NWS Marine Forecast



 Hazardous marine condition(s):
 Small Craft Advisory
   GMZ500-GMZ501-040600-  1231 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.    $$
   GMZ550-552-040600-  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-  1231 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT    THIS AFTERNOON  East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to  30 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail:  East 5 feet at 4 seconds. Showers likely with a chance of  thunderstorms.  TONIGHT  East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas  3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at  5 seconds. Showers likely. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the  evening, then a chance of thunderstorms after midnight.  SATURDAY  East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.  Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet  at 5 seconds. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms.  SATURDAY NIGHT  East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to  30 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail:  East 5 feet at 5 seconds. Showers likely. A slight chance of  thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of thunderstorms after  midnight.  SUNDAY  East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally  to 5 feet. Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the  morning, then showers likely with a slight chance of thunderstorms  in the afternoon.  SUNDAY NIGHT  East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.  Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. A chance of showers.  MONDAY  East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. A chance of  showers.  MONDAY NIGHT  East winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave  Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers.  TUESDAY  Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. A  slight chance of showers in the morning, then a chance of showers in  the afternoon.  TUESDAY NIGHT  Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to  15 knots after midnight. Seas 1 to 2 feet, building to 2 to 3 feet  after midnight. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 2 seconds. A slight  chance of showers.    Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.    $$