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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

Pascagoula to Atchafalaya River out to 60 NM

Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves.

GMZ500-GMZ501-211800-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM...

Outside of showers and thunderstorms mostly favorable winds and seas
are expected through the upcoming weekend. Winds will remain mostly
onshore at or less than 10 knots. Winds and sea will increase in and
around convection.

$$

GMZ530-211800-
Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...West winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest
late. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
Thunderstorms likely with a chance of showers in the evening, then a
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest after
midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A slight
chance of showers.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.MONDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west after
midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ534-211800-
Lake Borgne-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in
the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west after
midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the
evening.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.MONDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon.
Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west after
midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ532-211800-
Mississippi Sound-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely
in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in
the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely
in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the
evening.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after
midnight. Waves around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.MONDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the
afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest
after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after
midnight.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ536-538-211800-
Chandeleur Sound-Breton Sound-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Showers likely. A chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less. A chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening,
then showers likely after midnight.
.SATURDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Showers
and thunderstorms likely, mainly in the morning.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less. A chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers
likely, mainly in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after
midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after
midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ555-557-211800-
Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening,
then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. A chance of showers with
a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely
with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: West 1 foot at 2 seconds and south 1 foot at 4 seconds.
Showers with thunderstorms likely in the morning, then a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of
thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers
likely after midnight.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. Showers and thunderstorms
likely, mainly in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms, mainly in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ550-552-211800-
Coastal Waters from Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River LA
out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to
Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in
the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds around 5 knots, becoming south after
midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers
and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. Showers with thunderstorms likely
in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. Showers and thunderstorms likely,
mainly in the morning.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at
3 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ575-577-211800-
Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm-
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana
out 20 to 60 NM-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms.
Showers.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance
of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Showers with thunderstorms
likely in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot
at 3 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. Showers with thunderstorms likely
in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms
in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and
thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet in the
morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot at
3 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the
morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ570-572-211800-
Coastal waters from Port Fourchon Louisiana to Lower Atchafalaya
River LA from 20 to 60 NM-
Coastal waters from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port
Fourchon Louisiana from 20 to 60 NM-
1226 AM CDT Thu Aug 21 2025

.REST OF TONIGHT...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms late.
.THURSDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A chance
of showers and thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers
and thunderstorms after midnight.
.FRIDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. Showers with thunderstorms
likely in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers
and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance
of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. Showers with thunderstorms
likely in the morning, then showers likely with a chance of
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at 5 seconds.
Showers with thunderstorms likely in the morning, then a chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at 6 seconds. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.MONDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at 6 seconds.
A chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$