The National Weather Service (NWS) Marine Weather Services Program offers a broad range of marine forecast and warning products in graphical and text(low bandwidth) formats (See Tabs above). The NWS providesforecasts and warning services for the coastal waters along the mainland of the continental U.S., the Great Lakes and theOffshore and High Seas waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans. Links to forecasts, warnings and products related to tropical cyclones and sea ice are near the bottom of the page.The program also provides important Tsunami information.You can also get an hourly marine forecast for a single pointand marine channel forecasts for Tampa, FL and Mobile Bay, AL. Readour blogforimportant changes and news within the NWS marine, tropical and tsunami programs.
Click herefor the latest maps ofofficial NWS marine forecast and warning zones (includes any recent changes to coastal, offshore and high seas zones).
Clicking on an area of interest on the map below will take you to marine webpages ofWeather Forecast Offices (WFOs) and to a web portal for the Great Lakes. Here is a list of NWS offices by region.Click here formaps showingall NWS marine forecast and warning zones.
If you are interested in receiving NWS marine products via email, mouse over the Get Products via Email menu item and click on the link that pops up. If you have questions about this site or the NWS Marine, Tropical or Tsunamiprograms, please contact us at: marine.weather@noaa.gov.
Tropical conditions
Ice Conditions
Additional links including safety messaging, publications and other resources for marine weather.
- Weather Safety TipsCold Water Safety Tips
- Marine Alerts in Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and ATOM Syndication Format (ATOM).. Alaska, Atlantic, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific and Pacific Islands
- What is a Weather Ready Nation? Click here to find out
- Virtual Marine Training Modules -General Marine Weather Products and ServicesGeneral Marine Weather Uncertainty and Observations
- Virtual Tropical Cyclone Training Modules -Tropical Cyclone ProductsTropical Cyclone Uncertainty
- Publications
- Additional Links
- NWSService Change Notices and Information Statements
- World Weather Information Service
- Contact your local NWS office
- NWS StormReady Local Office Contacts
- NWS Nationwide Weather Home Page
- Commercial Marine Weather Resources
- Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) Marine Weather Portal