Southwest Coast
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 03:00 AM NST 10 December 2025
Today Tonight and Thursday.
Wind west 30 knots diminishing to southwest 15 to 20 near noon then backing to south 25 early this evening. Wind diminishing to variable 10 to 15 near midnight then increasing to southeast 15 to 20 Thursday morning. Wind veering to southwest 25 Thursday evening.
Flurries becoming showers or flurries this afternoon then rain Thursday morning. Fog patches forming overnight and dissipating Thursday evening. Visibility 1 mile or less in flurries and in fog patches.
Waves
Issued 06:00 PM NST 09 December 2025
Tonight and Wednesday.
Seas 3 to 4 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 Wednesday
morning.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:00 AM NST 10 December 2025
Friday
Wind southwest 15 to 20 knots increasing to
southwest 25 to 35 in the morning.
Saturday
Wind southwest 35 to 45 knots veering to west
25 to 35.
Sunday
Wind southwest 15 to 20 knots.
Ice Forecast
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Issued 10:00 AM EST 9 December 2025 Today Tonight and WednesdayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from 4723N 6136W to 4738N 6112W to 4744N6124W to 4734N 6159W to 4706N 6212W to 4706N 6147W to 4723N 6136W.
Sea ice within the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Nova Scotia near 4551N 6201W to
Prince Edward Island near 4621N 6211W. Sea ice west of the ice edge.
Third ice edge estimated from Prince Edward Island near 4628N 6231W
to 4640N 6329W to 4741N 6431W to 4827N 6402W to 4904N 6404W to 4925N
6516W to 4916N 6703W to 4956N 6635W to Anticosti Island near 4924N
6336W. Sea ice west then north of the ice edge.
Fourth ice edge estimated from Anticosti Island near 4949N 6317W to
4946N 5954W to 5106N 5804W to Newfoundland near 5029N 5728W. Sea ice
north of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Ice free.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 1:30 PM EST 9 December 2025Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 10 Dec estimated from Newfoundland near4745N 5245W to 4800N 5100W to 5300N 5015W to 5945N 5730W then
northeastward.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 3:00 AM NST 10 December 2025 Today Tonight and Thursday At 3:00 a.m. NST today low 956 mb located south of Greenland.By 8:00 p.m. NST tonight departing low 956 mb located southeast
of Greenland.
At 3:00 a.m. NST today ridge located south of the Maritimes.
By 3:00 a.m. NST Thursday ridge located on a line
northwest-southeast over Funk Island Bank.
At 10:00 a.m. NST today deepening low 991 mb located near the
Great Lakes.
By 10:00 a.m. NST Thursday deepening low 985 mb located over
New Brunswick.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 2:43 AM NST 10 December 2025 An intense low pressure system south of Greenland will continue toslowly track northeastward away from the district today. Strong to
gale force west to northwesterlies will persist in the low's wake
until this evening.
A second low pressure system will approach the district from the west
tonight and track into the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Thursday. Strong
to gale force southwesterlies will develop over most waters ahead of
this system.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
East Coast, Northeast Coast - Cape St. John and south, Belle Isle
Bank, Funk Island Bank, and the Grand Banks.
Marine interests are also advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Strait of Belle Isle, Northeast Gulf, Gulf - Port au Port
- northwestern half, Northeast Coast - north of Cape St. John, and
Belle Isle Bank.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti
- Banquereau
- 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
- Gulf - Port au Port - northwestern half
- Gulf - Port au Port - southeastern half
- 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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