Alaska Marine Text Forecasts by Zone

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National Weather Service Coastal and Offshore forecast products listed on this webpage are subdivided by zone, each identified by a Universal Generic Code(UGC) e.g. ANZ050, and a Special Area Messaging Encoder (SAME) code, e.g. 073050. SAME codes are used to program SAME-capable NOAA Weather Radio receivers to receive alert messages for user-specified areas.

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Alaska Marine Text Forecasts by Zone

High Seas Forecast (not subdivided by zone)

Pacific (GMDSS METAREA XII)

Offshore Marine Zone Forecasts Around Alaska

Zone Number/Name/NWR Code	Zone Number/Name/NWR Code
PKZ311: Gulf of Alaska North of 57 Degrees North and East of 144 Degrees West (058311¹)	PKZ413: Bering Sea Offshore 171W to 180 and south of 56N (058413¹)
PKZ312: Gulf of Alaska South of 57 Degrees North and East of 144 Degrees West (058312¹)	PKZ414: Bering Sea Offshore East of 171W (058414¹)
PKZ351: Gulf of Alaska Offshore North of 57N and west of 144W (058351¹)	PKZ500: Western US Arctic Offshore (058500¹)
PKZ352: Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N and west of 144W (/058352¹)	PKZ505: Central US Arctic Offshore (058505¹)
PKZ411: Bering Sea Offshore West of 180 and East of the International Date Line (058411¹)	PKZ510: Eastern US Arctic Offshore (058510¹)
PKZ412: Bering Sea Offshore 171W to 180 and north of 56N (058412¹)	Synopsis for the Eastern Gulf of Alaska (PKZ398/058398¹)
Synopsis for the Western Gulf of Alaska (PKZ399/058399¹)	Synopsis for Bering Sea (PKZ499/058499¹)
Synopsis US ARCTIC (PKZ599/058599¹)	Synopsis for the Eastern Gulf of Alaska (PKZ398/058398¹)

Coastal Marine Zone Forecasts Around Alaska

NWS Juneau, AK

Zone Number/Name/NWR Code	Zone Number/Name/NWR Code
PKZ011: Glacier Bay (058011)	PKZ641: Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision out to 15 NM (058641)
PKZ012: Northern Lynn Canal (058012)	PKZ642: Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe out to 15 NM (058642)
PKZ013: Southern Lynn Canal (058013)	PKZ643: Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer out to 15 NM (058643)
PKZ021: Icy Strait (058021)	PKZ644: Cape Spencer to Cape Fairweather out to 15 NM (058644)
PKZ022: Cross Sound (058022)	PKZ651: Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape out to 15 NM (058651)
PKZ031: Stephens Passage (058031)	PKZ652: Icy Cape to Cape Suckling out to 15 NM (058652)
PKZ032: Northern Chatham Strait (058032)	PKZ661: Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision from 15 to 90 NM (058661)
PKZ033: Southern Chatham Strait (058033)	PKZ662: Cape Decision to Cape Edgecumbe from 15 to 80 NM (058662)
PKZ034: Frederick Sound (058034)	PKZ663: Cape Edgecumbe to Cape Spencer from 15 to 80 NM (058663)
PKZ035: Sumner Strait (058035)	PKZ664: Cape Spencer to Cape Fairweather from 15 to 85 NM (058664)
PKZ036: Clarence Strait (058036)	PKZ671: Cape Fairweather to Icy Cape from 15 to 80 NM (058671)
PKZ053: Yakutat Bay (058053)	PKZ672: Icy Cape to Cape Suckling from 15 to 80 NM (058672)
Synopsis for SE Alaska inside waters (PKZ098/058098¹)	Synopsis for SE Alaska outside waters (PKZ099/058099¹)

