Friday, December 12th, 2025
SYNOPSIS: Dry, calm, and foggy weather will persist through theweekend. Wetter weather will finally return next week with period of light to moderate rain and wind focused along the North Coast early in the week.
TODAY:
Inland: Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy early, then becoming sunny, with a high near 68. Light and variable wind.
Along the Coast: Patchy fog after 4pm. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 61. East northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.
TONIGHT:
Inland: Patchy fog after 7pm. Otherwise, mostly clear during the early evening, then becoming mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Calm wind.
Along the Coast: Patchy fog before 7pm. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 53. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.
Extended Forecast: The weekend will be calm and dry with patchy fog at night and unseasonably warm temperatures. Early next week (starting Monday evening), the area has a 70% chance of seeing its first December rain, with 1-2 inches expected along the North Coast and lighter amounts elsewhere, accompanied by breezy southeast winds gusting 35-45 mph. The rain and wind will be typical for December despite being much wetter than recent weeks, with little flood risk expected. Late next week, there’s potential for a stronger storm that could bring heavier rain (2-6 inches) and wind gusts over 60 mph, though there’s still uncertainty about whether this storm will actually hit the area.
Predicted Temperatures
| Location | High Today | Low Tonight | HighTomorrow |
| Inland | 68 | 43 | 68 |
| Along The Coast | 61 | 53 | 60 |
The coastal waters forecast from Point Saint George to Cape Mendocino and out to 10 nautical miles.
| Today | Wind | N 5 to 10 kt. |
| Waves | N 4 ft at 5 seconds and W 7 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning. | |
| Tonight | Wind | NE 5 to 10 kt. |
| Waves | N 5 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog. |
The coastal waters forecast from Cape Mendocino to Point Arena and out to 10 nautical miles.
| Today | Wind | SE 5 to 10 kt, veering to NW this afternoon. |
| Waves | NW 5 ft at 5 seconds and W 8 ft at 14 seconds. Patchy dense fog this morning. | |
| Tonight | Wind | SE 5 kt. |
| Waves | NW 3 ft at 5 seconds and W 5 ft at 13 seconds. Patchy fog. |
Lastly, here are the solar and lunar phases and tidal information :
Today Friday, 12th of December, the sun rose in Shelter Cove at 7:29am and sunset will be at 4:51pm, for a total of 9 hours and 22 minutes of sunlight.
The next LOW tide will be at 12:05pm, at 2.4ft. The following HIGH tide will be at 5:42pm at 4.3ft, then the last LOW tide of the day will be at 11:32pm at 1.6ft.
Today the last quarter moon rose in the east at 12:34 am and will set in the west at 12:47 pm.According to the solunar theory, today is an average day for fishing, the fish activity forecast is average.