Buoy Conditions

San Francisco - 18NM West of San Francisco, CA

NDBC station 46026 · 3-meter foam buoy · California Coast

LIVE · reported 27 min ago

San Francisco - 18NM West of San Francisco, CA, 10 mi ENE of Southeast Farallon Island: waves 8.5 ft at 11 s from the W, wind NNW 12 kt gusting 16 kt, water 64°F — observed 27 min ago.

Wind reported 27 min ago · Waves reported 47 min ago · Water temp reported 27 min ago

Observed 9:10 PM UTC, Nov 8 · 27 min ago · Source: NOAA NDBC station 46026

The last 24 hours

Waveslast 8.5 ft · range 6.2–10.5 ft
Windlast 13.6 kt · range 5.8–19.4 kt

Hourly readings from this station’s own reports. The dot is the latest report in the trend window.

Conditions in full

Wind
NNW (330°) at 12 kt (6.0 m/s), gusting 16 kt (8.0 m/s) 27 min ago
Waves
8.5 ft (2.6 m) · dominant period 11 s, average period 8.4 s, from the W (279°) 47 min ago
Pressure
30.10 inHg (1,019.2 hPa) · tendency +0.0 hPa over 3 h 27 min ago
Water temperature
64°F (17.7°C) 27 min ago

Every value is this station’s own latest report; the time beside it is when that reading was taken. Fields this station does not report are not shown.

Tides near this station

Nearest tide station: Southeast Farallon Island, 10 mi WSW of here.

Tide times are NOAA CO-OPS predictions for the named station, in that station’s local time, fetched live when you open this page. Predictions, not observations.

Nearest stations

Station facts

Station
NDBC 46026
Type
3-meter foam buoy · 3DV40
Operator
NDBC
Position
37.750°N, 122.838°W
Region
California Coast

Full record, wave spectra and station history: NOAA NDBC station 46026.