Nearshore Marine Forecast
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY

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Nearshore Marine Forecast
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

For waters within five nautical miles of shore

Waves are the significant wave height - the average of the highest
1/3 of the wave spectrum. Occasional wave height is the average of
the highest 1/10 of the wave spectrum.

LEZ020-151500-
Upper Niagara River and Buffalo Harbor-
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly sunny.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and
variable. Partly to mostly cloudy.
.MONDAY...Light and variable winds. Partly sunny.
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds less than 10 knots. Mostly cloudy.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. A chance of showers.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

The water temperature off Buffalo is 62 degrees.

$$

LOZ030-151500-
Lower Niagara River-
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Mostly sunny.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming east. Partly
to mostly cloudy.
.MONDAY...East winds less than 10 knots becoming northeast.
Partly sunny.
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds less than 10 knots. Mostly cloudy.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest. A
chance of showers.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LEZ041-151500-
Dunkirk to Buffalo along Lake Erie-
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly sunny. Waves
1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming east. Partly
to mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...East winds less than 10 knots. Partly sunny. Waves
1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds less than 10 knots becoming
south. Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 10 knots or less. A chance of showers.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 2 to
4 feet subsiding to 1 to 3 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LEZ040-151500-
Ripley to Dunkirk along Lake Erie-
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly sunny. Waves
2 feet or less.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Partly
cloudy. Waves 2 feet or less.
.MONDAY...East winds 10 knots or less. Partly sunny. Waves 1 foot
or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers during
the day, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday
night. Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 2 to
4 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ042-151500-
Niagara River to Hamlin Beach along Lake Ontario-
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming east. Mostly
sunny. Waves 1 to 2 feet.
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly cloudy. Waves 2 feet
or less.
.MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly sunny. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming southwest. A
chance of showers. Waves 1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 2 to
4 feet building to 3 to 5 feet, then subsiding to 2 to 4 feet.
Waves occasionally around 6 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ043-151500-
Hamlin Beach to Sodus Bay along Lake Ontario
including Irondequoit Bay-
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

.TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Partly to mostly sunny.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...East winds less than 10 knots. Partly to mostly
cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming east. Mostly
cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south.
Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely with a
chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms during the day, then a
chance of showers and thunderstorms Thursday night. Waves 1 to
3 feet building to 2 to 4 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

The water temperature off Rochester is 56 degrees.

$$

LOZ044-151500-
Sodus Bay to Mexico Bay along Lake Ontario-
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

.TODAY...East winds 10 knots or less becoming northeast. Partly
to mostly sunny. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds less than 10 knots becoming southeast.
Partly to mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds less than 10 knots. Partly sunny in the
morning, then becoming mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 knots or less becoming south.
Mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
1 foot or less.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 feet or
less.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet building
to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

LOZ045-151500-
Mexico Bay to the Saint Lawrence River along Lake Ontario-
403 AM EDT Sun Jun 15 2025

.TODAY...Northeast winds less than 10 knots becoming north.
Partly to mostly sunny. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds less than 10 knots becoming east.
Mainly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Waves
1 foot or less.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds less than 10 knots becoming southwest.
Partly sunny. Waves 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 knots or less. Mostly cloudy.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 15 knots. A chance of showers. Waves
2 feet or less.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southwest.
Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 1 to 3 feet.
.THURSDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 15 knots becoming west. Showers
likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Waves 2 to 4 feet building
to 3 to 6 feet. Waves occasionally around 7 feet.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$