


Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
002 FZNT32 KNHC 281519 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1019 AM EST Fri Feb 28 2025 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast for the Gulf of America Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. .SYNOPSIS...A cold front extending from Fort Myers, Florida to 26N89W will exit the basin later today. High pressure will develop over the NE Gulf waters in the wake of the front tonight while a surface trough in the Bay of Campeche dissipates. A new cold front is forecast to sink across the NE Gulf waters Sat night and exit the SE basin Sun morning. Moderate to fresh NE winds will follow this front. Moderate to fresh E to SE winds will develop over the western half of the Gulf Sun evening, expand across the remainder Gulf by Mon morning, and reach fresh to strong speeds over the western half of the Gulf Tue morning ahead of the next cold front forecast to come off the Texas coast late Tue. Gulf of America N of 26N W of 87W .TODAY...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to E in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Gulf of America from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TODAY...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. SW Gulf of America S of 22N W of 87W .TODAY...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, Variable winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, NE winds less than 10 kt, shifting to E after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...E winds less than 10 kt in the morning, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NE winds less than 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Gulf of America E of 87W .TODAY...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.