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NAVTEX Marine Forecast for Mid-Atlantic states waters
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1045 AM EDT Sat Jul 26 2025

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near tstms.

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed coastal
waters forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...Weakening high pressure will drift W while passing
mostly to the S of the waters today and tonight. Low pressure
just E of the central waters will gradually dissipate by tonight
while remaining E of the area. A cold front will move S over the
N waters today, then stall across the central waters tonight and
Sun while weakening. A weak high pressure ridge will build over
the region Sat night and Sun, then shift E of the area Sun night.
Another weak cold front will move SE over the N waters Sun night
into Mon as low pressure passes N of the area. The front will
then weaken Mon night into Tue while the low crosses the far NE
waters. Another high will build SE over the area Tue and Tue
night, then drift S over the region Wed and Wed night as another
weak cold front moves S into the N portion.

Sandy Hook to 37.5N

.TODAY...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming E to NE. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight
chance of showers and tstms.
.SUN...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and tstms.
.MON...N to NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

37.5N to Cape Hatteras

.TODAY...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and tstms.
.SUN...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and tstms.
.MON...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

Cape Hatteras to Murrells Inlet

.TODAY...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Slight chance of showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Slight chance of showers and tstms.
.SUN...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of
showers and tstms.
.MON...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.