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East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south

Forecast

Marine Forecast

Issued 08:00 PM NST 15 December 2025

Tonight and Tuesday.

Hurricane force wind warning in effect.

Wind west 55 to 65 knots becoming west 55 late overnight then diminishing to west 35 to 45 Tuesday morning. Wind diminishing to northwest 25 near noon Tuesday.

Flurries ending overnight. Flurries Tuesday evening. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries.

Waves

Issued 06:00 PM NST 15 December 2025
Tonight and Tuesday. Seas 3 to 5 metres building to 5 to 7 this evening and to 8 to 11 near midnight. Seas subsiding to 6 to 8 Tuesday morning and to 4 to 6 Tuesday evening.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM NST 15 December 2025
Wednesday Wind northwest 25 knots backing to southwest 25 in the afternoon.
Thursday Wind southwest 25 to 35 knots becoming northwest 25.
Friday Wind variable 10 to 15 knots increasing to south 25.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 15 December 2025 Today Tonight and Tuesday Bergy water. 

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

Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EST 15 December 2025 Today Tonight and Tuesday

Ice Edge

Ice edge estimated from Newfoundland near 4927N 5356W to 4944N 5358W
to 5012N 5536W to 5125N 5504W to 5349N 5528W to 5633N 6011W to 5928N
6239W to Labrador near 6018N 6424W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.

Ice Coverage

Bergy water.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 1:30 PM EST 15 December 2025

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 16 Dec estimated from Newfoundland near
4730N 5239W to 4715N 4945W to 5115N 4715W to 5945N 5730W to 6155N
5330W to 6005N 4945W to 5900N 4600W then northeastward.

Iceberg Count

No confirmed icebergs except less than 10 icebergs north of the
iceberg limit.
Warnings

Warnings (In effect)

Hurricane force wind warning in effect

East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south

Issued 8:00 PM NST 15 December 2025

'Hurricane' force winds of 64 knots or above are occurring or expected to occur in this marine area. Please refer to the latest marine forecasts for further details and continue to monitor the situation through Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.

Synopsis

Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 8:00 PM NST 15 December 2025 Tonight and Tuesday At 8:00 p.m. NST tonight deepening low 947 mb located over the
Northeast Coast of Newfoundland.
By 8:00 p.m. NST Tuesday low 939 mb located south of Greenland.

At 3:30 p.m. NST Tuesday approaching ridge located on a line
north-south over the Maritimes.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 7:52 PM NST 15 December 2025 An intensifying low pressure system over Northeastern Newfoundland
will track east-northeastward across Funk Island Bank tonight before
departing out to sea. Gale to storm force southwesterly winds over
eastern waters ahead of the low and gale to storm force east to
northeasterlies north of the low will shift to gale to hurricane
force westerlies to northerlies behind the low tonight and Tuesday
morning.

Marine interests are advised that hurricane force wind warnings are
in effect for East Coast, Northeast Coast, Belle Isle Bank, Funk
Island Bank, and Northern Grand Banks. Storm warnings are in effect
for all remaining waters except Gulf waters where gale warnings are
in effect.

Marine interests are also advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Strait of Belle Isle, Gulf waters, Northeast Coast, and
Belle Isle Bank.

Marine interests are further advised that water levels are expected
to exceed the highest astronomical tide with high waves and pounding
surf, impacting some coastal areas of Northeast Coast and East Coast
tonight into Tuesday morning, most significant near high tide.

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