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Wave Height Forecasts for the Maritimes


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FQCN23 CWHX 050800
Wave height forecasts for the Maritimes issued by Environment Canada
at 5:00 a.m. ADT Saturday 5 September 2026 for today tonight and
Sunday.
The next scheduled forecast will be issued at 5:00 p.m. ADT.

Forecast values are combined wind wave and swell heights. Highest
waves may be more than twice forecast values. Wave heights may vary
considerably due to shoreline and depth effects.

Fundy
Grand Manan
Lurcher.
Seas 1 to 2 metres subsiding to 1 or less Sunday evening.

Browns Bank
Georges Bank
Southwestern Shore
LaHave Bank
West Scotian Slope
East Scotian Slope.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 early this evening.

Eastern Shore - western half
Sable.
Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 3 to 5 early this afternoon then
subsiding to 2 to 3 near noon Sunday.

Eastern Shore - eastern half.
Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 5 near noon then subsiding to 2
to 3 near noon Sunday.

Fourchu
Banquereau - northern half
Cabot Strait.
Seas 4 to 6 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 near noon Sunday.

Banquereau - southern half.
Seas 3 to 4 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 near midnight.

Laurentian Fan.
Seas 2 to 3 metres.

Gulf - Magdalen - southern half.
Seas 3 to 5 metres.

Gulf - Magdalen - northern half.
Seas 3 to 4 metres.

Anticosti - southeastern half.
Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 5 near noon.

Anticosti - northwestern half.
Seas 1 to 2 metres.

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