Heavy Rainfall on the Western Gulf Coast; Severe Thunderstorms in the Southern Plains Friday
A multi-day heavy rainfall event will continue over the western Gulf Coast through Monday. Slight Risks of excessive rainfall have been issued, and Flood Watches remain in effect through Monday evening. Scattered severe storms capable of producing large hail and damaging winds are possible across western portions of Texas and Oklahoma on Friday. Read More >
| 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: 235 AM PDT Fri May 22 2026 |  |
| Today: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Tonight: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 10 seconds and S 2 ft at 14 seconds. Sat: S wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave detail: NW 5 ft at 6 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Sat Night: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW 2 ft at 13 seconds. Sun: S wind 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 3 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Sun Night: SW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming W after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: W 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Patchy fog after midnight. Memorial Day: W wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 3 ft at 12 seconds and SW 2 ft at 16 seconds. Mon Night: W wind 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Wave detail: NW 4 ft at 7 seconds. Tue: NW wind 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft, building to 8 to 11 ft in the afternoon. Wave detail: NW 10 ft at 10 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Tue Night: NW wind 25 to 30 kt, easing to 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 13 ft. Wave detail: NW 12 ft at 11 seconds and SW 2 ft at 15 seconds. .....san francisco bar/fourfathom bank forecast..... in the deep water channel...mixed seas of 4 to 6 feet at 11 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 2.8 kt at 08:56 am friday and 1.5 kt at 10:57 pm friday. | |
| Zone Forecast: Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to 10 nm (PZZ545) | |
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