NWS Marine Forecast


   GMZ500-GMZ501-041300-  701 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025      .SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM...    A prolonged easterly wind of 15 to 25 knots will persist through  Sunday as the waters remained sandwiched between a broad low in. the  Gulf and a high pressure system to the north. The combination of  wind waves and swell from a long fetch across the eastern Gulf will  produce rough seas of 6 to 10 feet in the open Gulf waters and 3 to  6 feet in the sounds and tidal lakes. A Small Craft Advisory will  remain in effect for all of the open Gulf waters and the tidal  sounds, as well as Lake Borgne through Sunday evening due to these  expected rough conditions. Small Craft Exercise Caution headlines  will also be in effect Lakes Pontchartrain and Maurepas. Conditions  will gradually improve early next week as high pressure becomes more  centered over the area.    $$
   GMZ530-041300-  Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas-  701 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025    SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING    TONIGHT  East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.  Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers after midnight.  SATURDAY  East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.  Waves 2 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers.  SATURDAY NIGHT  East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to  15 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of  showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight.  SUNDAY  East winds around 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.  Waves 3 to 4 feet. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers  likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon.  SUNDAY NIGHT  East winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A  chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the  evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight.  MONDAY  East winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A chance  of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.  MONDAY NIGHT  East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A  slight chance of showers in the evening.  TUESDAY  Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A  slight chance of showers.  TUESDAY NIGHT  Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or  less, then 1 to 2 feet after midnight. A slight chance of showers in  the evening.  WEDNESDAY  Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A  slight chance of showers.  WEDNESDAY NIGHT  Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around  2 feet.    Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.    $$