⚓Maritime

an island chain in a named storm's path, two genesis areas offshore, and a fishing coast under red

The most consequential marine call today is an island ferry timetable, and the second is a routing decision made on a probability. Dujuan runs north-north-east at 15 knots toward a 70-knot peak, passing Ogasawara on Saturday and the Izu Islands on Sunday — small-craft and inter-island ferry go/no-go for communities whose only link is the boat, plus Philippine-Sea routing and port-call sequencing, with no watches for Guam, Saipan, Tinian or Rota. Offshore of south-western Mexico two areas at 70 and 60 percent over seven days are likely depressions this weekend, which is a routing question before it is a warning. Saudi Arabia's reds hold on the south-western coast through Friday; the Philippines' Palawan low sits across the Visayas shipping lanes; South Africa's Orange level 6 and Argentina's and New Zealand's fronts put sea state and visibility into the southern passages, with the NZ front now handing off to the North Island. Coastal wind maxima on the Croatian side run to 8.5 m/s. (The Adriatic figures are internal situational context.)

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