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Coastal Marine Forecast


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FZUS54 KMOB 210042

CWFMOB



Coastal Waters Forecast

National Weather Service Mobile AL

742 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 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.



GMZ600-211300-

742 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026



.SYNOPSIS...

A light to occasionally moderate mostly westerly flow pattern

will persists late this week into next week. Winds are expected

to shift northwesterly late each night and then southwesterly in

the afternoon. Isolated to potentially scattered showers and

storms can be expected each morning with locally higher seas and

winds near storms.



$$



GMZ630-211300-

Northern Mobile Bay-

742 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026



.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west late.

Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms early this evening. 

.FRIDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

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

showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west

after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms. 

.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming

northwest after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

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

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.MONDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

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

of showers and thunderstorms. 

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

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

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

Light chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

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

Light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ631-632-211300-

Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-

742 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026



.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west late.

Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms early this evening. 

.FRIDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

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

showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

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

Light chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the

evening. 

.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west

after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.MONDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Smooth. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Smooth. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the

morning. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ633-634-211300-

Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-

742 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026



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

chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early this evening. 

.FRIDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

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

of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west

after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of

showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 

.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

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

of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming

northwest after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west

after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. 

.MONDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

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

showers and thunderstorms. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to

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

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

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

and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest

after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ635-636-211300-

Western Choctawhatchee Bay-Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay-

742 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026



.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest late.

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

thunderstorms early this evening. 

.FRIDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

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

of showers and thunderstorms. 

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

Light chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Light

chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

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

Light chop. 

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

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. 

.MONDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

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

showers and thunderstorms. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to

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

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

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

and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ650-655-211300-

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-

742 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026



.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet this

evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West 2 feet at

4 seconds, becoming west 1 foot at 4 seconds. 

.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in

the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at

3 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers

and thunderstorms. 

.SATURDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in

the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at

3 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

morning. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

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

afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at

3 seconds. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 

.MONDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at

3 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers

and thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms. 



Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ670-675-211300-

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-

742 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026



.TONIGHT...West winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave

Detail: West 1 foot at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms late. 

.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west in the

afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at

3 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. 

.FRIDAY NIGHT...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers

and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and

thunderstorms after midnight. 

.SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave

Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the morning. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

.MONDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave

Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms. 



Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$