Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
502 FZNT32 KNHC 052034 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 334 PM EST Fri Dec 5 2025 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast for the Gulf of America Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. .SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from near Apalachicola, Florida to 25N94W then becomes nearly stationary to just S of Veracruz, Mexico, with scattered showers noted along the front. Fresh to strong N winds and rough seas across the western Gulf behind the front this afternoon will begin to quickly diminish this evening and tonight. Mainly moderate or weaker winds are then expected over the basin into Sun. Looking ahead, a new cold front is expected to enter the northwestern Gulf Sun evening and sweep over the basin into early next week, leading to fresh to strong N to NW winds and building seas in the wake of the front. Gale-force NW-N winds may develop off Veracruz Mon afternoon and evening. Winds and seas will diminish Tue into Wed as the front stalls across the NW Caribbean and W Cuba. Gulf of America N of 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...SW winds less than 10 kt, shifting to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt, shifting to SE less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Gulf of America from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt, becoming N 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming E less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. SW Gulf of America S of 22N W of 87W .TONIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Gulf of America E of 87W .TONIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...S winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.