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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

Issued 10:00 AM EDT 8 March 2026 Today Tonight and Monday Bergy water. 

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Map of Atlantic - Maritimes marine weather areas East Scotia Slope - 44137 Cap-Chat Burgeo Île Bicquette New Carlisle Îles de la Madeleine Airport Port Menier Summerside North Cape Pointe-au-Père Mont-Joli Airport La Pocatière Wreckhouse Banquereau - 44139 Port aux Basques Sagona Island Gaspé Airport LaHave Bank - 44150 Halifax Harbour - 44258 St. Lawrence Stephenville Airport Western Head Winterland Branch Hill Île aux Perroquets Beaver Island Baccaro Point St. Stephen Pointe-des-Monts Saint John Airport Sept-Îles Airport Point Lepreau Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc Int'l Airport Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan Miscou Island Île Rouge Kouchibouguac Pointe-Noire Kouchibouguac Havre-Saint-Pierre Airport Grand Manan Fundy Park (Alma) Miramichi Charlo West Chedabucto Bay – 44489 Bathurst Airport Baie-Comeau Airport Bas Caraquet East Chedabucto Bay – 44488 Nappan AAFC East Point Charlottetown Airport Yarmouth Airport Cap-d'Espoir Tracadie J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport Shearwater Airport St.Paul Island Sable Island Parrsboro North Mountain Rivière-la-Madeleine McNabs Island Lunenburg Kentville AAFC Ingonish Beach Hart Island CFB Greenwood Grand Étang Eskasoni (First Nations) Debert Caribou Point Brier Island
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Ice Conditions

Ice Forecasts

Issued 10:00 AM EDT 8 March 2026 Today Tonight and Monday

Ice Edge

First ice edge estimated from 4640N 5530W to 4628N 5339W to
Newfoundland 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 2026

Iceberg Limit

Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 9 Mar estimated from Newfoundland near
4640N 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 the
iceberg 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 continue
eastward 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.

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