Southwest Coast
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM NST 17 January 2026
Tonight and Sunday.
Wind southwest 25 knots diminishing to southwest 15 to 20 this evening then increasing to southwest 25 early Sunday morning. Wind diminishing to southwest 15 to 20 near noon Sunday and to light Sunday afternoon.
Snow or rain overnight and Sunday morning. Flurries or showers Sunday evening. Visibility 1 mile or less in precipitation.
Waves
Issued 06:00 PM NST 17 January 2026
Tonight and Sunday.
Seas 3 to 4 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 near
midnight.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM NST 17 January 2026
Monday
Wind variable 10 to 15 knots increasing to east
35 in the morning and to southwest 35 to 45 in the afternoon.
Tuesday
Wind southwest 25 knots increasing to west 25
to 35.
Wednesday
Wind west 35 knots.
Ice Forecast
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Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 17 January 2026 Today Tonight and SundayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from New Brunswick near 4532N 6507W to NovaScotia near 4500N 6510W. Sea ice east of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4435N 6327W to 4432N
6251W to 4539N 5917W to 4704N 6000W to 4825N 6224W to 5039N 5807W to
4759N 5937W to Newfoundland near 4738N 5919W. Sea ice northwest then
east of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Open water.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 1:30 PM EST 17 January 2026Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 18 Jan estimated from Newfoundland near5000N 5532W to 5030N 5230W to 5200N 4915W to 5315N 4915W to 5945N
5730W to 6145N 5155W to 5900N 4735W then northeastward.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM NST 17 January 2026 Tonight and Sunday At 8:00 p.m. NST tonight low 949 mb located east of Labrador Sea.By 10:00 a.m. NST Sunday departing low 984 mb located southeast
of Greenland.
At 3:00 a.m. NST Sunday low 1010 mb located near
Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
By 3:00 p.m. NST Sunday departing low 1013 mb located east of Funk
Island Bank.
At 8:00 p.m. NST Sunday approaching low 1002 mb located southwest
of Nova Scotia.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:49 PM NST 17 January 2026
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti
- Banquereau - northwestern half
- Banquereau - southeastern half
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait
- Chaleur - Miscou - eastern half
- Chaleur - Miscou - western half
- Eastern Shore
- East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Scotian Slope
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen - northwestern half
- Gulf - Magdalen - southeastern half
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Halifax Harbour and Approaches
- LaHave Bank
- Laurentian Fan
- 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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