East Scotian Slope
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM ADT 17 April 2026
Tonight and Saturday.
Wind light increasing to northeast 15 knots near midnight and to east 25 early Saturday morning.
Showers with a risk of thunderstorms. Fog patches dissipating early Saturday morning. Fog patches reforming Saturday evening.
Waves
Issued 05:00 PM ADT 17 April 2026
East Scotian Slope - eastern half
Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres.
East Scotian Slope - western half
Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 Saturday
morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM ADT 17 April 2026
Sunday
Wind southeast 20 knots.
Monday
Wind southwest 20 knots becoming northeast
20.
Tuesday
Wind northeast 25 knots.
Ice Forecast
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 17 April 2026 Today Tonight and SaturdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from Cape Breton Island near 4621N 6025W to4655N 6008W to 4742N 6124W to Gaspe Peninsula near 4846N 6410W. Sea
ice southwest of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Quebec near 4845N 6751W to 5005N
6507W to 4957N 6018W to Newfoundland near 4806N 5905W. Sea ice north
of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Ice free.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 2:40 PM EDT 17 April 2026Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 18 Apr estimated from Newfoundland near4655N 5400W to 4500N 5200W to 4440N 4710W to 4630N 4415W to 5000N
4425W to 5305N 4755W to 5900N 5500W to 6015N 5245W to 5830N 5000W
then eastward.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM ADT 17 April 2026 Tonight and Saturday At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight departing trough located east of theMarine District.
At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight quasi-stationary low 1012 mb located
southwest of Georges Bank.
At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight ridge located over Quebec.
By 8:00 p.m. ADT Saturday ridge located east of the Avalon
Peninsula.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti - eastern half
- Anticosti - western half
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait - northern half
- Cabot Strait - southern half
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Eastern Shore
- East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Scotian Slope
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Halifax Harbour and Approaches
- LaHave Bank
- Laurentian Fan - northern half
- Laurentian Fan - southern half
- Lurcher
- L'Isle-aux-Coudres to Tadoussac
- Northumberland Strait - eastern half
- Northumberland Strait - western half
- Pointe à Michel to Pointe-des-Monts
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - northern half
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - southern half
- Sable
- Southeastern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Shore
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- Tadoussac to Pointe à Michel
- West Scotian Slope
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