NWS Marine Forecast



 Hazardous marine condition(s):
 Small Craft Advisory
   GMZ500-GMZ501-021800-  1127 PM CST Thu Jan 1 2026      .SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM...    A surface ridge centered over the western Gulf will track eastward,  crossing Florida on Friday. Local winds have become southwesterly.  Expect a modest increase in wind speeds as a developing surface low  to the north tightens the local pressure gradient. Small Craft  Advisories will be in effect for most waters from mid morning into  Saturday. A cold front will move through the waters on Saturday, but  a progressive surface pattern will quickly result in the tight  pressure gradient relaxing which will lend to subsiding winds and  seas.    $$
   GMZ550-552-021800-  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-  1127 PM CST Thu Jan 1 2026    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST FRIDAY THROUGH  SATURDAY MORNING    REST OF TONIGHT  Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 foot or  less, then 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds,  becoming southwest 2 feet at 4 seconds.  FRIDAY  Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.  Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest  3 feet at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.  FRIDAY NIGHT  Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to  30 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail:  Southwest 4 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers. A slight  chance of thunderstorms after midnight.  SATURDAY  West winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.  Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest  4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of  thunderstorms.  SATURDAY NIGHT  Northwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming north  15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to  5 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 4 feet at 7 seconds and north 3 feet  at 3 seconds.  SUNDAY  Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots,  diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1 to 2 feet.  Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and southwest 2 feet at  6 seconds.  SUNDAY NIGHT  East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet in the  evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at  3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming east 1 foot at  3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds.  MONDAY  Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave  Detail: East 1 foot at 2 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds.  MONDAY NIGHT  South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave  Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 3 seconds.  TUESDAY  South winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave  Detail: South 1 foot at 3 seconds.  TUESDAY NIGHT  South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.    Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.    $$