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Coastal Waters Forecast

National Weather Service Mobile AL

532 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026



Gulf Coastal Waters Okaloosa Walton County Line To Pascagoula Out

60 NM



Seas are given as significant wave height...which is the average

height of the highest 1/3 of the waves.  Individual waves may be

more than twice the significant wave height.



GMZ600-022300-

532 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026



.SYNOPSIS...

A light to moderate onshore flow prevails through Sunday

afternoon. Winds quickly turn northerly through the afternoon and

evening on Sunday behind a cold front. A moderate to strong

offshore flow persists through Monday before winds gradually turn

easterly on Tuesday. Expect a few rounds of small craft

advisory-level conditions next week behind the front with gusts

to gale force possible.



$$



GMZ630-022300-

Northern Mobile Bay-

532 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026



.TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south 10 to

15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots this afternoon. Waves 1 foot

or less. A moderate chop. 

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to

10 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate chop. 

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to

15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot

or less. A moderate chop. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to

5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate

chop. 

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

A moderate chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in

the afternoon. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. A chance of showers. A slight chance of

thunderstorms after midnight. 

.SUNDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming north in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A chance of

thunderstorms. Showers likely. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to

20 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet

after midnight. Choppy. A chance of showers, mainly in the

evening. 

.MONDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to

15 knots in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet in the morning,

then 1 foot or less. Choppy.

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. A moderate chop. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ631-632-022300-

Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-

532 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026



.TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots with gusts up to 20 knots,

increasing to 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots this

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate chop. 

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less.

A moderate chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in

the afternoon. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then

a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after

midnight. 

.SUNDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. Showers likely with

a chance of thunderstorms. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to

20 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet

after midnight. Choppy. A chance of showers, mainly in the

evening. 

.MONDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to

15 knots in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet. Choppy. A slight

chance of showers in the morning. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less, then around 2 feet after midnight. A moderate chop. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ633-634-022300-

Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-

532 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026



.TODAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to

15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots late this morning and

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate chop. 

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to

15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot

or less. A moderate chop. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to

15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot

or less. A moderate chop. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to

around 5 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop.

A chance of showers after midnight. 

.SUNDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. Showers likely with

a slight chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers

likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

A moderate chop. A chance of showers, mainly in the evening. 

.MONDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A

moderate chop. A slight chance of showers in the morning. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. A moderate chop. A slight chance of showers after midnight.



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ635-636-022300-

Western Choctawhatchee Bay-Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay-

532 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026



.TODAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast 10 to

15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots late this morning and

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate chop. 

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after

midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast with gusts

up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light

chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

afternoon. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

A moderate chop. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots in the evening,

becoming light and variable. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A

slight chance of showers after midnight. 

.SUNDAY...South winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance of

thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers

likely in the afternoon. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 10 to

15 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate chop. A

chance of showers, mainly in the evening. 

.MONDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to

10 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate chop.

A slight chance of showers in the morning. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast

10 to 15 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate

chop. A slight chance of showers after midnight. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ650-655-022300-

Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM-

Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola

FL out 20 NM-

532 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026



.TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 

.FRIDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around

3 feet. 

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet,

occasionally to 5 feet. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.

A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of

showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. 

.SUNDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the

afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Showers likely. A slight chance of

thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of thunderstorms in

the afternoon. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to

20 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to

5 feet. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms

in the evening, then a slight chance of showers after midnight. 

.MONDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,

occasionally to 5 feet. A slight chance of showers. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.

A slight chance of showers. 



Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ670-675-022300-

Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM-

Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from

20 to 60 NM-

532 AM CDT Thu Apr 2 2026



.TODAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Seas around 3 feet. 

.TONIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Seas around 3 feet. 

.FRIDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Seas around 3 feet. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. 

.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 3 feet.

A chance of showers after midnight. 

.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west in the

afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A

chance of showers in the morning, then showers likely in the

afternoon. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet,

building to 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet after midnight. A

chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. 

.MONDAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to

20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to

8 feet. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, increasing to

20 to 25 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to

6 feet. A slight chance of showers in the evening, then a chance

of showers after midnight. 



Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$