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FZNT22 KWBC 012111
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
WEST CENTRAL NORTH ATLANTIC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS
BEYOND 20 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.
ANZ899-020745-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
SYNOPSIS FOR MID ATLC WATERS
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE S
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS TONIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD OVER NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND MON, THEN MOVE OFFSHORE ACROSS
THE N WATERS MON INTO MON NIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL FORM
NEAR THE SE UNITED STATES COAST MON INTO MON NIGHT. A WARM FRONT
WILL DEVELOP AND LIFT N ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND N WATERS TUE INTO
TUE NIGHT, FOLLOWED BY THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT LATE
TUE NIGHT. THIS COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE N PORTIONS WED,
THEN LIFT BACK N OF THE AREA WED NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT. HIGH
PRESSURE E OF THE S WATERS WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE WATERS WED
NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH FRI NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
THE FAR N WATERS LATE THU. THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL ACROSS THE
FAR N WATERS THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE RIDES E
ALONG THE FRONT.
ANZ820-020745-
HUDSON CANYON TO BALTIMORE CANYON TO 1000 FM-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. LIGHT
FREEZING SPRAY.
MON
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 6 FT. LIGHT FREEZING SPRAY.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. LIGHT FREEZING
SPRAY EARLY.
TUE
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
6 FT. RAIN LIKELY.
TUE NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
WED NIGHT
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
THU
SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT.
FRI
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
FRI NIGHT
NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING E. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
ANZ915-020745-
BETWEEN 1000FM AND 38.5 N WEST OF 69 W-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON
N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT.
MON NIGHT
E TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING E 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
TUE
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT.
TUE NIGHT
S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
5 TO 8 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING W 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT.
WED NIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
W TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING W. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING N TO NE. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT.
ANZ920-020745-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO 69W EAST OF 1000 FM AND SOUTH OF 38.5N TO
250 NM OFFSHORE-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
MON NIGHT
E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
TUE
SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT. RAIN LIKELY.
TUE NIGHT
S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING SW. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT.
WED NIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
5 TO 6 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
ANZ905-020745-
EAST OF 69W TO THE HAGUE LINE BETWEEN 1000 FM AND 39N-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
MON
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. LIGHT FREEZING
SPRAY.
MON NIGHT
N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING N TO NE. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT. LIGHT FREEZING SPRAY.
TUE
SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT, BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. LIGHT FREEZING SPRAY EARLY.
TUE NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT, BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT.
WED NIGHT
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT, BECOMING W. SEAS
5 TO 6 FT.
THU
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS
5 TO 6 FT.
FRI
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING E. SEAS 6 TO 11 FT.
FRI NIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING E TO NE 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 7 TO 11 FT.
ANZ910-020745-
EAST OF 69W AND SOUTH OF 39N TO 250 NM OFFSHORE-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING N 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS
4 TO 8 FT.
MON
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
MON NIGHT
N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING E TO NE. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT.
TUE
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S TO SE 10 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
TUE NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT, BECOMING W 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
8 FT.
WED NIGHT
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO
20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
THU
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING SW 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO
6 FT.
THU NIGHT
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING W TO SW 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT.
FRI NIGHT
W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT.
ANZ825-020745-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
TUE
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
TUE NIGHT
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 5 FT.
WED NIGHT
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
THU
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
THU NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 5 FT.
FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
ANZ828-020745-
CAPE CHARLES LIGHT TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
MON NIGHT
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING E 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING S. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. AREAS OF FOG WITH VSBY 1 NM OR LESS.
TUE NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT.
WED NIGHT
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
THU
SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
THU NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
ANZ925-020745-
BALTIMORE CANYON TO HATTERAS CANYON BETWEEN 100 NM AND 250 NM
OFFSHORE-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING N TO NE. SEAS
4 TO 7 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
TUE
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING S TO SE 10 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE NIGHT
S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT.
WED NIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
THU
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
ANZ830-020745-
CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO CAPE HATTERAS TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO
25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, BECOMING SE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE
SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE NIGHT
S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
WED
SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
WED NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
ANZ833-020745-
CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE FEAR TO 100 NM OFFSHORE.-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO
25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
MON NIGHT
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT, BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO
20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE
SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
TUE NIGHT
S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
WED
S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
WED NIGHT
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU
W TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
FRI
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
FRI NIGHT
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
ANZ930-020745-
HATTERAS CANYON TO CAPE FEAR BETWEEN 100 NM AND 250 NM OFFSHORE-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT
EARLY, THEN, BECOMING NE 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
MON
NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING E 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO
8 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
TUE
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
TUE NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING S TO SE 10 TO
20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
WED
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
WED NIGHT
S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S TO SW. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT.
THU
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO
20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI NIGHT
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
ANZ835-020745-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N TO 1000 FM-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT, BECOMING E TO NE
EARLY, THEN, INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
MON
E TO NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
TUE
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS.
TUE NIGHT
SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
WED
SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT, BECOMING VARIABLE. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT.
WED NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING S TO SE. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT.
THU
S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
THU NIGHT
S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
FRI
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
FRI NIGHT
S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
ANZ935-020745-
CAPE FEAR TO 31N EAST OF 1000 FM TO 250 NM OFFSHORE-
411 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
TONIGHT
N WINDS 5 TO 15 KT, BECOMING NE. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
MON
E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS.
MON NIGHT
E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.
TUE
E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
TUE NIGHT
E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT, BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
6 TO 8 FT.
WED
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT.
WED NIGHT
E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT, BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 7 FT.
THU
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
THU NIGHT
SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT, BECOMING S TO SE 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI
S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT.
FRI NIGHT
S TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT.
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