Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
904 FZAK51 PAFC 161118 CWFAER Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service Anchorage Alaska 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 Coastal Waters Forecast for the Northern Gulf of Alaska Coast up to 100 nm out including Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet. Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. PKZ197-170030- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH GULF COAST+KODIAK ISLAND WATERS+ COOK INLET... A trough moves into the western Gulf through Thu afternoon. A 1012 mb low develops 150 nm SW of Middleton Island Fri morning, eventually weakening into an open wave trough over the eastern Gulf by early Sat morning. $$ PKZ710-170030- Cape Suckling to Gravel Point out to 15 NM- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...W wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ711-170030- Gravel Point to Cape Cleare out to 15 NM- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...E wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ712-170030- Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare from 15 to 75 NM- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ715-170030- Cape Cleare to Gore Point out to 15 NM- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .TONIGHT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers. .FRI...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ716-170030- Cape Cleare to Gore Point from 15 to 75 NM- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...S wind 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TONIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers. .FRI...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ714-170030- Resurrection Bay- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming S 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...S wind 15 kt in the evening becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain. .FRI...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming S 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT...S wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...Variable wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ724-170030- Northwest Prince William Sound- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ725-170030- Central and Eastern Prince William Sound- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...SE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ726-170030- Southwest Prince William Sound- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...SW wind 10 kt in the morning becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming E 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ720-170030- Port of Valdez- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...Variable wind 10 kt becoming W 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 15 kt in the evening becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ721-170030- Valdez Narrows- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...SW wind 10 kt becoming SW 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...SW wind 20 kt in the evening becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...SW wind 10 kt increasing to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ722-170030- Valdez Arm- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...S wind 10 kt in the evening becoming variable less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SUN THROUGH MON...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ723-170030- Passage Canal- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT THROUGH SUN...E wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ730-170030- West of Barren Islands Including Kamishak Bay- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .FRI...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN...W wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ731-170030- Barren Islands East- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...S wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers. .TONIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers. .FRI...NE wind 15 kt becoming NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 9 ft. .SUN...NE wind 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ733-170030- Gore Point to Marmot Island from 15 to 80 NM- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...S wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain showers. .TONIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers. .FRI...N wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SUN...E wind 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ732-170030- Marmot Island to Sitkinak out to 15 NM- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...S wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN...W wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft. .MON...Variable wind 10 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ734-170030- Marmot Island To Sitkinak from 15 to 85 NM- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... .TODAY...S wind 20 kt. Seas 7 ft. Rain showers. .TONIGHT...W wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .FRI...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...S wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft. .SUN...W wind 20 kt. Seas 10 ft. .MON...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. $$ PKZ736-170030- Chiniak Bay- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...S wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. Rain showers. .TONIGHT...SW wind 10 kt becoming NW 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers. .FRI...NW wind 20 kt becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...SE wind 25 kt. Seas 7 ft. .SUN...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...S wind 10 kt. Seas 1 ft. $$ PKZ737-170030- Marmot Bay- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain showers. .TONIGHT...S wind 10 kt becoming NW 20 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Rain showers. .FRI...NW wind 15 kt becoming W 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...E wind 25 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN...N wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...S wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ738-170030- Shelikof Strait- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT... .TODAY...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...W wind 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Rain showers. .FRI...W wind 20 kt. Seas 5 ft subsiding to 3 ft in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 8 ft. .SUN...W wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .MON...S wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ742-170030- Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...SE wind 10 kt becoming NW after midnight. Seas 2 ft. Rain. .FRI...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...W wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$ PKZ740-170030- Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...SE wind 10 kt becoming SW in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .TONIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .FRI...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...NE wind 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...E wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SW wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. $$ PKZ741-170030- Kachemak Bay- 318 AM AKDT Thu May 16 2024 .TODAY...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 2 ft. Rain. .TONIGHT...S wind 15 kt becoming N 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft. Rain showers. .FRI...Variable wind less than 10 kt becoming SW 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SAT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SUN...NE wind 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. .MON...Variable wind less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft. $$