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Coastal Marine Zone Forecasts by the Fairbanks, AK Forecast Office

 

Click on the links in the table to get a forecast for each zone. The map (below the table) shows the outline and zone number of each zone. Links to text forecasts that include all zones are below the map. There are no links to the forecasts on the map. 

 
Zones 801-810 Zones 811-852 Zones 853-861
PKZ801: Etolin Strait to Dall Point out to 15 NM PKZ811: Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort out to 15 NM PKZ853: Kwemeluk Pass to Kwikpak Pass from 15 to 90 NM
PKZ802: Dall Point to Kwikpak Pass out to 15 NM PKZ812: Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin out to 15 NM PKZ854: Sledge Island to Wales greater than 15 NM
PKZ803: Kwikpak Pass to Cape Stephens out to 15 NM PKZ813: Point Franklin to Cape Halkett out to 15 NM PKZ855: Kotzebue Sound greater than 10 NM
PKZ804: Cape Stephens to Moses Point out to 15 NM PKZ814: Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island out to 15 NM PKZ856: Wales to Cape Thompson greater than 15 NM
PKZ805: Moses Point to Sledge Island out to 15 NM PKZ815: Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point out to 15 NM PKZ857: Cape Thompson to Cape Beaufort from 15 to 85 NM
PKZ806: Sledge Island to Wales out to 15 NM PKZ816: South Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM PKZ858: Cape Beaufort to Point Franklin from 15 to 85 NM
PKZ807: Wales to Cape Espenberg out to 15 NM PKZ817: North Side of Saint Lawrence Island out to 15 NM PKZ859: Point Franklin to Cape Halkett from 15 to 75 NM
PKZ808: Cape Espenberg to Motherwood Point out to 10 NM PKZ850: Etolin Strait to Kwemeluk Pass from 15 to 90 NM PKZ860: Cape Halkett to Flaxman Island from 15 to 80 NM
PKZ809: Motherwood Point to Cape Krusenstern out to 10 NM PKZ851: Southwest of Saint Lawrence Island from 15 to 100 NM PKZ861: Flaxman Island to Demarcation Point from 15 to 75 NM
PKZ810: Cape Krusenstern to Cape Thompson out to 15 NM PKZ852: Norton Sound greater than 15 NM  
 

 

 

map showing marine forecast zones near Fairbanks, AK

Coastal Waters Forecast for Northwestern Alaska, which includes the synopsis and relevant zones

Coastal Waters Forecast for Arctic Alaska, which includes the synopsis and relevant zones

Special Marine Warning and Marine Weather Statement for these zones

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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