 ft at 10 seconds and W 4 ft at 14 seconds. Martin Luther King Jr Day: NE wind 5 to 10 kt, backing to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 12 seconds. Mon Night: NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 4 ft at 13 seconds. Tue: E wind around 5 kt, veering to SW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: W 5 ft at 12 seconds. Tue Night: NE wind around 5 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave detail: W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Wed: E wind around 5 kt, veering to SW in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave detail: SW 2 ft at 10 seconds and W 5 ft at 15 seconds. Wed Night: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave detail: SW 2 ft at 10 seconds and W 4 ft at 13 seconds. | |
| Zone Forecast: Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas California out to 10 nm (PZZ565) | |
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