FZNT25 KNHC 301525 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1025 AM EST Fri Jan 30 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...High pressure of 1022 mb centered over northern FL is shifting eastward in response to a low pressure area that is moving into the lower Mississippi Valley. A trailing cold front is moving over the NW Gulf and extends southwestward from Pecan Island, LA south of Brownsville, TX. Fresh to strong NW to N winds and building seas will follow the front as it reaches from Panama City, FL to just N of Veracruz, MX by this evening. The low will rapidly deepen through Sat as it moves into the western Atlantic. This will reinforce the front as it exits to the southeast of the basin on Sat, and usher in another blast of arctic air across the Gulf that will support winds to gale-force near Veracruz tonight into early on Sat, and across the eastern Gulf Sat through late Sat night, with rough to very rough seas across the basin. Looking ahead, winds and seas will diminish from W to E across the Gulf Sun through Mon as high pressure shifts southeastward across the northern Gulf in the wake of the front. ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...N winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W to NW in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 5 ft after midnight. Scattered showers. .SAT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft, becoming 9 to 14 ft in W to NW swell in the afternoon. Scattered showers. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 12 to 17 ft in NW swell. .SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NW swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A stationary front extends from near 31N49W to the eastern tip of Cuba. Mainly moderate NW winds and rough seas follow the front, and fresh to strong SW winds and rough seas are ahead of the front. A cold front will stall this morning over the NW forecast waters, then lift N of the area through late this afternoon ahead of a complex low pressure system that tracks NE just offshore the Carolina coast. This system will send an unusually strong and powerful arctic cold front off the northeast Florida coast Sat morning. The associated complex low pressure is forecast to deepen rapidly across the NW Atlantic Sat through Sun, becoming quite powerful and inducing a very large area of westerly gale-force winds covering the local waters N of about 24N Sat through Sun evening, before lifting N of the area Sun night. The front is expected to reach from near 31N73W to eastern Cuba Sat evening, from 31N60W to eastern Hispaniola Sun evening, then begin to weaken and stall from bear 27N55W to eastern Puerto Rico Mon evening. In the wake of the front, large long-period NW swell will impact the waters N and E of the Bahamas from late Sat through early next week. Mariners should monitor the forecasts for Sat and beyond, and prepare to execute avoidance plans from these conditions. ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...S of 27N, E winds 15 to 20 kt. N of 27N, E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W to NW after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...S of 27N, NW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. N of 27N, W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in W to NW swell. .SUN...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft in NW swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in N swell. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.