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Marine Forecast

Issued 08:00 PM NDT 17 April 2026

Tonight and Saturday.

Wind north 20 knots veering to northeast 10 to 15 early Saturday morning then diminishing to light near noon Saturday. Wind becoming southeast 10 to 15 Saturday evening.

Temperatures near zero.

Waves

Issued 06:00 PM NDT 17 April 2026
Tonight and Saturday. Seas 1 metre.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM NDT 17 April 2026
Sunday Wind south 25 knots increasing to south 25 to 35 in the morning.
Monday Wind south 25 to 35 knots becoming west 25.
Tuesday Wind northwest 10 to 15 knots.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EDT 17 April 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday Open water except 1 tenth first-year ice near parts of the Quebec coast. Consolidated rotten first-year ice along parts of the coasts. 

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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 17 April 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from Cape Breton Island near 4621N 6025W to
4655N 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

Open water except 1 tenth first-year ice near parts of the Quebec
coast. Consolidated rotten first-year ice along parts of the coasts.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 2:40 PM EDT 17 April 2026

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 18 Apr estimated from Newfoundland near
4655N 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 NDT 17 April 2026 Tonight and Saturday At 8:00 p.m. NDT tonight trough located over the northern Grand
Banks.
By 3:30 p.m. NDT Saturday departing trough located east of the
Marine District.

At 8:00 p.m. NDT tonight ridge located on a line northwest-southeast
over northern Quebec.
By 8:00 p.m. NDT Saturday ridge located on a line north-south over
Funk Island Bank.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 7:56 PM NDT 17 April 2026 A trough of low pressure over the Northern Grand Banks will continue
tracking eastward tonight before lying east of the marine district by
Saturday afternoon. Strong to gale force northwesterlies will
continue over eastern waters behind the trough tonight and will
diminish on Saturday as the trough moves away.

Marine interests are advised that gale warnings in effect for Belle
Isle Bank, Funk Island Bank, and Northern Grand Banks.

Marine interests are advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Strait of Belle Isle - eastern half, Northeast Coast,
Belle Isle Bank, and Funk Island Bank.

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