Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Watching Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Heavy lake effect snow will continue in the Great Lakes into Wednesday before another storm brings a widespread general snow followed by another round of heavy lake effect snow. A wide-ranging winter storm will produce great swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and treacherous freezing rain from the southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South starting Friday and shifting toward the East Coast through Sunday. Read More >

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San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Local Forecast Office

2NM SE Santa Cruz CA

Marine Point Forecast

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Today
Light Wind
2ft
Tonight
Light Wind
2ft
Wednesday
Light Wind
2ft
Wednesday Night
Light Wind
2ft
Thursday
Light Wind
2ft
Thursday Night
Light Wind
2ft
Friday
⇑W 6kt
2ft
Friday Night
Light Wind
2ft
Saturday
Light Wind
2ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 12:26 am PST Jan 20, 2026
Forecast Valid: 7am PST Jan 20, 2026-6pm PST Jan 26, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

Today

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Partly sunny. Mixed swell...W 3 ft at 13 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 14 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Tonight

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 3 ft at 12 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 14 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Wednesday

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 4 ft at 13 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 16 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Wednesday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Thursday

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Patchy fog between 10am and 11am. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Thursday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly cloudy. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Friday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming W around 6 kt in the afternoon. Patchy fog between 9am and 10am. Mixed swell...WNW 3 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Friday Night

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...WNW 3 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Saturday

Variable winds 5 kt or less. Sunny. Mixed swell...W 3 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Locally lower winds and seas across sheltered portions of the bay.

*Notices:

This forecast is for a single location. For safety concerns, mariners should be aware of the weather over a larger area. Forecast information for a larger area can be found within the zone forecast and the NDFD graphics.
The forecast conditions at a particular point may not exceed the criteria of a Small Craft Advisory, Gale, Storm etc. These watches/warnings/advisories are issued for the entire zone in which the point resides and mariners should act accordingly.