


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
654 FZNT34 KWBC 140238 OFFN32 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC 1038 PM EDT Wed Aug 13 2025 West central North Atlantic continental shelf and slope waters beyond 20 nm to 250 nm offshore, including south of Georges Bank from 1000 fm to 250 nm offshore. Conditions given represent the highest within that period. Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near tstms. .SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS...Weak high pressure over the waters will drift E of the area tonight. Weak low pressure will move NE off the Delmarva Peninsula and across the central and northern waters Thu and Thu night while pulling a cold front across the area. The front will then continue moving slowly S Fri through Sun as another low moves SE along the front, before the front and low pass S of the area Sun night into Mon. A high pressure ridge will build SE over the northern waters Sat night into Sun night, then persist into Mon night. Long period southeasterly swell from Tropical Storm Erin will begin to move into the region Mon. For more information on Erin, please monitor the latest forecasts from the National Hurricane Center. Hudson Canyon to Baltimore Canyon including the waters west of 39.3N 71.9W...SW to 37.7N 72.9W .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms with vsby 1 nm or less. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W to NW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Rain. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming E to NE 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming variable. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S to SW. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Baltimore Canyon to the Hague Line south of 1000 fm .TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Rain. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NW. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Baltimore Canyon to Hatteras Canyon out to 36N 70W to 34N 71W .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Numerous showers and tstms. .THU...W to SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming NE. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Hatteras Canyon to Cape Fear out to 34N 71W to 32N 73W .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Numerous showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...N winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to NE winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Cape Fear to 31N out to 32N 73W to 31N 74W .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated showers and tstms. .THU...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 8 ft. .Forecaster Kells. Ocean Prediction Center.