Marine Forecast
Issued 10:00 AM AST 02 January 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Wind westerly 25 knots diminishing to northwest 15 Saturday
evening.
Flurries ending Saturday afternoon. Visibility 1 mile or
less in flurries.
Temperatures near zero.
Winds
Issued 10:00 AM AST 02 January 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Wind westerly 25 knots diminishing to northwest 15 Saturday
evening.
Waves
Issued 05:00 AM AST 02 January 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Seas 3 to 5 metres subsiding to 2 to 3 this
evening.
Weather & Visibility
Issued 10:00 AM AST 02 January 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Flurries ending Saturday afternoon. Visibility 1 mile or
less in flurries.
Air temperature
Issued 10:00 AM AST 02 January 2026
Today Tonight and Saturday.
Temperatures near zero.
Ice Forecasts
Issued 10:00 AM EST 2 January 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday Ice Edge
First ice edge estimated from New Brunswick near 4520N 6533W to Nova
Scotia near 4507N 6455W. Sea ice northeast of the ice edge.
Second ice edge estimated from Cape Breton Island near 4613N 5957W
to 4705N 6003W to 4753N 6118W to 4808N 6339W to 4859N 6321W to 4848N
6142W to 5105N 5804W to 5038N 5738W to 4757N 5951W to Newfoundland
near 4737N 5919W. Sea ice west then east of the ice edge.
Iceberg Bulletin
Issued 1:30 PM EST 1 January 2026 Iceberg Limit
Iceberg limit at 0000 UTC 2 Jan estimated from Newfoundland near
4916N 5331W to 5030N 5200W to 5445N 5200W to 5945N 5730W to 6140N
5235W to 5930N 4730W then northeastward.Iceberg Count
No confirmed icebergs.
Warnings (Ended)
Georges Bank
Issued 10:00 AM AST 02 January 2026
Technical Marine Synopsis
Issued 10:00 AM AST 2 January 2026 Today Tonight and Saturday At 10:00 a.m. AST today low 979 mb located over the eastern Gaspe
Peninsula.
By 3:30 p.m. AST today low 975 mb located northwest of Anticosti
Island.
At 10:00 a.m. AST Saturday low 978 mb located over northern Quebec.
Marine Weather Statement
Issued 9:27 AM AST 2 January 2026 A low pressure system over the Eastern Gaspé Peninsula will track
north today to lie northwest of Anticosti Island this afternoon and
over Northern Quebec by Saturday morning. Strong to gale force
westerlies are expected in the wake of the low.
Marine interests are advised that gale warnings are in effect for all
waters except Georges Bank.
Marine interests are also advised that freezing spray warnings are in
effect for Fundy, Grand Manan, Lurcher, southwestern shore, eastern
shore, Fourchu, Cabot Strait, and all Gulf of St. Lawrence waters.