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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

March 26, 20256 counties in California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this high surf advisory at Mar 26, 2025, 3:34 AM PDT for 6 counties in California. It took effect at Mar 27, 2025, 5:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2025, 3:34 AM PDT (10:34 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2025, 5:00 AM PDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2025, 11:00 PM PDT
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties City and County of San Francisco, CA, Marin County, CA, Monterey County, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Sonoma County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 2:49 AM PDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMTR3 days
Mar 26, 3:34 AM PDTBeach Hazards StatementMTRSanta Cruz67 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in California, 2025Every high surf advisory in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.