


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
721 FZNT25 KNHC 220818 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 418 AM EDT Fri Aug 22 2025 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... Southeast Gulf of America .SYNOPSIS...A weak pressure pattern will continue over the area through the period maintaining quiet marine conditions. Moderate to fresh northeast to southeast winds will be possible over the south-central Gulf each afternoon and evening this weekend into early next week as a trough develops over the Yucatan Peninsula and moves westward. .TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of tstms. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S late. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of tstms. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW late. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Erin is centered N of the area and continues to move NNE away from the region. Despite its distance, long period northerly swells generated by Erin will continue to affect the W Atlantic waters through the next few days. In the wake of Erin, central Atlantic high pressure will build WSW toward the central Bahamas and the Straits of Florida. An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a tropical wave is located a couple hundred nautical miles ENE of the northern Leeward Islands. Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development of this system, and a tropical depression is likely to form this weekend while it moves northwestward and then northward, in between the Lesser Antilles and Bermuda. This system has a high chance of tropical cyclone formation, and regardless of development, expecting increasing winds and building seas with it E of 70W. .TODAY...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...S of 27N, NW to N winds less than 5 kt, shifting to SE to S late. N of 27N, W to NW winds less than 5 kt, shifting to SW late. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...S to SW winds less than 5 kt S of 27N, and SW 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Tstms likely. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. .TUE...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N.