


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
078 FZNT25 KNHC 222025 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 425 PM 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 Gulf region through the period, maintaining mostly tranquil marine conditions. Moderate to fresh NE to E winds will develop over the south-central Gulf each afternoon through evening this weekend into early next week as a trough develops over the Yucatan Peninsula and moves westward at night. .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated 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 to SW after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW after midnight. 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...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Erin continues to move NE away from the region. Large northerly swell 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 W-SW toward the central Bahamas and the Straits of Florida. An area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms is located within a couple hundred nautical miles NE 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. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds less than 5 kt S of 27N, and SW 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft in N to NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...S winds less than 5 kt S of 27N, and SW 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft in N to NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SW 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.