U.S. high seas marine text forecasts are prepared cooperatively by the Ocean Prediction Center(OPC), National Hurricane Center(NHC) and Honolulu Forecast Office(HFO). The map above contains the description for each of these high seas forecast areas. Several high seas forecast products combine these areas. See table below for a more detailed explanation.

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HIGH SEAS FORECASTS
HSFAT14	West Atlantic (GMDSS Metarea IV)	0430z	1030z	1630z	2230z
HSFAT21	Tropical Atlantic	0415z	1015z	1615z	2215z
HSFEPI	East Pacific (GMDSS Metarea XII)	0545z	1145z	1745z	2345z
HSFEP12	NE Pacific	0430z	1030z	1630z	2230z
HSFNP2	N. Mid-Pacific	0445z	1045z	1645z	2245z
HSFEP22,3	Mexico highseas	0400z	1000z	1600z	2200z
HSFSP	S. Mid-Pacific	0515z	1115z	1715z	2315z
HSFEP3	Peru Highseas (GMDSS Metarea XVI)	0515z	1115z	1715z	2315z
1 Part of HSFAT1   2 Part of HSFEPI 3 Part of HSFEP1 4 As per Notices to Mariners 47/09, excludes Hudson Bay area.