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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: 231 PM PDT Tue Aug 18 2026		Print

Tonight: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog after midnight.

Wed: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning.

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

Thu: NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: NW 6 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds.

Thu Night: NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Wave detail: NW 6 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds.

Fri: NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 7 seconds and SW 2 ft at 14 seconds.

Fri Night: NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds.

Sat: NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds.

Sat Night: NW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds.

Sun: NW wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 8 seconds.

Sun Night: W wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 8 seconds.

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

in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 2 to 4 ft at 14 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 2.5 kt at 09:33 pm tuesday and 1.1 kt at 10:29 am wednesday.






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

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