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Halifax Harbour and Approaches

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Marine Forecast

Issued 08:00 PM ADT 21 May 2026

Tonight and Friday.

Wind northwest 15 knots diminishing to light near midnight then becoming southwest 10 to 15 Friday morning. Wind veering to northwest 15 Friday afternoon.

Low tonight plus 6. High Friday plus 14.

Extended Forecast

Issued 03:30 PM ADT 21 May 2026
Saturday Wind northwest 15 knots diminishing to light in the afternoon.
Sunday Wind light.
Monday Wind south 15 knots increasing to southeast 25 late in the day.

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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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Issued 10:00 AM EDT 19 May 2026 Forecasts have ended for the season.
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Technical Marine Synopsis

Issued 8:00 PM ADT 21 May 2026 Tonight and Friday At 8:00 p.m. ADT tonight ridge located over New England.
By 3:30 p.m. ADT Friday ridge located over the southwestern Marine
District.

Marine Weather Statement

Issued 7:38 PM ADT 21 May 2026 Gale force northwesterlies will reintensify over northern waters
Friday afternoon between a building ridge from the west and a low
pressure system well off to the northeast.

Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for
Cabot Strait - northern half, Gulf-Magdalen - northeastern half, and
Anticosti.

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