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Coastal Waters Forecast for Southeast Alaska
National Weather Service Juneau AK
415 AM AKDT Thu Oct 16 2025

Southeast Alaska Coastal Waters from Dixon Entrance to
Cape Suckling out 100 NM

Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction
expected. Seas forecasts represent the average of the highest
one-third of the combined windwave and swell height.

Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision out to 15 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW wind 25 kt. Gusts to 40 kt. Seas 13 ft building to
17 ft in the afternoon. Showers. Slight chance of thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 25 kt. Gusts to 40 kt. Seas 22 ft. W swell.
Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
.FRI...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 20 ft. W swell. Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 16 ft. Rain.
.SAT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 17 ft.

Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision from 15 to 90 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft building to 19 ft in the
afternoon. Showers early in the morning. Showers in the
afternoon.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 24 ft. Showers late.
.FRI...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 20 ft. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 17 ft. Rain.
.SAT...SE gale to 35 kt. Seas 18 ft.

Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe out to 15 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft building to 19 ft in the
afternoon. Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 23 ft. Showers and slight chance
of thunderstorms.
.FRI...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 20 ft. W swell. Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...S wind 30 kt. Gusts to 45 kt. Seas 15 ft. Rain.
.SAT...E gale to 35 kt. Seas 15 ft.

Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe from 15 to 80 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 16 ft building to 22 ft in the
afternoon. Showers.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 25 ft. Showers.
.FRI...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 20 ft. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...S gale to 35 kt. Seas 16 ft. Rain.
.SAT...E gale to 40 kt. Seas 17 ft.

Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer out to 15 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW wind 25 kt. Gusts to 40 kt. Seas 15 ft building to
19 ft in the afternoon. Showers and slight chance of
thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 23 ft. SW swell. Showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms.
.FRI...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 19 ft. SW swell. Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...S wind 20 kt. Seas 14 ft. W swell. Rain.
.SAT...N wind 25 kt. Seas 11 ft.

Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer from 15 to 80 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 17 ft building to 23 ft in the
afternoon. Slight chance of thunderstorms early in the morning.
Showers.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 26 ft. Showers.
.FRI...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 22 ft subsiding to 17 ft in the
afternoon. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...SE wind 30 kt. Seas 14 ft. Rain.
.SAT...E gale to 35 kt. Seas 13 ft.

Cape Spencer to Cape Fairweather out to 15 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S wind 25 kt. Seas 14 ft building to 18 ft in the
afternoon. SW swell in the afternoon. Rain showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...S wind 20 kt. Seas 22 ft. SW swell. Showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms.
.FRI...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 18 ft. SW swell. Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. SW swell. Rain.
.SAT...N wind 20 kt. Seas 10 ft.

Cape Spencer to Cape Fairweather from 15 to 85 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 17 ft building to 22 ft in the
afternoon. Slight chance of thunderstorms early in the morning.
Showers.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 30 kt. Seas 25 ft. Showers.
.FRI...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 19 ft. SW swell in the morning.
Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. W swell. Rain.
.SAT...E wind 30 kt. Seas 10 ft.

Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape out to 15 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S wind 20 kt. Seas 16 ft. S swell increasing to SW in
the afternoon. Showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 15 kt. Seas 21 ft. SW swell. Showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms.
.FRI...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 17 ft. SW swell. Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...E wind 20 kt. Seas 12 ft. SW swell. Rain.
.SAT...N wind 15 kt. Seas 8 ft.

Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape from 15 to 80 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S wind 25 kt. Seas 16 ft building to 22 ft in the
afternoon. SW swell in the afternoon. Slight chance of
thunderstorms early in the morning. Showers.
.TONIGHT...S wind 25 kt. Seas 24 ft. SW swell. Showers.
.FRI...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 18 ft. SW swell in the morning.
Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...SE wind 20 kt. Seas 12 ft. SW swell. Rain.
.SAT...NW wind 20 kt. Seas 9 ft.

Icy Cape to Cape Suckling out to 15 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 15 ft. S swell early in the morning.
Showers.
.TONIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 18 ft. SW swell. Showers.
.FRI...S wind 20 kt. Seas 13 ft. SW swell in the morning.
Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...E wind 15 kt. Seas 10 ft. SW swell. Rain.
.SAT...NW wind 15 kt. Seas 7 ft.

Icy Cape to Cape Suckling from 15 to 80 NM-

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

.TODAY...S wind 20 kt. Seas 16 ft building to 21 ft in the
afternoon. SW swell in the afternoon. Showers.
.TONIGHT...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 21 ft. SW swell. Showers.
.FRI...SW wind 20 kt. Seas 17 ft subsiding to 13 ft in the
afternoon. SW swell in the morning. Showers.
.FRI NIGHT...SE wind 15 kt. Seas 11 ft. SW swell. Rain.
.SAT...NW wind 25 kt. Seas 10 ft.

$$