FZNT25 KNHC 201526

OFFN04



NAVTEX Marine Forecast

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL

1126 AM EDT Fri Mar 20 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...The pressure gradient between a ridge across the

Gulf region and a weakening stationary front over the central 

Caribbean Sea will continue to support fresh to locally strong

NE winds and moderate to rough seas over the SE Gulf, including

the Straits of Florida, through late today. Moderate to fresh NE

winds are expected nightly, through the forecast period, across

the eastern Bay of Campeche due to local effects associated with

a thermal trough. Elsewhere, moderate or weaker winds, and

slight to moderate seas will prevail through Tue night. 



.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 

.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,

subsiding to 2 ft or less. 

.SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

.MON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

.TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  



Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida



.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front extends from near Bermuda to a

1011 mb low pressure located near 28N70W to eastern Cuba. Fresh

to strong winds and rough seas on either side of the front, and

N of 25N, will continue to affect the offshore waters from west

to east through Sun as the front moves eastward as a cold front. 

Looking ahead, a new cold front is forecast to enter the NE 

Florida offshore waters Mon night into Tue, followed by fresh to 

strong NE to E winds and rough seas. These marine conditions are 

forecast to affect most of the waters N of 27N through the middle 

of the next week. 



.THIS AFTERNOON...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and N to NE

15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 

.SAT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and NW to N 10 to

15 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 

.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and W to NW 10 to

15 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 

.SUN...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.MON...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 

.TUE...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 ft, building to 4 to 6 ft in

the afternoon. 

.TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.