NWS Anchorage, AK

Zone Number/Name/NWR Code	Zone Number/Name/NWR Code	Zone Number/Name/NWR Code
PKZ710: Cape Suckling to Gravel Point out to 15 NM (058710)	PKZ738: Shelikof Strait (058738)	PKZ767: Saint Matthew Island Waters (058767)
PKZ711: Gravel Point to Cape Cleare out to 15 NM (058711)	PKZ740: Cook Inlet North of Kalgin Island (058740)	PKZ770: Cape Sarichef to Nikoski Bering Side out to 15 NM (058770)
PKZ712: Cape Suckling to Cape Cleare from 15 to 100 NM (058712)	PKZ741: Kachemak Bay (058741)	PKZ771: Unalaska Bay (058771)
PKZ714: Resurrection Bay (058714)	PKZ742: Cook Inlet Kalgin Island to Point Bede (058742)	PKZ772: Cape Sarichef to Nikoski Bering Side 15 to 85 NM (058772)
PKZ715: Cape Cleare to Gore Point out to 15 NM (058715)	PKZ750: South of the AK Peninsula Sitkinak to Castle Cape out to 15 NM (058750)	PKZ773: Cape Sarichef to Nikoski Pacific Side out to 15 NM (058773)
PKZ716: Cape Cleare to Gore Point from 15 to 75 NM (058716)	PKZ751: South of the AK Peninsula Sitkinak to Castle Cape from 15 to 100 NM (058751)	PKZ774: Cape Sarichef to Nikoski Pacific Side from 15 to 85 NM (058774)
PKZ720: Port of Valdez (058720)	PKZ752: South of the AK Peninsula Castle Cape to Cape Tolstoi out to 15 NM (058752)	PKZ775: Nikolski to Seguam Island Bering Side out to 15 NM (058775)
PKZ721: Valdez Narrows (058721)	PKZ753: South of the AK Peninsula Castle Cape to Cape Tolstoi from 15 to 100 NM (058753)	PKZ776: Nikolski to Seguam Island Bering Side from 15 to 85 NM (058776)
PKZ722: Valdez Arm (058722)	PKZ754: South of the AK Peninsula Cape Tolstoi to Cape Sarichef out to 15 NM (058754)	PKZ777: Nikolski to Seguam Island Pacific Side out to 15 NM (058777)
PKZ723: Passage Canal (058723)	PKZ755: South of the AK Peninsula Cape Tolstoi to Cape Sarichef from 15 to 100 NM (058755)	PKZ778: Nikolski to Seguam Island Pacific Side from 15 to 75 NM (058778)
PKZ724: Northwest Prince William Sound (058724)	PKZ756: Port Heiden to Nelson Lagoon out to 15 NM (058756)	PKZ780: Seguam Island to Adak Bering Side out to 15 NM (058780)
PKZ725: Central and Eastern Prince William Sound (058725)	PKZ757: Port Heiden to Nelson Lagoon from 15 to 60 NM (058757)	PKZ781: Seguam Island to Adak Bering Side from 15 to 85 NM (058781)
PKZ726: Southwest Prince William Sound (058726)	PKZ758: Nelson Lagoon to Cape Sarichef out to 15 NM (058758)	PKZ782: Seguam Island to Adak Pacific Side out to 15 NM (058782)
PKZ730: West of Barren Islands including Kamishak Bay (058730)	PKZ759: Nelson Lagoon to Cape Sarichef from 15 to 70 NM (058759)	PKZ783: Seguam Island to Adak Pacific Side from 15 to 75 NM (058783)
PKZ731: Barren Islands East (058731)	PKZ760: Bristol Bay greater than 15 NM (058760)	PKZ784: Adak to Kiska Bering Side (058784)
PKZ732: Marmot Island to Sitkinak out to 15 NM (058732)	PKZ761: Bristol Bay from Port Heiden to Cape Chichagof out to 15 NM (058761)	PKZ785: Adak to Kiska Pacific Side (058785)
PKZ733: Gore Point to Marmot Island from 15 to 80 NM (058733)	PKZ762: Bristol Bay from Cape Chichagof to Cape Pierce out to 15 NM (058762)	PKZ786: Kiska to Attu Bering Side (058786)
PKZ734: Marmot Island to Sitkinak from 15 to 85 NM (058734)	PKZ763: Kuskokwim Delta and Etolin Strait out to 15 NM (058763)	PKZ787: Kiska to Attu Pacific Side (058787)
PKZ736: Chiniak Bay (058736)	PKZ764: Kuskokwim Delta from 15 to 80 NM (058764)	Synopsis for North Gulf of Alaska Coast waters (PKZ197/058197¹)
PKZ737: Marmot Bay (058737)	PKZ765: North and West of Nunivak Island (058765)	Synopsis for Southwest Alaska Coastal waters and Aleutian Islands (PKZ199/058199¹)
	PKZ766: Pribilof Islands Nearshore Waters (058766)

NWS Fairbanks, AK

Zone Number/Name/NWR Code	Zone Number/Name/NWR Code	Zone Number/Name/NWR Code
PKZ801: Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM (058801)	PKZ811: Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort out to 15 NM (058811)	PKZ853: Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM (058853)
PKZ802: Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM (058802)	PKZ812: Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin out to 15 NM (058812)	PKZ854: Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM (058854)
PKZ803: Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM (058803)	PKZ813: Point Franklin to Cape Halkett out to 15 NM (058813)	PKZ855: Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM (058855)
PKZ804: Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM (058804)	PKZ814: Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island out to 15 NM (058814)	PKZ856: Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM (058856)
PKZ805: Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM (058805)	PKZ815: Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point out to 15 NM (058815)	PKZ857: Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort from 15 to 85 NM (058857)
PKZ806: Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM (058806)	PKZ816: South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM (058816)	PKZ858: Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin from 15 to 85 NM (058858)
PKZ807: Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM (058807)	PKZ817: North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM (058817)	PKZ859: Point Franklin to Cape Halkett from 15 to 75 NM (058859)
PKZ808: Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM (058808)	PKZ850: Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM (058850)	PKZ860: Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island from 15 to 80 NM (058860)
PKZ809: Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM (058809)	PKZ851: Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM (058851)	PKZ861: Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point from 15 to 75 NM (058861)
PKZ810: Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM (058810)	PKZ852: Norton Sound greater than 15 NM (058852)
Synopsis for Northwest Alaskan Coast (PKZ299/058299¹)	Synopsis for Arctic Coast (PKZ298/058298¹)

¹ Although SAME codes exist for offshore forecast zones and forecast synopses, they are not used operationally.

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