Northern Currents
Fly fishing San Francisco's local waters
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Open-Meteo pressure and rain fallback • Local spot-specific structure logic from model profiles and vetted angler feedback
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Hourly read
5:00 PM
Tide: Flood · moderate•Wind: 10.0 mph W
Tide reference: NOAA San Francisco tide station, used here as a Chrissy Field read.
Access
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Selected Spot
Ayala Cove
73/100
Protected water that tends to hold clarity and stay fishable when wind builds. It is less current-dependent, but usually improves with subtle movement and lower light.
Access: Shore & Boat
Current State
There is a fishable window here because Flood movement is supportive here, and current speed is in the better range for this spot. It is staying middle-of-the-pack because the setup is workable, not standout.
What is helping the score
- Flood movement is supportive here.
- Current speed is in the better range for this spot.
- Wind remains manageable here.
What keeps it from ranking higher
- Nothing is badly wrong here, but there is not enough extra edge to push it higher.
Breakdown
These factors are ranked by actual score impact, so you can see what is really lifting or dragging this spot right now.
Current speed
Current is moderate at 1.00 kts. there is enough movement to keep this water from going flat.
Helping
Major driver
Score effect +14
Light window
It is 5:00 PM with partly skies. the light window is helping this water.
Helping
Moderate driver
Score effect +6
Visibility / clarity
Visibility is moderate. Visibility looks workable, but not strong enough to drive the score by itself. This is still a heuristic read, so its score effect is intentionally muted.
Neutral
Supporting context
Score effect +2
Wind / casting
Wind is 10.0 mph from W. 10.0 mph from W is not the main thing moving this score.
Neutral
Supporting context
Score effect -1
Flow direction
Tide is Flood. Flood direction is not a major swing factor at this spot.
Neutral
Supporting context
Score effect 0
Water temperature
Water temperature is unavailable. Water temperature is more supporting context than a major driver here.
Neutral
Supporting context
Score effect 0
Time: 5:00 PM
Flow read: Flood · moderate
Current speed: 1.00 kts
Wind read: 10.0 mph from W
Model debug
Wind bucket: moderate W wind · low exposure
Current read: Flood · moderate · 1.00 kts
Structure: Protected cove
Preferred flow: Both tide directions
Flow behavior: Eddy buffered
Current window: min 0.15 · ideal 0.35-1.20 · max 1.80
Source reads
i- Wind: Loading forecast wind...
- Pressure: Loading barometric pressure...
- Clarity anchor: No turbidity anchor yet
- Clarity confidence: Heuristic only
- Water temperature: Loading water temperature...
- Current: Estimated from the tide curve because no nearby NOAA current station is mapped here yet.
- Moon: Local astronomical calculation for tide-range context
Ranked spots
7-Day Window
Projected selected-spot read at 5:00 PM