


Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS San Juan, PR
Issued by NWS San Juan, PR
523 FZCA52 TJSJ 241356 CWFSJU Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service San Juan PR 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Waters AMZ700-250215- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 .SYNOPSIS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WATERS... A long period northerly swell will continue to spread across the islands through early this week, resulting in hazardous seas for the Atlantic waters and local passages. Another tropical wave will move into the Caribbean by late tonight, moving mainly to the south of the USVI and PR through Tuesday. This will result in moderate to fresh easterly winds and choppy to rough seas, particularly across the Caribbean waters. $$ AMZ711-250215- Atlantic Waters of Puerto Rico and USVI from 10 NM to 19.5N- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: North 6 feet at 13 seconds and east 4 feet at 8 seconds. Isolated showers. .TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds and north 6 feet at 13 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas around 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas around 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 9 seconds. .TUESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. Scattered showers after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Scattered showers in the morning. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. $$ AMZ712-250215- Coastal Waters of Northern Puerto Rico out 10 NM- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots this afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 13 seconds and east 4 feet at 8 seconds. Isolated showers late. .TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds and north 5 feet at 13 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 7 feet at 9 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. Scattered showers after midnight. .TUESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas around 7 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 7 feet at 9 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 7 feet at 9 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 5 feet. Scattered showers in the morning. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Numerous showers in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet. $$ AMZ716-250215- Coastal Waters from Cabo San Juan to the waters between Anegada Island and Virgin Gorda and North 10 NM- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots late. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 5 feet at 13 seconds and east 4 feet at 7 seconds. Isolated showers. .TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 5 seconds and north 5 feet at 14 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 6 seconds and north 5 feet at 13 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds and north 5 feet at 12 seconds. Scattered showers after midnight. .TUESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 9 seconds. Scattered showers after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. Scattered showers in the morning. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. $$ AMZ723-250215- Anegada Passage east of Virgin Gorda and Saint Croix south to 17N- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 10 seconds. Isolated showers late. .TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 11 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 10 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. Scattered showers. .TUESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 6 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 8 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 4 feet. Scattered showers in the morning. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. $$ AMZ726-250215- Coastal waters east of Puerto Rico, around Vieques, and around and just north of Culebra and Saint John- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM AST THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots late. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 5 seconds. Isolated showers. .TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 8 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers after midnight. .TUESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers after midnight. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Scattered showers in the morning. .THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. $$ AMZ733-250215- Caribbean waters of Puerto Rico from 10 NM to 17N, including the coastal waters of Saint Croix- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION... ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 5 seconds. Isolated showers this afternoon. .TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 6 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 11 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 7 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 11 seconds. Scattered showers in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight. .TUESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. $$ AMZ735-250215- Coastal Waters of Southern Puerto Rico out 10 NM- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 .REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 5 seconds. Isolated showers late. .TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 5 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 6 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 7 seconds. Scattered showers after midnight. .TUESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 8 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 8 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Scattered showers in the morning. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 3 feet. $$ AMZ741-250215- Mona Passage Southward to 17N- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 13 seconds and east 4 feet at 5 seconds. Scattered showers late. .TONIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 8 seconds and north 5 feet at 12 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 9 seconds. Numerous showers after midnight. .TUESDAY...East winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 8 feet at 9 seconds. Scattered showers. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 feet. Wave Detail: East 7 feet at 9 seconds. Scattered showers in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. Scattered showers in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet. $$ AMZ742-250215- Coastal Waters of Northwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... .REST OF TODAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 12 seconds. Numerous showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. .TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 13 seconds. .MONDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 6 feet at 6 seconds and north 5 feet at 13 seconds. Scattered showers in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to 15 knots after midnight. Gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 7 feet at 9 seconds. .TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 7 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 6 feet at 9 seconds. Numerous showers in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 5 feet at 10 seconds. Scattered showers in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around 5 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Scattered showers in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. Numerous showers in the afternoon. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ AMZ745-250215- Coastal Waters of Southwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM- 956 AM AST Sun Aug 24 2025 ...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION... .REST OF TODAY...East winds around 5 knots, increasing to 5 to 10 knots late. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 4 feet at 11 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 4 seconds. Scattered showers early this afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Numerous showers late. .TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 5 feet at 11 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. Scattered showers in the evening. .MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 4 feet at 11 seconds and southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 4 feet at 12 seconds and east 3 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 7 seconds and northwest 3 feet at 12 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 8 seconds and northwest 3 feet at 11 seconds. .WEDNESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. .THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$