Bay Area bracing for gigantic, dangerous waves expected along coastline

By Rick Hurd | [email protected] | Bay Area News GroupPUBLISHED: November 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM PST | UPDATED: November 10, 2026 at 2:56 PM PSTGetting your Trinity Audio player ready...Gigantic waves up to 30 feet high along the Northern California coast might sound like a sightseer’s or pro surfer’s dream. But the mega waves expected beginning Friday, Nov. 13, and continuing through the weekend pose danger, too, and should be treated with the utmost caution, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Merchant. “It’s going to be no joke,” Merchant said. “It’s going to be really dangerous at the water. All the way from the Central Coast and the Bay Area and up Northern California. We may get waves even higher than 30 feet. We just don’t know.

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