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Small Craft Advisory

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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; Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel; Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 Fathoms

Status In Progress Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
Issued
Severity Minor
Urgency Expected
Certainty Likely

Details

* WHAT...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots and seas 5 to 9 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.

Instructions

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