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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
403 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

For waters within five nautical miles of shore

Waves are the significant wave height - the average of the highest
1/3 of the wave spectrum. Occasional wave height is the average of
the highest 1/10 of the wave spectrum.

LEZ020-021500-
Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor-
403 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.TODAY...Light and variable winds becoming west 5 to 10 knots.
Sunny.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less. Mainly clear.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds less than 10 knots. Sunny.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds less than 10 knots. Mainly clear.
.MONDAY...Light and variable winds. Mainly clear.
.TUESDAY...Light and variable winds. Partly cloudy.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less. Partly to mostly
cloudy.

The water temperature off Buffalo is 77 degrees.

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LOZ030-021500-
Lower Niagara River-
403 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.TODAY...Northwest winds 10 knots or less. Sunny.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less. Mainly clear.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds less than 10 knots becoming west.
Sunny.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and
variable. Mainly clear.
.MONDAY...Light and variable winds. Mainly clear.
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast. Partly
cloudy.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy.

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LEZ041-021500-
Dunkirk to Buffalo along Lake Erie-
403 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.TODAY...South winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Sunny. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Mainly clear. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...South winds less than 10 knots becoming west. Sunny.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds less than 10 knots. Mainly clear.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Light and variable winds. Mainly clear. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds less than 10 knots. Partly cloudy.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Partly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.

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LEZ040-021500-
Ripley to Dunkirk along Lake Erie-
403 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.TODAY...South winds 10 knots or less becoming west. Sunny. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...West winds less than 10 knots becoming south. Clear.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...South winds less than 10 knots becoming northwest.
Sunny. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Light and variable winds. Clear. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.MONDAY...Light and variable winds. Clear, then becoming partly
cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less. Partly cloudy. Waves
1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Partly
cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.

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LOZ042-021500-
Niagara River to Hamlin Beach along Lake Ontario-
403 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.TODAY...West winds 10 knots or less. Sunny. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Mainly clear. Waves
1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Sunny.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds less than 10 knots becoming west.
Mainly clear. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds less than 10 knots becoming southeast.
Mainly clear. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 1 foot
or less.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Partly
cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.

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LOZ043-044-021500-
Hamlin Beach to Mexico Bay along Lake Ontario
including Irondequoit Bay-
403 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.TODAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming northwest. Sunny.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Mainly clear. Waves
1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west. Sunny.
Waves 2 feet or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds less than 10 knots becoming southwest.
Mainly clear. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...West winds less than 10 knots. Mainly clear. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...East winds 10 knots or less. Partly cloudy. Waves
1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly to mostly
cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.

The water temperature off Rochester is 49 degrees.

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LOZ045-021500-
Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River along Lake Ontario-
403 AM EDT Sat Aug 2 2025

.TODAY...South winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest 10 to
15 knots. Sunny. Waves 1 foot or less building to 1 to 3 feet.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Mainly clear. Waves
1 to 3 feet.
.SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots. Sunny. Waves 2 feet or
less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots diminishing to less
than 10 knots. Mainly clear. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...Southwest winds less than 10 knots becoming east.
Mainly clear. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming east. Partly
cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 knots or less becoming southeast.
Partly to mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.

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