Severe Thunderstorm, Flooding, and Winter Weather Threats on Tuesday

Scattered severe thunderstorms are forecast Tuesday from the southern Plains into the southern Great Lakes vicinity. Thunderstorms may also produce heavy to excessive rain that could pose a flooding threat from central Texas into southern Oklahoma and northern Missouri into southern Michigan. A heavy wintry mix is forecast for the Great Lakes into northern Maine. Read More >

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San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA Local Forecast Office

7NM S Santa Cruz CA

Marine Point Forecast

[NOTICE]

Today
NW 16kt
6-7ft

Small Craft Advisory
Tonight
NW 15kt
6-7ft

Small Craft Advisory
Wednesday
⇑WNW 8kt
5ft
Wednesday Night
NW 10kt
4-5ft
Thursday
NW 7kt
4ft
Thursday Night
NNW 9kt
4-5ft
Friday
N 10kt
4ft
Friday Night
NNW 12kt
5ft
Saturday
NW 10kt
5ft

Associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

Last Update: 8:00 am PDT Mar 10, 2026
Forecast Valid: 8am PDT Mar 10, 2026-6pm PDT Mar 16, 2026

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Detailed Forecast

Today

NW wind 9 to 16 kt, with gusts as high as 23 kt. Sunny. Mixed swell...WNW 6 ft at 11 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 15 seconds. Wind waves 1 to 3 ft.

Tonight

NW wind 5 to 15 kt becoming NNE after midnight. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...WNW 6 ft at 11 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 17 seconds building to at 20 seconds . Wind waves 1 to 3 ft.

Wednesday

Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming WNW 5 to 8 kt in the afternoon. Sunny. Mixed swell...WNW 4 to 5 ft at 10 seconds and SSW 1 ft at 19 seconds. Wind waves 1 ft or less.

Wednesday Night

NW wind 5 to 10 kt becoming N after midnight. Mostly clear. Mixed swell...WNW 4 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Thursday

N wind 5 to 7 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Sunny. Mixed swell...WNW 4 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Thursday Night

NNW wind 6 to 9 kt. Partly cloudy. Mixed swell...WNW 4 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Friday

N wind 6 to 10 kt. Partly sunny. Mixed swell...WNW 4 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

Friday Night

NNW wind 8 to 12 kt. Partly cloudy. Mixed swell...WNW 4 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves 1 to 2 ft.

Saturday

NW wind 8 to 10 kt. Mostly sunny. Mixed swell...WNW 4 ft and SSW 1 ft. Wind waves around 1 ft.

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.