Marine Forecast Offices & Centers provide links to their products as well as additional regionally focused information. Click on map for links.

Beware of hypothermia during these cooler months. Did you know your body can cool 25 times faster in water than in air? That water does not need to be very cold to endanger you?

Did you know that the height of some individual waves may be twice the height of the forecast seas?

Items of Interest to Mariners

• Got a text-ready cellphone or PDA?....use cell.weather.gov
• Got a smarter cellphone or PDA?....use mobile.weather.gov
• Read about NWS involvement in "The Perfect Storm". 
• Would you know how to save yourself from a rip current? Break the grip of the rip!
• Recent and Upcoming Changes to Marine Forecasts and Services
• Marine Weather in the News,  More,  More ,   More ,   More ,   More
• USCG Discontinues *CG for Wireless Emergency Calls Except In AK
• Use of 121.5/243 MHz EPIRBs discontinued January 1, 2007
• Have you registered your 406 MHz EPIRB?
• USCG to continue HF weather broadcasts via radiofax, voice, and SITOR
• Navigators...CHU Canada is shifting frequencies Jan 01, 2009
• JetStream - Online School for Weather - Ocean Chapter, Marine Forecast-at-a-Glance
• For copies of old forecasts, please see our FAQ
• We appreciate feedback

Marine Text Forecasts and Products

• Marine Text Forecasts and Products Listing
• Most Popular Marine Text Forecasts (low speed connection friendly)
• Marine Text Forecasts by Zone - Text Interface (now with NWR SAME codes )
• Coastal Marine Text Forecasts by Zone - Graphic Interface Try me first!
• Offshore Marine Text Forecasts by Zone - Graphic Interface
• High Seas Marine Text Forecasts by Area - Graphic Interface
• Forecasts for NOAA Marine Sanctuaries
• Predicted Tides and Currents
• More...

Graphic Marine Forecasts and Products

• Radiofax Charts
• Weather Charts
• U.S. Weather Maps
• Model Guidance from the Ocean Modeling Branch
• NDFD Graphical Forecasts Try me!
• News - Gridded and Vector Data
• More...

• Buoy, C-MAN, Ship, and Drifting Buoy Observations
• PORTS^®
• Coastal Water Temperature Guide
• Gulf Stream and Sea Surface Temperatures
• NEXRAD Doppler RADAR
• GOES Satellite Imagery and Products
• Ocean Surface Winds and Other Data Derived from Satellites
• Tides and Water Levels (some stations also have meteorological sensors)
• NOAA's Forecast System Laboratory's Display of Surface Data
• National Ocean Service's nowCOAST Web Portal
• Voluntary Marine Observation Programs
• More...

Dissemination Information

• INTERNET Read me!
  Marine weather products via the Internet 
• NOAA WEATHER RADIO 
  Voice broadcasts of coastal marine forecasts on a continuous cycle
• USCG HF RADIOFAX
  Broadcast of high seas weather maps 
• WWV, WWVH HF VOICE (TIME TICK)
  Voice broadcast of high seas warnings 
• USCG HF SITOR (NBDP)
  Broadcast of high seas and offshore forecasts in text form. 
• USCG HF VOICE:
  Broadcast of high seas forecasts and storm warnings via single sideband (SSB) radio
• USCG MF VOICE:
  Broadcast of offshore forecasts and storm warnings via single sideband (SSB) radio
• USCG VHF VOICE: 
  Broadcast of coastal forecasts and storm warnings 
• USCG AIS BROADCAST: 
  Broadcast of Observations via the Automatic Identification System (AIS) 
• COMMERCIAL MARITIME COAST STATIONS and WEATHER NETS 
  Weather broadcasts from commercial coast stations and weather nets
• COMMERCIAL SERVICES PROVIDING MARINE FORECASTS VIA SATELLITE
  Weather broadcasts from commercial satellite services
• AMATEUR "HAM" RADIO  
  Marine forecasts made available by radio amateurs for the small boat and yachting communities. 
• ALASKA MARINE VHF VOICE 
  NOAA broadcast of offshore forecasts, coastal forecasts, and storm warnings for the state of Alaska
• ALASKA MARINE HF VOICE - 4125 kHz 
  NOAA broadcast of offshore forecasts, coastal forecasts, and storm warnings for the state of Alaska 
• COASTAL WARNING DISPLAY PROGRAM 
  Visual signals to alert mariners of storms at sea
• GMDSS 
  Provides emergency and safety communications and disseminates Maritime Safety Information 
• NAVTEX 
  USCG broadcast of offshore forecasts and storm warnings in text form 
• INMARSAT-C SafetyNET 
  Broadcast of high seas forecasts and warnings via satellite
• SPACE WEATHER
  Sunspots and other phenomena affecting radio and satellite reception 
• DMAWDS 
  Graphical display of NWS model data for the Great Lakes
• GREAT LAKES FAX-BACK SERVICE  
  Great Lakes forecasts and analyses in graphic and text form
• PORTS 
  Real-time information that supports safe and cost-efficient navigation
• EMWIN 
  Suite of methods of making available a live data stream of basic weather data
• NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE  
  Primary telecommunications network for NWS forecasts, warnings, and other products to the mass media, emergency management agencies, and private weather services 
• FAMILY OF SERVICES 
  Composed of multiple data streams of meteorological and hydrological messages, it serves mass media, emergency management agencies, and private weather services
• NOAAPORT 
  Satellite broadcast of NWS forecasts, warnings, and other products to the mass media, emergency management agencies, and private weather services 
• NEXRAD Radar Product Central Collection/Distribution Service (RPCCDS)  
  Real-time weather radar images 
• NOAA WEATHER SATELLITES  
  NOAA geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites 
• MASS MEDIA 
  Commercial radio, TV, and other media 
• PRIVATE WEATHER SERVICES PROVIDERS  
  Value-added and unique weather products from private weather services 
• NOAA TELEPHONE RECORDINGS 
  Recorded marine forecasts , Dial-A-Buoy and PORTS. 
• PUBLICATIONS 
  Marine Weather Services maps and other publications 
• PHONE NUMBERS and ADDRESSES  
  Contacts for questions or comments