Small Craft Advisory for Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound; Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge; Gulf of America from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms +13 more
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What you need to know
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- Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge, Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound, Gulf of America from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms, Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms, Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel, Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef, Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef, Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef and 8 more
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What is happening
What: Northeast winds 15 to 20 kt increasing to 20 to 25 knots and seas building to 5 to 8 ft in the Straits of Florida. Impacts: A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20 to 33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to produce hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous conditions...
What the bulletin says to do
Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels, should avoid operating in these conditions.
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Bulletin details
* WHAT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 kt increasing to 20 to 25 knots and seas building to 5 to 8 ft in the Straits of Florida. * WHERE...Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, Gulf waters including the Dry Tortugas, and Florida Bay. * WHEN...In Effect. * IMPACTS...A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20 to 33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to produce hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous conditions may result in poor vessel handling and steering response, broaching, overturned dinghies and kayaks, slips and falls on slippery decks, rub damage along docks and seawalls, swamped bows at reef tract mooring balls, and dragging anchors.
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Small Craft Advisory issued October 17 at 10:30PM EDT until October 18 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Key West FL
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Key West FL. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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