High Surf Warning
NWS San Francisco CA ยท US
Details
Beach Hazards Statement In Effect From 9 PM PST Wednesday Through 6 PM PST Friday... ...High Surf Warning In Effect From 6 PM Friday To 4 AM PST Sunday
- Event
- High Surf Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
For the Beach Hazards Statement, An increased risk for sneaker waves and strong rip currents with breaking waves of 15 to 20 ft expected. For the High Surf Warning, Dangerously large breaking waves of 25 to 30 ft expected.
Where
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast and Northern Monterey Bay Counties.
When
For the Beach Hazards Statement, from 9 PM Wednesday through 6 PM Friday. For the High Surf Warning, from 6 PM Friday to 4 AM Sunday.
Impacts
Dangerously large breaking waves can overpower swimmers, pulling people into the sea from beaches, jetties, and rocks resulting in significant physical injury and increasing the risk of drowning. Waves can sweep across the shoreline without warning, pulling people into the sea from beaches, jetties, and rocks.
Instructions
Everyone should remain out of the water due to life-threatening surf conditions. Stay off of jetties, piers, and other waterside infrastructure. Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean. Monitor local weather, surf and tide forecasts at www.weather.gov/mtr.
Affected areas
- Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore
- San Francisco Peninsula Coast
- Northern Monterey Bay
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS San Francisco CA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~40s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M74TRR7WD6V2PEEM84MB5P4H
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.750f043d2e3232d94baf2bf959b68cf64bfe15dd.002.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS San Francisco CA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMTR
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3834
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | SUW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | CFWMTR |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS46 KMTR 110814 |
| NWSheadline | BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST WEDNESDAY THROUGH 6 PM PST FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 4 AM PST SUNDAY |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMTR.SU.W.0001.261114T0200Z-261115T1200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-11-15T04:00:00-08:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore
- San Francisco Peninsula Coast
- Northern Monterey Bay
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 006041 |
| SAME | 006097 |
| SAME | 006081 |
| SAME | 006087 |
| UGC | CAZ505 |
| UGC | CAZ509 |
| UGC | CAZ529 |