Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
861 FZUS54 KLIX 060527 CWFLIX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service New Orleans LA 1127 PM CST Fri Dec 5 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-GMZ501-061800- 1127 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM... As the stalled front drifts back to the north this morning, winds will be a little more variable but still light. A stronger cold front will push through Sunday night with offshore winds of 15 to 20 knots developing. Small craft headlines will likely be needed for portions of the coastal waters overnight and into Monday. High pressure quickly builds back into the area Monday night into Tuesday and winds and seas will relax through midweek, becoming onshore by later in the week. $$ GMZ530-061800- Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas- 1127 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers. Showers likely late. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers after midnight. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Waves around 2 feet, building to 3 to 4 feet after midnight. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 4 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. $$ GMZ534-061800- Lake Borgne- 1127 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers late this evening, then showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Showers, mainly in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Waves around 2 feet, building to 3 to 4 feet after midnight. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 4 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ532-061800- Mississippi Sound- 1127 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers late this evening, then a slight chance of showers. Showers late. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Waves around 2 feet, building to 3 to 4 feet after midnight. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 4 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. $$ GMZ536-538-061800- Chandeleur Sound-Breton Sound- 1127 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers late this evening. Showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Showers, mainly in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Waves around 2 feet, building to 3 to 5 feet after midnight. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves 4 to 5 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ555-557-061800- Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM- 1127 PM CST Fri Dec 5 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers late this evening. Showers late. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. Showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds. A chance of showers in the evening, then showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet, building to 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds, becoming north 3 feet at 5 seconds. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 5 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Seas around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 5 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds and east 1 foot at 5 seconds. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ550-552-061800- 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 Dec 5 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms late. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds, becoming east 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less, then 1 to 2 feet in the afternoon. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming west 1 foot at 3 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 20 to 25 knots after midnight. Seas 1 to 2 feet, building to 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 2 feet at 3 seconds and east 1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming northwest 4 feet at 4 seconds and east 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: North 4 feet at 4 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 4 seconds. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds, becoming northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots, becoming south after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds and east 1 foot at 4 seconds. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ575-577-061800- 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 Dec 5 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots, becoming east. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at 4 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers late this evening, then a chance of showers late. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Showers likely in the evening, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 2 feet at 3 seconds and east 2 feet at 5 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds around 10 knots, becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: North 4 feet at 5 seconds. Showers likely. .MONDAY...North winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: North 6 feet at 6 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ570-572-061800- 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 Dec 5 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers late. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and south 1 foot at 5 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: West 2 feet at 4 seconds and east 2 feet at 5 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming north 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet, building to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 3 feet at 4 seconds and east 2 feet at 4 seconds, becoming northwest 5 feet at 5 seconds and east 3 feet at 5 seconds. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail: North 6 feet at 6 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: North 3 feet at 5 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 6 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$