FZNT25 KNHC 150829 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 429 AM EDT Thu Oct 15 2026 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... Southeast Gulf of America .SYNOPSIS...A ridge will dominate the Gulf region through Fri producing a gentle to moderate anticyclonic flow and slight to moderate seas. A cold front is forecast to enter the northwest Gulf late Fri, and reach from southwest Florida to the central Bay of Campeche by late Sat. Fresh to strong winds and moderate to rough seas will follow the front, with gales expected over the west-central Gulf by early Sat morning, and over the SW Gulf by Sat afternoon. Rough to very rough seas are expected with the strongest winds. Gale conditions are forecast to persist over the SW Gulf through Sun. .TODAY...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 5 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. .MON...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A surface trough is analyzed along 67W with scattered showers in its vicinity. This activity will dissipate through today. Elsewhere, surface ridging and little to no convection prevails. A cold front will reach the NE waters on Fri with little change in winds and seas. A stronger cold front will move into the waters off northeast Florida by late Fri night into early Sat morning, and reach from near Bermuda to South Florida by late Sat. Strong to near-gale force winds and rough seas will follow the front. .TODAY...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. .MON...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell.