Wave Height Forecasts for the Maritimes
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FQCN23 CWHX 240800 Wave height forecasts for the Maritimes issued by Environment Canada at 5:00 a.m. ADT Friday 24 April 2026 for today tonight and Saturday. 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. Seas 1 metre or less. Lurcher Browns Bank. Seas 1 metre building to 1 to 2 this morning. Georges Bank. Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 Saturday morning. Southwestern Shore Eastern Shore. Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 near midnight. LaHave Bank Sable - western half. Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 this afternoon and to 2 to 3 near noon Saturday. West Scotian Slope. Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 near midnight. Sable - eastern half. Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 this afternoon and to 2 to 3 near midnight. East Scotian Slope - northern half. Seas 1 metre building to 1 to 2 this afternoon and to 2 to 3 near midnight. Seas building to 3 to 4 Saturday afternoon. East Scotian Slope - southern half. Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 this afternoon and to 3 to 4 Saturday afternoon. Fourchu Cabot Strait. Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 this afternoon and to 2 to 3 this evening. Banquereau - western half. Seas 1 metre building to 1 to 2 this morning and to 2 to 3 early this evening. Banquereau - eastern half. Seas 1 to 2 metres building to 2 to 3 this morning and to 3 to 5 this afternoon. Seas subsiding to 2 to 3 Saturday afternoon. Laurentian Fan - northwestern half. Seas 2 to 3 metres building to 3 to 4 this morning. Laurentian Fan - southeastern half. Seas 4 to 6 metres subsiding to 3 to 5 early this evening. Gulf - Magdalen - eastern half Anticosti - eastern half. Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 this evening and to 2 to 3 late overnight. Gulf - Magdalen - western half. Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 this evening and to 2 to 3 Saturday morning. Anticosti - western half. Seas 1 metre or less building to 1 to 2 this evening. End $$$$^^
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