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NAVTEX Marine Forecast for Mid-Atlantic states waters
NWS Ocean Prediction Center Washington DC
1216 PM EDT Mon Aug 24 2026

Conditions given represent the highest within that period.

Locally higher winds and seas can be expected in and near tstms.

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed coastal
waters forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...A cold front will slowly move SE across the area
today into tonight, then stall over the central waters Tue
through Wed while weakening. The weak front will then lift N as a
warm front Wed night into Fri. A high pressure ridge will build W
across the central and S waters Wed and Wed night, then continue
Thu through Fri night.  

Sandy Hook to 37.5N

.TODAY...S to SW winds less than 10 kt, becoming SW. Seas 3 to
4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...N to NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Isolated tstms. 
.TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...Variable winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

37.5N to Cape Hatteras

.TODAY...S to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated
tstms. 
.TONIGHT...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated
tstms. 
.TUE...W winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated tstms. 
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Isolated tstms. 
.WED...E to SE winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

Cape Hatteras to Murrells Inlet

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to
4 ft. Isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered tstms.
.TUE...W to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated tstms.
.TUE NIGHT...W to SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Isolated tstms. 
.WED...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...S to SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.