Headline:
Small Craft Advisory issued December 2 at 7:55PM EST until December 3 at 5:00PM EST by NWS Key West FL
Event:
Small Craft Advisory
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
December 2, 2024 - 4:55pm
Expires:
December 3, 2024 - 1:00am
Description:
* WHAT...North to northeast winds increasing to 20 to 25 knots
and seas 5 to 8 ft, highest across 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.
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