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Small Craft Advisory 6, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

January 10, 2026

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this small craft advisory at Jan 10, 2026, 2:43 PM PST. It took effect at Jan 11, 2026, 4:00 PM PST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 10, 2026, 2:43 PM PST (22:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2026, 4:00 PM PST
Expired: Jan 12, 2026, 9:00 AM PST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this small craft advisory went out at Jan 10, 1:16 PM PST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 1:16 PM PST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 2:41 AM PST	Beach Hazards Statement	MTR	Marin, Monterey, City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Sonoma	64 hr
Jan 10, 11:14 AM PST	Cold Weather Advisory	MTR	Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 2 more	22 hr
Jan 10, 11:14 AM PST	Extreme Cold Warning	MTR	Monterey	22 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in California, 2026 Every small craft advisory in 2026

Sources

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