Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
237 FZAK51 PAFC 111229 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 Coastal Waters Forecast for the Northern Gulf of Alaska Coast up to 100 nm out including Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet. Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. PKZ197-120115- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A 1017 mb low 200 nm S of Cape Hinchinbrook quickly lifts to 50 nm S of Yakutat at 1017 mb Mon morning, then inland by Mon afternoon. A front sweeps eastward into the western Gulf Wed morning. $$ PKZ710-120115- Cape Suckling to Gravel Point out to 15 NM- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. .FRI...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ711-120115- Gravel Point to Cape Cleare out to 15 NM- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. .FRI...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ712-120115- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare from 15 to 75 NM- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 7 ft. .THU...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. .FRI...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$ PKZ715-120115- Cape Cleare to Gore Point out to 15 NM- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...N wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ716-120115- Cape Cleare to Gore Point from 15 to 75 NM- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...E wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...N wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .FRI...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. $$ PKZ714-120115- Resurrection Bay- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...N wind 15 kt diminishing to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. Gusts to 25 kt in the morning. .TONIGHT...S wind 10 kt becoming N after midnight. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming S 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED THROUGH THU...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ724-120115- Northwest Prince William Sound- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 10 kt in the evening becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED THROUGH FRI...NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ725-120115- Central and Eastern Prince William Sound- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...NW wind 10 kt becoming W 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ726-120115- Southwest Prince William Sound- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED THROUGH THU...N wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ720-120115- Port of Valdez- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 10 kt in the evening becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming W 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ721-120115- Valdez Narrows- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind 15 kt becoming NE 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...NE wind 10 kt becoming SW 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...Variable wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ722-120115- Valdez Arm- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt in the morning becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...NW wind 10 kt becoming NE after midnight. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ723-120115- Passage Canal- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 20 kt. Gusts to 30 kt near Whittier. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming E 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ730-120115- West of Barren Islands Including Kamishak Bay- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 20 kt in the morning becoming variable 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...W wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. $$ PKZ731-120115- Barren Islands East- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .FRI...NW wind 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. $$ PKZ733-120115- Gore Point to Marmot Island from 15 to 80 NM- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...S wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...E wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .THU...N wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .FRI...NW wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. $$ PKZ732-120115- Marmot Island to Sitkinak out to 15 NM- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .WED...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 6 ft. .THU...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .FRI...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 6 ft. $$ PKZ734-120115- Marmot Island To Sitkinak from 15 to 85 NM- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .WED...N wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft. .THU...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 8 ft. .FRI...NW wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. $$ PKZ736-120115- Chiniak Bay- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...S wind 10 kt in the evening becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming S 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ737-120115- Marmot Bay- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 10 kt in the morning becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming W 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming SE 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NW wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...W wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ738-120115- Shelikof Strait- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...W wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 5 ft. .THU...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI...W wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. $$ PKZ742-120115- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...N wind 15 kt becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...S wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ740-120115- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...N wind 10 kt in the morning becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming SW 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ741-120115- Kachemak Bay- 429 AM AKDT Mon Aug 11 2025 .TODAY...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 10 kt in the evening becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TUE NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .WED...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .THU...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$