NWS Marine Forecast


   GMZ500-GMZ501-041800-  1122 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025      .SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM...    A weak area of low pressure will gradually drift east across the  Louisiana Coast on Thursday. This will tighten the pressure gradient  especially east of the Mississippi River delta. Winds will increase  with moderate to strong east-southeast to easterly winds. This will  have multiple impacts with Small Craft Advisory conditions expected  Thursday into Friday. Winds will relax and return to offshore late  Friday and then more variable on Saturday with the passage of  another weak sfc low. A frontal passage on Sunday night will bring  another push of strong offshore winds on Monday which could prompt  small craft headlines for much of the coastal waters.    $$
   GMZ550-552-041800-  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-  1122 PM CST Wed Dec 3 2025    SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY  THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT    REST OF TONIGHT  Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.  Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 3 seconds. A chance of showers late  this evening, then showers likely with a slight chance of  thunderstorms late.  THURSDAY  East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots.  Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 4 seconds. A  chance of thunderstorms. Showers.  THURSDAY NIGHT  East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming northwest  after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at  5 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly  in the evening.  FRIDAY  North winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave  Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds and north 1 foot at 2 seconds. A  slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning. Showers.  FRIDAY NIGHT  Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet.  Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at  5 seconds. Showers likely.  SATURDAY  Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave  Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at 5 seconds.  Showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.  SATURDAY NIGHT  East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast after  midnight. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at  4 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms. Showers likely, mainly  in the evening.  SUNDAY  North winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave  Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 2 seconds and southeast 1 foot at  5 seconds. A chance of showers in the morning.  SUNDAY NIGHT  North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to  20 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet.  Wave Detail: North 3 feet at 3 seconds and south 1 foot at  5 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the evening.  MONDAY  North winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots  in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave  Detail: North 2 feet at 2 seconds.  MONDAY NIGHT  Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet.    Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.    $$