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Small Craft Advisory

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Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM; Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key 20 to 60 NM out

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Severity Minor
Urgency Expected
Certainty Likely

Details

* WHAT...North winds near 20 knots.
* WHERE...Eastern Straits of Florida.
* WHEN...Through Saturday morning.
* 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.

Instructions

Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels, should avoid operating in these conditions.
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