Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
954 FZUS54 KLIX 062237 CWFLIX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service New Orleans LA 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 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-GMZ501-071100- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 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 Sunday into Monday morning. 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. $$ GMZ530-071100- Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers late this evening and overnight. .SUNDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Waves around 2 feet, building to 3 to 4 feet after midnight. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. .MONDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ534-071100- Lake Borgne- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers early this evening, then a chance of showers late this evening and early morning. A slight chance of showers late. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming north 20 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 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to around 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 3 to 4 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots after midnight. 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...South winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers. $$ GMZ532-071100- Mississippi Sound- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet this evening, then 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers early this evening, then a chance of showers late this evening and early morning. A slight chance of showers late. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming north 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Waves around 2 feet, building to 3 to 4 feet after midnight. Showers likely, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 4 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. $$ GMZ536-538-071100- Chandeleur Sound-Breton Sound- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet this evening, then 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A chance of showers. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming north 20 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 3 to 5 feet. .MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. .TUESDAY...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. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest around 5 knots 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, increasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming west after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. $$ GMZ555-557-071100- 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- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds. Showers likely. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. 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. Seas around 2 feet, building to 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds, becoming north 3 feet at 4 seconds. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .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...North winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots after midnight. 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 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast 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. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 3 seconds and east 1 foot at 5 seconds. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 4 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming west after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ550-552-071100- 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- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet this evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds. A chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly in the morning. .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: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds and northeast 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 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 3 feet at 4 seconds. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around 5 knots in the afternoon. 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 4 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south around 5 knots 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 5 seconds. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 4 seconds. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 3 feet at 5 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ575-577-071100- 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- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast late. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Showers this evening, then showers with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: North 4 feet at 4 seconds. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms. .MONDAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail: North 6 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the morning. .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 around 5 knots, becoming south 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 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 3 seconds and east 1 foot at 5 seconds. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ570-572-071100- 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- 437 PM CST Sat Dec 6 2025 .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast late. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and south 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms this evening. Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds and south 1 foot at 4 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 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, increasing to 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: Northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds and west 2 feet at 4 seconds, becoming north 6 feet at 5 seconds. Showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. .MONDAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 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 with gusts up to 25 knots. 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 5 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 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 2 seconds. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 3 feet at 4 seconds and east 1 foot at 5 seconds. .THURSDAY...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 4 feet at 6 seconds and east 1 foot at 5 seconds. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$