Small Craft Advisory

Active

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

Starts Nov 14, 1:00 AM EST

Ends Nov 14, 1:00 PM EST

Issued Nov 13, 2:10 PM EST

Severity Minor

Urgency Expected

Certainty Likely

Details

* WHAT...North winds expected to increase to near 20 knots after midnight.

* WHERE...Eastern Straits of Florida.

* WHEN...Expected after midnight.

* 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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