Coastal Marine Forecasts by Zone - Boston, MA

Coastal Marine Zone Forecasts by the Boston, MA Forecast Office

Click on the links in the table to get a forecast for each zone. Clicking on the map links to a text forecast that includes all zones (except zones ANZ270, ANZ271, ANZ272 and ANZ273) and a synopsis.

Note: Forecasts for zones ANZ270, ANZ271, ANZ272 and ANZ273 are provided by the Ocean Prediction Center and considered offshore zones for marine forecasts. The WFO Boston, MA only issues short term warnings for zones ANZ270, ANZ271, ANZ272 and ANZ273. Clicking on zone ANZ270 links to the forecast for offshore zone ANZ800-Gulf of Maine to the Hague Line, clicking on ANZ271 links to the forecast for ANZ805-Georges Bank between Cape Cod and 68W north of 1000 FM, and ANZ272 and ANZ273 link to the forecast for ANZ810-South of New England between the Great South Channel and Montauk Point to 1000 FM.

Zone Name	Zone Name	Zone Name
ANZ230: Boston Harbor	ANZ236: Narragansett Bay	ANZ256: Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Martha's Vineyard extending out to 20NM South of Block Island
ANZ231: Cape Cod Bay	ANZ237: Block Island Sound	ANZ270: Ocean Waters from Merrimack River to Plymouth from 40 to 60 NM offshore
ANZ232: Nantucket Sound	ANZ250: Coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary	ANZ271: Ocean Waters from Provincetown to Nantucket from 20 to 35 NM Offshore
ANZ233: Vineyard Sound	ANZ251: Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay	ANZ272: Ocean Waters from Martha's Vineyard to Nantucket from 25 to 45 NM offshore
ANZ234: Buzzards Bay	ANZ254: Coastal Waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket out 20 NM	ANZ273: Ocean Waters from Montauk NY to Martha's Vineyard from 25 to 40 NM offshore
ANZ235: Rhode Island Sound	ANZ255: Coastal Waters out to 25 NM South of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket

Coastal Waters Forecast which includes the synopsis and all these zones

Special Marine Warning(s) and Marine Weather Statement(s) for these zones

Marine Weather Message for these zones

Surf Zone Forecast

Graphical Marine Forecasts are available here. Choose the map background and forecast element and zoom in to your area of interest.

Predicted Tides and Currents for these areas

Coastal Waters Forecasts are subdivided by zone, each identified by text description and a Universal Generic Code (UGC). The different colors used in the map above have no meaning and are only intended to assist in differentiating the zones.

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