Wind on sf bay

It is no fun fishing over 10 mph for me fighting the currents of the bay.  I spend my whole time keeping a decent position or orientation depending on where I launched from.  Sometimes if it is windy I will anchor up and fish then try a different spot and anchor.

I think anchoring needs lower wind conditions. I think it can also vary depending on how much open water the wind comes across.

Do you mean if I am planning to anchor that wind speed is less of an issue than if I am drifting?

It is no fun fishing over 10 mph for me fighting the currents of the bay.  I spend my whole time keeping a decent position or orientation depending on where I launched from.  Sometimes if it is windy I will anchor up and fish then try a different spot and anchor.

I think anchoring needs lower wind conditions. I think it can also vary depending on how much open water the wind comes across.

Do you mean if I am planning to anchor that wind speed is less of an issue than if I am drifting?

The other way around.

It is no fun fishing over 10 mph for me fighting the currents of the bay.  I spend my whole time keeping a decent position or orientation depending on where I launched from.  Sometimes if it is windy I will anchor up and fish then try a different spot and anchor.

I think anchoring needs lower wind conditions. I think it can also vary depending on how much open water the wind comes across.

Do you mean if I am planning to anchor that wind speed is less of an issue than if I am drifting?

The other way around.

Gotcha, I think I meant if I got into a too windy situation and I wanted to fish, I would anchor and put some time in while resting on the anchor as long as the wind doesn't get too crazy where I should be going in already.

I feel windfinder.com does a pretty good job.  I'd stay off if the wind is over 9mph early (like 8am) as it will likely just be blown out.  I fish up to 15mph, but remember the wind is worst on the east side of the bay in the shallow water as the waves have a long way to travel across and build until it hits the shallow flats.

Yea, this is what I use and the advice is good.  I also windsurf, so I really, really pay close attention to this very topic in serious detail, including tidal activity.  As others have noted, plan your put-in, destination, and return trip around this combination of tides and wind, because these 2 can and will work in combination to push a kayak backwards.  Our kayaks have a hull speed of about 6mph (that's the maximum speed the kayak shape can be paddled, period), so if one chooses to fish/paddle in a location that will see a 4mph - 5mph tide (yes these are common on the Bay), then at maximum continuous paddle effort the best progress that can be made will be 1mph - 2mph, and that does NOT take wind effects into consideration.

This is a 2-edged sword, the experienced Bay paddlers plan their trips so that they catch favorable tides for the trip out, and time it so that they then catch the reverse tide back to their start point.  However, poor planning or unfavorable winds can and will turn a trip into a very long, exhausting day.  It's important to understand that our winds and fog are cyclic, driven by the daily super heating of the Central Valley -- as the Valley heats up during the course of the day, that hot air rises and is replaced by the cooler air from the Bay and the Ocean.  This suggests that mornings are calmer times to fish.

I suggest spending some quality time looking at some tide maps of the Bay, and combine that look with a good wind app throughout the course of a full 24-hour period (time lapse views).  For a detailed view of the wind on and around the Bay & Delta, I use the iWindSurf.com app.

here is how the Olone Tribes factored the bay conditins.

-tides + heavy winds = shitty kayaking conditions    ALWAYS! 

Thanks guys, you gave me a lot of useful info.