NWS Marine Forecast

   LHZ421-120430-  Outer Saginaw Bay SW of Alabaster to Port Austin MI to Inner  Saginaw Bay-  425 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2026    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON  GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE  FRIDAY NIGHT    TONIGHT  Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots increasing to 30 knots  with gusts to 35 knot gales in the late evening and overnight.  Mostly cloudy with light sleet likely, possible snow and freezing  rain in the evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Waves  6 to 9 feet. Waves occasionally around 12 feet.  THURSDAY  Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots becoming west 15 to  20 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Mostly sunny until  late afternoon becoming partly cloudy. Waves 6 to 9 feet  subsiding to 3 to 5 feet in the late morning and afternoon. Waves  occasionally around 12 feet.  THURSDAY NIGHT  West winds 10 to 15 knots becoming south 15 to 20  knots in the late evening and early morning, then becoming southeast  gales to 35 knot gales with gusts to 40 knot gales after midnight.  Partly cloudy until early morning, then mostly cloudy with snow  likely after midnight. Waves 1 to 3 feet building to 5 to 7 feet  after midnight. Waves occasionally around 10 feet. A Gale Warning may  be needed.  FRIDAY  South gales to 40 knot gales veering to the southwest  at 40 knot gales early in the afternoon. Gusts to 45 knot gales.  Mostly cloudy. Light rain and snow likely until late afternoon,  then a chance of light rain and snow early in the afternoon.  Waves 8 to 12 feet. Waves occasionally around 15 feet.    Gales will be possible beyond the forecast period. Please refer to  the Open Lakes Forecast for more information.    Wave heights are for ice free areas.    See Lake Huron Open Lake Forecast for days 3 through 5.    $$