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Marine Forecast

Issued 08:00 PM AST 19 January 2026

Tonight and Tuesday.

Wind west 20 to 25 knots increasing to west 30 Tuesday afternoon.

Scattered showers overnight and Tuesday morning. Flurries Tuesday evening.

Waves

Issued 05:00 PM AST 19 January 2026
Tonight and Tuesday. Seas 3 to 5 metres.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM AST 19 January 2026
Wednesday Wind northwest 25 knots backing to southwest 20 in the afternoon.
Thursday Wind southwest 20 knots.
Friday Wind west 25 knots.

Ice Forecast

Issued 10:00 AM EST 19 January 2026 Today Tonight and Tuesday Ice free. 

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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 19 January 2026 Today Tonight and Tuesday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from New Brunswick near 4532N 6507W to Nova
Scotia 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

Ice free.

 

Iceberg Bulletin

Issued 1:30 PM EST 19 January 2026

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 20 Jan estimated from Newfoundland near
4952N 5545W to 5015N 5200W to 5115N 4815W to 5245N 4815W 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 AST 19 January 2026 Tonight and Tuesday At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight departing low 979 mb located northeast
of Newfoundland.

At 8:00 p.m. AST tonight low 1009 mb located over the Bay of Fundy.
By 10:00 a.m. AST Tuesday low 1000 mb located over the northeastern
Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 7:28 PM AST 19 January 2026 A low pressure system over the Bay of Fundy this evening will move
northeast to lie over the Northeastern Gulf of St. Lawrence Tuesday
morning. Strong to gale force southwest winds are expected south and
west of this low.

Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Lurcher, Browns Bank, southwestern shore, LaHave Bank, eastern shore,
Sable - western half, Fourchu, Banquereau - northwestern half,
Northumberland Strait - western half, Gulf-Magdalen - western half,
Chaleur-Miscou and Anticosti.

Marine interests are advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Fundy, Grand Manan, and all Gulf of St. Lawrence waters.

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