Mammoth waves that hit the Bay Area on Saturday kicked off what is expected to be a very rough week of swells along the California coast.
Weather models are trending much stronger with a midweek storm that could bring similarly large waves — 25 to 35 feet — from a slightly different direction. A slightly more westerly and southerly wave direction could expose different parts of the coast to more significant damage, too, including Santa Cruz.
Though wave heights were subsiding Saturday afternoon, a high surf warning was in effect until 3 a.m. Sunday. The National Weather Service planned to replace it with a high surf advisory…