Monterey Bay Marine Forecast
| Today...Se Wind Around 5 Kt, Veering To W Late This Morning, Rising To 5 To 10 Kt This Afternoon. Seas Around 3 Ft. Wave Detail: W 3 Ft At 9 Seconds. Areas Of Dense Fog Early This Morning, Then Patchy Fog Late This Morning. |
| Tonight...W Wind 5 To 10 Kt, Easing To Around 5 Kt After Midnight. Seas Around 3 Ft. Wave Detail: Nw 2 Ft At 8 Seconds. Patchy Fog In The Evening. |
| Independence Day...W Wind Around 5 Kt, Rising To 5 To 10 Kt In The Afternoon. Seas Around 3 Ft. Wave Detail: Nw 2 Ft At 9 Seconds. Patchy Fog In The Morning. |
| Sat Night...W Wind 5 To 10 Kt, Easing To Around 5 Kt After Midnight. Seas Around 3 Ft. Wave Detail: W 3 Ft At 8 Seconds. |
| Sun...W Wind Around 5 Kt, Rising To 5 To 10 Kt In The Afternoon. Seas Around 3 Ft. Wave Detail: Nw 3 Ft At 8 Seconds. |
| Sun Night...W Wind 5 To 10 Kt. Seas Around 3 Ft. Wave Detail: W 3 Ft At 8 Seconds. |
| Mon...W Wind 5 To 10 Kt. Seas Around 3 Ft. Wave Detail: W 3 Ft At 9 Seconds. |
| Mon Night...Nw Wind 10 To 15 Kt. Seas 3 To 4 Ft. Wave Detail: Nw 4 Ft At 7 Seconds. Patchy Fog After Midnight. |
| Tue...Nw Wind 5 To 10 Kt, Becoming W 10 To 15 Kt In The Afternoon. Seas 3 To 4 Ft. Wave Detail: W 3 Ft At 8 Seconds. Patchy Fog In The Morning. |
| Tue Night...W Wind 15 To 20 Kt, Becoming Nw 10 To 15 Kt After Midnight. Seas 3 To 5 Ft. Wave Detail: Nw 4 Ft At 7 Seconds. Locally Lower Winds And Seas Across Sheltered Portions Of The Bay. |
| Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Francisco CA 220pm PDT Fri July 3 2026 ...N Marine .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1214pm PDT Fri July 3 2026 - Marine layer will remain in place each day, retreating to the coast each afternoon. - Minor warming through Independence Day with near-normal temperatures. - Brief cooldown early week, followed by renewed warming for the second half of the week. .SHORT TERM... Issued at 1220pm PDT Fri July 3 2026 (This evening through Saturday night) An exceptionally ordinary July day is on tap weather-wise for the San Francisco Bay Area and Central California Coast. We woke up this morning with the usual marine stratus blanketing majority of the area, including inland North Bay and East Bay valleys, and have progressed through the morning with an expeditious mix-out. Forecast highs will be about as close to normal as they can be for early July: 50s and 60s along the immediate Pacific Coast, 70s to around 80 along the San Francisco Bay shoreline, and 80s to around 90 for interior locations. All in all, a great weather day for the region. This week's persistent troughiness over Western North America has started to weaken as an upper-level ridge develops over the Four Corners region. Locally, this will result in a few degrees of warming from yesterday to today, and perhaps an additional few degrees of warming for interior communities on Independence Day. HeatRisk for the holiday will remain in the Little/No (green) category along the immediate Pacific Coast and Minor (yellow) for the San Francisco Bay shoreline and interior locations. If you have travel plans elsewhere in California for the holiday weekend, HeatRisk throughout the Golden State will predominately be Minor (yellow), with a few exceptions for the hottest deserts with Moderate (orange) HeatRisk. Long Term Issued at 1220pm PDT Fri July 3 2026 (Sunday through next Thursday) The Four Corners upper-level ridge further strengthens for the second half of the weekend. For Central and Northern California, we should remain displaced enough to see any impactful influence as a weak shortwave and vort max will knock temps back by several degrees on Sunday. Monday will be largely a repeat with minimal day-to-day changes forecast. By the middle and end of next week, ensembles migrate and strengthen the upper-level ridge towards the Desert Southwest, which will result in renewed warming for much of California -- minus the coastal locations that will benefit from the marine stratus. Climate Prediction Center's 6-10 and 8-14 day outlooks both favor increased chances of above-normal temperatures for much of the Western United States as we dive deeper into July. Marine (Tonight through next Wednesday) Issued at 219pm PDT Fri July 3 2026 High pressure over the Eastern Pacific will maintain northerly flow over the coastal waters through the weekend. Locally hazardous conditions will persist over the northern outer waters through early Sunday due to strong breezes. More widespread stronger winds and seas will build starting Monday night into much of next week as a series of weather systems move by from the north. NOAA San Francisco Bay Area Office: Watches - Warnings - Advisories CA...None. PZ...Small Craft Advisory until 3am PDT Sunday for Pt Arena to Pt Reyes 10-60 NM. x.com/nwsbayarea |
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