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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
WEST CENTRAL NORTH ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS
BEYOND 60 NM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE, INCLUDING SOUTH OF GEORGES BANK
FROM 1000 FM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE.
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR TSTMS.
ANZ899-040230-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERSIST OVER
THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS TODAY INTO FRI NIGHT, THEN WEAKEN AND
SHIFT SE OF THE AREA SAT AND SAT NIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL DRIFT
NE OVER THE OUTER NORTHERN WATERS TODAY, THEN CLEAR N AND NE OF
THE AREA LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT MOVING
INTO THE N PORTIONS FRI. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY S
ACROSS THE N AND CENTRAL PORTIONS FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT,
THEN ACROSS THE S PORTIONS SUN AND SUN NIGHT. BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT, HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SE TOWARD THE N AND CENTRAL
PORTIONS LATE SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT.
ANZ820-040230-
HUDSON CANYON TO BALTIMORE CANYON TO 1000 FM-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
FRI
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT NIGHT
NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SUN
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
MON
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
4 TO 5 FT.
MON NIGHT
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT, BECOMING W. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT.
ANZ915-040230-
BETWEEN 1000FM AND 38.5 N WEST OF 69 W-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
FRI
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
FRI NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SUN
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
SUN NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
MON
N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO
8 FT.
MON NIGHT
N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT.
ANZ920-040230-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO 69W EAST OF 1000 FM AND SOUTH OF 38.5N TO
250 NM OFFSHORE-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT, BECOMING SW. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
TONIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
FRI
W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
FRI NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING NW. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
SUN
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
SUN NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
MON
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
5 TO 8 FT.
MON NIGHT
N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT.
ANZ905-040230-
EAST OF 69W TO THE HAGUE LINE BETWEEN 1000 FM AND 39N-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
FRI
W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING W TO NW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
FRI NIGHT
N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
SUN
N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.
SUN NIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
MON
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
MON NIGHT
N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
5 TO 8 FT.
ANZ910-040230-
EAST OF 69W AND SOUTH OF 39N TO 250 NM OFFSHORE-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
FRI
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. TSTMS AND SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
FRI NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
SUN
N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 11 FT.
SUN NIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
MON
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
MON NIGHT
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
ANZ825-040230-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
FRI
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING W TO NW. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING N 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SUN
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
MON NIGHT
E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
ANZ828-040230-
CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING W. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
FRI
W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SUN
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT.
MON NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
ANZ925-040230-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO HATTERAS CANYON BETWEEN 100 NM AND 250 NM
OFFSHORE-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
TONIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
FRI
W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT.
SUN
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING NE 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
MON NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
ANZ830-040230-
CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO CAPE HATTERAS TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
FRI
W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W TO SW 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
SAT
W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING NW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SUN
NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
SUN NIGHT
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
MON
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT.
MON NIGHT
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
ANZ833-040230-
CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE FEAR TO 100 NM OFFSHORE.-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT, BECOMING S TO SW. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
FRI
W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING W. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT
W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING N. SEAS 3 TO
6 FT.
SUN
N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING E. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
MON
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT.
ANZ930-040230-
HATTERAS CANYON TO CAPE FEAR BETWEEN 100 NM AND 250 NM OFFSHORE-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT, BECOMING SW. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT.
TONIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING W. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
FRI
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS.
SAT
W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SAT NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO
20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SUN
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
MON NIGHT
E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT.
ANZ835-040230-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N TO 1000 FM-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
TONIGHT
S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
FRI
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING W 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
SUN
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
SUN NIGHT
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING E TO NE 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING E. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
ANZ935-040230-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N EAST OF 1000 FM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE-
1041 AM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
TODAY
S TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
TONIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
FRI
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W TO SW 10 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
SAT
W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT.
SAT NIGHT
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SUN
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W TO NW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT.
SUN NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
MON
E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
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