Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
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836 FZUS54 KLIX 220527 CWFLIX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service New Orleans LA 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 Pascagoula to Atchafalaya River out to 60 NM Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ500-GMZ501-221800- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM... Winds will calm over the weekend to less than 10 knots as a high pressure system over the eastern Gulf becomes more dominant over the waters. However, another system will once again push winds and seas higher on Monday and Tuesday. Southerly flow should increase back into the 15 to 20 knot range over this period. Another round of showers and a few thunderstorms will also develop over the waters as this next storm system moves through. After the frontal passage late Wednesday , winds will increase out of the north up around 15-20kts once again. There is a chance of dense fog over some areas Saturday morning and subsequently a dense fog advisory was issued for the lakes, sounds, and eastern near waters. $$ GMZ530-221800- Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Patchy fog late. .SATURDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Widespread dense fog in the morning. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then 1 to 2 feet after midnight. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ534-221800- Lake Borgne- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet late this evening, then 1 foot or less. Patchy fog late. .SATURDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Widespread dense fog in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around 5 knots in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming east after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Waves around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ532-221800- Mississippi Sound- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Patchy fog. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. Widespread dense fog in the morning. Patchy dense fog in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north after midnight. Waves around 2 feet. Widespread dense fog in the evening. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Waves around 2 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Waves 3 to 4 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ536-538-221800- Chandeleur Sound-Breton Sound- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Patchy fog. Widespread dense fog late. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Widespread dense fog. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. Patchy dense fog in the evening. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet after midnight. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Waves around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ557-221800- Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SATURDAY... .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds. Patchy fog. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds. Widespread dense fog. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 6 seconds. Widespread dense fog in the evening. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at 6 seconds. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at 6 seconds. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ555-221800- Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy dense fog. .SATURDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Widespread dense fog in the morning. Patchy dense fog in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 6 seconds. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and south 2 feet at 5 seconds. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds and north 2 feet at 4 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ550-552-221800- Coastal Waters from Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River LA out 20 nm- Coastal waters from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy dense fog. .SATURDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy fog in the morning. Widespread dense fog in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north after midnight. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: West 2 feet at 5 seconds. Widespread dense fog. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then 1 to 2 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 3 feet at 6 seconds and north 2 feet at 3 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening. A slight chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ575-577-221800- Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm- Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana out 20 to 60 NM- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy dense fog late. .SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning. Widespread dense fog in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 5 seconds. Widespread dense fog in the evening. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at 4 seconds. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 5 seconds. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 4 seconds. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds and north 2 feet at 3 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ570-572-221800- Coastal waters from Port Fourchon Louisiana to Lower Atchafalaya River LA from 20 to 60 NM- Coastal waters from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana from 20 to 60 NM- 1127 PM CST Fri Nov 21 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy dense fog late. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Patchy dense fog in the morning. Areas of dense fog in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. Widespread dense fog. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of showers. .TUESDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 6 seconds and north 2 feet at 4 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. A chance of showers in the evening, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$