How I Research Weather Before Going Fishing on Ocean & Bay 

Perfect! Just what I was looking for. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experiences. Thank you.

Thank you for the info! I’ve been working through those websites for surf fishing and wanted to learn more before I start kayak fishing out on the water. Very useful explanation! Tight lines!

Love the video. Thank you for doing it. I had so much questions and you had helped answered them.

Perfect! I been asking about this subject forever. Going to use this guide to do some crabbing in half mood bay in my tiny boat. Thanks.

Exactly the information I was looking for, thanks bud!

Thank you for the informative video. I’m from the bay area so this really helps me as I’m about to be newbie boater . Thanks again keep the video coming !

Chris thank you so much for the great information in this video 👍🐟

Thanks so much for this I use Willy weather as well in Australia every other thing I looked at on google was confusing and was for surfing. This video is perfect for the simple fisherman like me thank you

Great info Chris. Thank you.

Thank you Chris for the information very helpful hope to see on the water some day

Chris thanks for the lesson. Most of the times I'm out there seems rough but when I watch your video it always calm. Always wonder how u do it? Now I know. Thanks again. Stay safe!

Thanks Chris .. Love the show

Thanks for the tips. Appreciate you explaining that stuff. 🤙

This was an awesome informational video thanks

Thanks for all your videos especially this one

Great video! Very informative, I’m new to the Bay and ocean boating. So this will help a lot for next weekend in Tomales Bay.

Great information Chris!!!

Thank you Chris!

Cool thanks 😊

Thanks for the info

Just starting to learn kayak fishing, and I appreciate the advice. Liked and subscribed

Great video, thank you.

Great video! going on a fishing trip and I really learned a lot!

Great Video!

Finally someone heard this little tiny voice screaming in my ears saying Ask Chris about what u need know before u go out there in the ocean! 🤣😂 Thanks bro for the info! Very helpful definitely!👍👍🤙🏽🤙🏽🎣🎣

Great Info. Thanks for sharing

Thank you I always wondered how to check I will save this video for reference give them coming love your videos Rocky palmiere from sacramento

Thanks for explaining the south wind better than most have explained it. You inspire many of us smaller boat guys to go to the big pond and go safely. Always looking forward to your videos.

Thank you!

Good tips 👍🏻

So good ! Thank u

Great video. One thing to add thats actually very important is the tides going in and out of the Golden Gate. The most ideal time to cross Point Bonita would be during slack tide since you won't have the opposing outgoing tide colliding with the incoming ocean swell. Point Bonita gets rough and dangerous when the large swells from the ocean meet an ebb tide leaving the bay. I've been outside the Golden Gate in relatively calm water but faced treacherous conditions the same day while crossing Bonita during an ebb. Tide charts will tell you the most ideal time to make the crossings during the day. Thanks

Thank you!!

very helpful

I always look for a southerly wind to kill the swell, that is, swell height will not be as high since the winds help "push down" the swell. I do prefer a slight breeze though. The slight chop keeps the bait higher in the water column. On flat days bait tends to go deeper to avoid the intense light.

Good looking out! I also use those sites and Windy...headed out the gate for the first time this year. I would love to hear some thoughts on the best route, tide etc. I've heard ebb is the worst and the north bar (potato patch) is ugly. I've used the bonita cut and it seems better than the main channel, but I'm open to better options. Thanks for the video and the channel...See ya on the river

Just ask you last week about that ! helpful then big help with the video !

A pretty cerebral account on not wasting your time on bad sea days. That's why you are a successful fisher. You go where and when seas are appropriate for fishing/catching.

Chris, thanks this is what I have been looking for. I want to be able to pick the best days to go out and fish the ocean. I appreciate you sharing this with us!

What you were just talking about is applies to the great lakes here also The only thing is we don't have a tide like you do but everything else that you talked about applies to us here and that's what we have to do is look at that information as you do to be able to go out on lake Ontario or lake Erie from where I am

MAHALOS for dah education!

Good vid I’m in Santa Cruz if you want to go out!

Good safety info. I was thinking about covering this subject as well. I hope you don't mind.

Hey bud, just saw you in another video done by another youtuber, can't remember his name, but you were fishing by Sand Cove. Any luck? And I thought your boat had full canopy. anyways it was good to see you and looking forward for your videos on Sac River.

Ventusky will show most everything except warnings. Gives numbers and a broad visual representation for checking multiple spots at once

Windy is a good app, also tides near me.

I like using the windy app. Great video! And you did a good job explaining!

Hi Chris. I suck at understanding the swell report what do you think about tomorrow in the San Francisco Bay?

Hey bud off topic but have you ever launched from Bodega and go up north to Fort Ross? If so how long is the boat ride?

the Bay Area NOAA WX radio broadcast the period and height from different areas around here have wonder about period and time. The mechanical voice works in the wave rider buoy info. Thanx

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Do you have the WillyWeather app and if so what do you think of the wind and the tides on it, do you think it’s accurate

Good info friend

I just picked up a 13 foot Sportcat. What's the max conditions I would be able to go out in?

Question: I have a 15" aluminum, do you think it will handle in the Bay with Moderate conditions according to your charts?

Hey Chris would you go out in combined 7-9 ft swell at 12 seconds? With a 10-15 mph wind speed? I got a 21’ boat

Willyweather yup!

Fantastic Chris, thank you very much. Hoping some PhD candidate’s dissertation will reduce the various steps needed to conclude when its safe on our popular NorCal waters. For example, build an app that will show a relatively accurate moving animation of how a boat will be effected by wind, wave, swell, and tides traveling from launch ramp to destination and back. Boaters could simply insert data into the app like size of boat, date and time of travel, launch location, and destination. Then click on “Show Trip” to get an immediate animated depiction of your boat traveling to and from proposed destination along with a narrative description of same. Some of us are old enough to remember how hard it was to record a TV show on our brand new VCR’s back in the day. Nowadays you can do it with two clicks or less on a remote. In this RU-vid video you’ve shown data from multiple sources can be consolidated to plan a safe outing. Just need that PhD expert to build that app so we can click on a few links to instantaneously watch how our boats will handle certain nautical situations. It can be done! Meanwhile, I’m going to use these great tools you’ve given us. Thanks again!

windy.com is a good app for wind directions we use for kayak crabbing in bodega bay

I use the rule of 20. In a 20 ft boat if u add the swell+wind and it equals 20 or less go. More than 20 stay home and golf. Great video👍🏽

What about very small height with short. 2ft at 4 seconds for example.

Im protected from swells, dont have to concern myself with them thankfully, ..........,Victoria B.C. Canada

Just from my experience it is very rare to find a period under 10 in the ocean