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Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM NDT 22 April 2026

Today Tonight and Thursday.

Wind north 25 knots diminishing to variable 15 to 20 near noon then becoming northwest 20 near midnight. Wind backing to west 15 Thursday afternoon.

Rain or freezing rain ending near midnight. Visibility as low as 1 mile in precipitation.

Temperatures near zero.

Waves

Issued 06:00 AM NDT 22 April 2026
Today Tonight and Thursday. Seas 2 to 3 metres.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:00 AM NDT 22 April 2026
Friday Wind variable 10 to 15 knots increasing to north 25 in the afternoon.
Saturday Wind north 25 to 35 knots.
Sunday Wind northwest 25 knots.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EDT 22 April 2026 Today Tonight and Thursday Bergy water. 

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Map of Atlantic - Maritimes marine weather areas East Scotia Slope - 44137 Cap-Chat Burgeo Île Bicquette New Carlisle Îles de la Madeleine Airport Port Menier Summerside North Cape Pointe-au-Père Mont-Joli Airport La Pocatière Wreckhouse Banquereau - 44139 Port aux Basques Sagona Island Gaspé Airport LaHave Bank - 44150 Halifax Harbour - 44258 St. Lawrence Stephenville Airport Western Head Winterland Branch Hill Île aux Perroquets Beaver Island Baccaro Point St. Stephen Pointe-des-Monts Saint John Airport Sept-Îles Airport Point Lepreau Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc Int'l Airport Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan Miscou Island Île Rouge Kouchibouguac Pointe-Noire Kouchibouguac Havre-Saint-Pierre Airport Grand Manan Fundy Park (Alma) Miramichi Charlo West Chedabucto Bay – 44489 Bathurst Airport Baie-Comeau Airport Bas Caraquet East Chedabucto Bay – 44488 Nappan AAFC East Point Charlottetown Airport Yarmouth Airport Cap-d'Espoir Tracadie J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport Shearwater Airport St.Paul Island Sable Island Parrsboro North Mountain Rivière-la-Madeleine McNabs Island Lunenburg Kentville AAFC Ingonish Beach Hart Island CFB Greenwood Grand Étang Eskasoni (First Nations) Debert Caribou Point Brier Island
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Ice Conditions

Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EDT 22 April 2026 Today Tonight and Thursday

Ice Edge

Ice edge estimated from Newfoundland near 4745N 5243W to 4624N 4549W
to 5530N 5230W to 5700N 5600W to 6045N 5800W to 6200N 5700W then
northeastward. Sea ice north then west of the ice edge.

Ice Coverage

Bergy water.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 2:30 PM EDT 21 April 2026

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 22 Apr estimated from Newfoundland near
4655N 5400W to 4415N 5210W to 4340N 4630W to 4630N 4415W to 5000N
4425W to 5305N 4755W to 5900N 5500W to 6015N 5245W to 5740N 4850W
then eastward.

Iceberg Count

10 to 25 icebergs.
Warnings

No watches or warnings in effect.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 10:00 AM NDT 22 April 2026 Today Tonight and Thursday At 10:00 a.m. NDT today low 1004 mb located over the southwestern
Grand Banks.
By 10:00 a.m. NDT Thursday low 1001 mb located over the Northeast
Coast of Newfoundland.

At 10:00 a.m. NDT today quasi-stationary ridge located on a line
north-south over the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 9:55 AM NDT 22 April 2026 A low pressure system over the Southwestern Grand Banks will track
northwards today just east of the Avalon Peninsula and then
northwestwards tonight to lie over the Northeast Coast on Thursday
morning where it will weaken. A period of strong to gale force
northerlies to northwesterlies are expected to the west of its track.
Over southern waters winds will diminish as the low moves away, while
over northern waters winds will diminish as the system weakens.

Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Strait of Belle Isle - eastern half, Northeast Coast, Belle Isle
Bank, and Southwestern Grand Banks.

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