East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
Forecast
Marine Forecast
Issued 08:00 PM NDT 08 March 2026
Tonight and Monday.
Wind southwest 25 knots diminishing to southwest 15 to 20 Monday afternoon.
Rain with a risk of thunderstorms changing to showers overnight and ending Monday morning. Fog banks dissipating Monday morning.
Waves
Issued 06:00 PM NDT 08 March 2026
Tonight and Monday.
Seas 3 to 5 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 Monday
evening.
Extended Forecast
Issued 03:30 PM NDT 08 March 2026
Tuesday
Wind southwest 25 to 35 knots.
Wednesday
Wind northwest 15 to 20 knots.
Thursday
Wind light increasing to southeast 25 to 35
knots.
Ice Forecast
Stay connected
Weather Conditions
Zoom-in to make a selection
Legend:
Ice Conditions
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EDT 8 March 2026 Today Tonight and MondayIce Edge
First ice edge estimated from 4640N 5530W to 4628N 5339W toNewfoundland near 4638N 5314W. Sea ice north of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Newfoundland near 4746N 5243W to
4845N 5230W to 5001N 5302W to 5141N 4949W to 5500N 5130W to 5700N
5600W to 6000N 5815W to 6159N 5721W then northeastward. Sea ice west
of the ice edge.
Ice Coverage
Bergy water.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 2:30 PM EDT 8 March 2026Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 9 Mar estimated from Newfoundland near4640N 5310W to 4520N 4930W to 4555N 4410W to 4815N 4300W to 5930N
5700W to 6150N 5400W to 5850N 5035W to 5810N 4530W then eastward.
Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs except less than 10 icebergs north of theiceberg limit.
Warnings
No watches or warnings in effect.
Synopsis
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 8:00 PM NDT 8 March 2026 Tonight and Monday At 8:00 p.m. NDT tonight trough located over western Newfoundland.By 8:00 p.m. NDT Monday trough located east of Funk Island Bank.
At 8:00 p.m. NDT tonight ridge located on a line northeast-southwest
over the Gaspe Peninsula.
By 8:00 p.m. NDT Monday ridge located on a line north-south over
Funk Island Bank.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 7:47 PM NDT 8 March 2026 A trough of low pressure over Western Newfoundland will continueeastward across the marine district tonight to lie over the Funk
Island Bank by Monday morning and east of the marine district by the
evening. Gale to storm force southwesterlies will continue over the
eastern half of the district tonight and Monday ahead of the trough.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for the
Grand Banks.
Marine interests are also advised that a freezing spray warning is in
effect for Belle Isle Bank.
Atlantic - Maritimes Area
- Anticosti - northwestern half
- Anticosti - southeastern half
- Banquereau
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Browns Bank
- Cabot Strait
- Chaleur - Miscou
- Eastern Shore
- East Coast - Cape St. Francis and south
- East Scotian Slope
- Fourchu
- Fundy
- Georges Bank
- Grand Manan
- Gulf - Magdalen - northeastern half
- Gulf - Magdalen - southwestern half
- Gulf - Port au Port
- Halifax Harbour and Approaches
- LaHave Bank
- Laurentian Fan
- Lurcher
- L'Isle-aux-Coudres to Tadoussac
- Northumberland Strait
- Pointe à Michel to Pointe-des-Monts
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - northern half
- Pointe-des-Monts to Anticosti - southern half
- Sable
- Southeastern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Grand Banks
- Southwestern Shore
- Southwest Coast
- South Coast
- Tadoussac to Pointe à Michel
- West Scotian Slope
Another Region
Features
New: Colour-coded weather alerts
Learn more about weather alerting in Canada
- Date modified:
ATOM