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Monterey, CA Coastal Forecast

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Coastal Waters Forecast for California
National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

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228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

.Synopsis for the Central California Coast and Bays Including
the Monterey Bay...Greater Farallones...and Cordell Bank National
Marine Sanctuaries...

Strong winds persist throughout Friday afternoon, with gale force
gusts of 35 to 45 knots possible. Strong winds will result in
hazardous seas and steep wind waves with significant wave heights
reaching 10 to 13 feet in the outer waters. Conditions briefly
improve over the weekend, but will increase into next week to more
moderate levels. Rain chances begin late Friday night as a trough
descends over the region into Saturday.

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PZZ570-031000-
Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes 10-60 NM-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots...
diminishing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots after
midnight. Wind waves 7 to 9 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at
9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell around 2 ft at 7 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of rain.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 7 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and
SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and
SW 2 to 3 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft and S around 2 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind
waves 8 to 10 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft and S around 2 ft.

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PZZ571-031000-
Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point 10-60 NM-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 knots with frequent gusts up to 35
knots. Wind waves 9 to 11 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9
seconds and SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 7 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW around 3 ft at 9 seconds and
SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell
NW 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds around 15 knots. Wind waves around 6 ft.
Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and S 2 to 3 ft at
14 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft and S around 2 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind
waves 8 to 10 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft and S around 2 ft.

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Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos 10-60 NM-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 knots. Gusts up to 40 knots this
evening. Wind waves 10 to 12 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at
10 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW around 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 35 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and
SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SAT...W winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. W swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW around 3 ft at 9 seconds and
SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves around 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and
SW 2 to 3 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft and S 2 to 3 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind
waves 8 to 10 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft and S around 2 ft.

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Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas 10-60 NM-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots.
Wind waves 10 to 12 ft. NW swell 3 to 5 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind
waves 7 to 9 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots.
Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and
SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SAT...W winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 4 to 5 ft. NW swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 15 seconds. A chance of rain.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and
SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and S
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW around 4 ft at 9 seconds and
SW 2 to 3 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft and S 2 to 3 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind
waves 8 to 10 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft and S around 2 ft.

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PZZ540-031000-
Coastal Waters from Point Arena to Point Reyes California out to
10 nm-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots.
Wind waves 8 to 10 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW
swell 2 to 3 ft at 7 seconds. Rain likely.
.SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 4 to 6 ft. NW swell around 2 ft at 7 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and
SW 2 to 3 ft at 14 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 4 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft and SW 2 to 3 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind
waves 8 to 10 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft.

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PZZ545-031000-
Coastal Waters from Point Reyes to Pigeon Point California out to
10 nm-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with frequent gusts up to 35
knots. Wind waves 9 to 11 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds.
.SAT...W winds 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves 4 to 5 ft. W swell
around 2 ft at 7 seconds. Rain.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft and SW around 2 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind
waves 7 to 9 ft. NW swell 2 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft.

.....SAN FRANCISCO BAR/FOURFATHOM BANK FORECAST.....

IN THE DEEP WATER CHANNEL...Mixed seas of 4 to 6 ft at 9 seconds.

ACROSS THE BAR...Mixed seas of 5 to 7 ft at 9 seconds. Maximum ebb
current of 2.1 kt at 01:23 AM Friday and 2.1 kt at 01:24 PM
Friday.

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Coastal Waters from Pigeon Point to Point Pinos California out to
10 nm-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 40 knots.
Wind waves 9 to 11 ft... subsiding to 7 to 9 ft after midnight. NW
swell 3 to 4 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 3 to 4 ft. Swell SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots. Wind waves 6 to 7 ft. NW
swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and
SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 4 to 6 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft and SW 2 to 3 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft.

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Coastal Waters from Point Pinos to Point Piedras Blancas
California out to 10 nm-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots.
Wind waves 9 to 11 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 10 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 8 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 15 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 knots with gusts up to 40 knots.
Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds and
SW around 2 ft at 16 seconds.
.SAT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 3 to 4 ft. W swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 16 seconds. A chance of rain.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 knots. Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell
NW 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. NW swell 3 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW
around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 5 to 7 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 3 ft and SW around 2 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 6 to 8 ft. Mixed swell NW 2 to 4 ft and SW around 2 ft.

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San Pablo Bay, Suisun Bay, the West Delta and the San Francisco
Bay north of the Bay Bridge-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

.TONIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots...
diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight.
.FRI...W winds 10 to 15 knots.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
.SAT...SW winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Rain.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
.SUN...W winds 10 to 15 knots.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 knots.
.MON...W winds 10 to 15 knots.
.TUE...W winds 10 to 15 knots.

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San Francisco Bay South of the Bay Bridge-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

.TONIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots...
diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight.
.FRI...W winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
.SAT...W winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Rain.
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 knots.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 knots.
.MON...W winds 10 to 15 knots.
.TUE...W winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.

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PZZ535-031000-
Monterey Bay-
228 PM PDT Thu May 2 2024

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots. Frequent gusts up to 35 knots
this evening. Wind waves 6 to 8 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 10
seconds and SW 2 to 3 ft at 16 seconds.
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 4 to 6 ft. W swell around 2 ft at 9 seconds.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Wind waves 5 to 7 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 8 seconds.
.SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 3 to 4 ft. Rain likely.
.SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. W
swell around 2 ft at 8 seconds.
.SUN...NW winds 15 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Wind
waves 4 to 6 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft at 9 seconds and SW around
2 ft at 15 seconds.
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 knots. Wind waves 4 to 6 ft. W
swell 2 to 4 ft at 9 seconds and SW around 2 ft at 15 seconds.
.MON...NW winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 4 to 5 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft and SW 2 to 3 ft.
.TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Wind
waves 4 to 6 ft. W swell 2 to 3 ft and SW around 2 ft.

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


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