Headline:
Small Craft Advisory issued January 7 at 10:28AM EST until January 7 at 5:00PM EST by NWS Key West FL
Event:
Small Craft Advisory
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
January 7, 2025 - 7:28am
Expires:
January 7, 2025 - 2:00pm
Description:
* WHAT...Northwest to north winds near 20 knots.
* WHERE...Florida Bay, Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, and Gulf
waters including the Dry Tortugas..
* 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.
Instruction:
Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels,
should avoid operating in these conditions.
Area Description:
Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound; Bayside and Gulf side from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge; Gulf waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM out and beyond 5 fathoms; Gulf of Mexico including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel; Gulf of Mexico from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms; Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef; Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef; Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to the reef; Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM; Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out 20 NM; Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM; Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas out 20 NM; Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key 20 to 60 NM out; Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge 20 to 60 NM out; Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out; Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas 20 to 60 NM out
Forcast Office:
NWS Key West FL