NWS Marine Forecast



 Hazardous marine condition(s):
 Small Craft Advisory
   GMZ500-GMZ501-030600-  1132 AM CST Fri Jan 2 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.    $$
   GMZ575-577-030600-  Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the  Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm-  Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana  out 20 to 60 NM-  1132 AM CST Fri Jan 2 2026    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON    THIS AFTERNOON  Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to  25 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 3 feet at  5 seconds.  TONIGHT  Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.  Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet, building to 5 to 6 feet,  occasionally to 8 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: Southwest 5 feet  at 6 seconds, becoming southwest 6 feet at 6 seconds. A chance of  showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.  SATURDAY  Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to  25 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail:  Southwest 6 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers and  thunderstorms.  SATURDAY NIGHT  Northwest winds around 15 knots, becoming north  after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave  Detail: Southwest 5 feet at 7 seconds and north 4 feet at 5 seconds.  A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms in the  evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight.  SUNDAY  Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet,  occasionally to 6 feet, subsiding to 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to  5 feet in the afternoon. Wave Detail: North 4 feet at 5 seconds and  southwest 3 feet at 7 seconds, becoming northeast 3 feet at  5 seconds and southwest 2 feet at 7 seconds.  SUNDAY NIGHT  Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.  Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds and southwest 1 foot at  6 seconds.  MONDAY  East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave  Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and southwest 1 foot at  5 seconds.  MONDAY NIGHT  South winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.  Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 4 seconds.  TUESDAY  Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave  Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds.  TUESDAY NIGHT  South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.  Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 2 seconds.    Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.    $$