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Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Meteorology published its marine forecast for Saturday, 10 October, at 19:01. For the Red Sea, it forecast northwesterly-to-westerly winds of 12–32 km/h in the northern section, potentially exceeding 50 km/h with thunderstorm clouds; central winds were put at 8–28 km/h. In the south, southeasterly-to-southwesterly winds of 15–38 km/h were forecast to turn from southeast to east in the evening and exceed 50 km/h with thunderstorms.
The center forecast waves of 0.5–1 metre in the central Red Sea and 0.5–1.5 metres, rising above 2 metres with thunderstorm clouds, in northern and southern sections. In the Arabian Gulf, it forecast winds of 10–35 km/h in the north and 10–25 km/h in the south, with waves of 0.5–1.5 metres and 0.5–1 metre respectively. These are marine forecasts for the dated bulletin, not reports of port closures or observed disruption.