Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
767 FZNT25 KNHC 151939 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 339 PM EDT Tue Sep 15 2026 ...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 strong high pressure over the eastern United States will build southward behind a weakening cold front that will spread across the eastern Gulf waters. The tighter pressure gradient will support fresh to locally strong NE-E winds and rough seas starting in the NE Gulf tonight and spreading over the rest of the northern Gulf waters through Thu night. Elsewhere, a diurnal trough will move westward offshore the Yucatan Peninsula each evening through Thu night, bringing nightly pulses of fresh to locally strong NE winds. Conditions will improve across the basin Fri, allowing for moderate or weaker winds and slight to moderate seas during the weekend. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late. Chance of tstms. .WED...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SE winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A cold front extending from just NW of Bermuda southwestward to along 30N to northern Florida will shift slightly southward through early Wed, then will become stationary from Bermuda to the NW Bahamas by late Wed. A tight pressure gradient between the building ridge over the eastern United States and the front will result in fresh to locally strong NE winds and seas to build to rough N of the Bahamas and W of 70W through early Thu. Conditions will improve later Thu into Fri. During the middle to later portion of the week, a trough of low pressure is forecast to move west-northwestward into the NE portion of the waters, bringing thunderstorms while also weakening the high and pressure gradient. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. Chance of tstms. .WED...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. Chance of tstms. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. .SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.