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Coastal Waters Forecast

National Weather Service Mobile AL

914 PM CDT Sat Oct 17 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.



GMZ600-181515-

914 PM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026



.SYNOPSIS...

Strong and gusty north winds continue over the marine areas this

evening and will persist but gradually diminish in intensity over

the next few days. High pressure will continue settle over the 

region with improving marine conditions by the middle of next

week.



$$



GMZ630-181515-

Northern Mobile Bay-

914 PM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...



.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up

to 25 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Choppy.

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

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

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

less. A moderate chop. 

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

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

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot

or less. Smooth.

.THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Smooth.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth.



$$



GMZ631-632-181515-

Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-

914 PM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...



.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up

to 25 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. Choppy.

.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 10 to

15 knots in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet. Rough.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A moderate chop. 

.MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves

around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. A moderate

chop. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to

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

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots, increasing to

5 to 10 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to around

5 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth.



$$



GMZ633-634-181515-

Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-

914 PM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...



.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up

to 25 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Choppy.

.SUNDAY...Northeast 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.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

25 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate chop. 

.MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves

1 foot or less. A moderate chop. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot

or less. Smooth.

.THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Smooth.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth.



$$



GMZ635-636-181515-

Western Choctawhatchee Bay-Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay-

914 PM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY...



.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up

to 25 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet. Choppy. 

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

15 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet in the morning then 1

foot or less. Choppy.

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

25 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. A moderate chop. 

.MONDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves

1 foot or less. A moderate chop. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot

or less. Smooth.

.THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Smooth.

.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth.



$$



GMZ650-655-181515-

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-

914 PM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...



.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up

to 30 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave

Detail: Northeast 5 feet at 5 seconds. 

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

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

8 feet. Wave Detail: East 6 feet at 6 seconds. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to

30 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail:

East 5 feet at 7 seconds. 

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

15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to

5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 7 seconds. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to

25 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail:

East 4 feet at 7 seconds. 

.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail:

East 4 feet at 6 seconds. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to

20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at

6 seconds. 

.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to

10 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: East

3 feet at 6 seconds. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around

2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. 

.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.

Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds. 

.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet

in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast

1 foot at 5 seconds. 



$$



GMZ670-675-181515-

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-

914 PM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026



...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SUNDAY...

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT SUNDAY THROUGH

MONDAY EVENING...



.REST OF TONIGHT...Northeast winds 25 to 30 knots with gusts up 

to 40 knots. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet. Wave 

Detail: Northeast 7 feet at 6 seconds. 

.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to

35 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail:

East 7 feet at 7 seconds. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to

30 knots. Seas 5 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail:

East 6 feet at 7 seconds. 

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

15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to

6 feet. Wave Detail: East 5 feet at 7 seconds. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to

25 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail:

Northeast 5 feet at 5 seconds. 

.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to

25 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail:

East 5 feet at 6 seconds. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to

25 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail:

Northeast 4 feet at 5 seconds. 

.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,

occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 4 feet at 5 seconds. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to

3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 5 seconds. 

.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to

10 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East

2 feet at 5 seconds. 

.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.

Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds. 



$$



JLH