Coastal Waters Forecast
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Coastal Waters Forecast for Florida
National Weather Service Miami FL
400 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

Atlantic coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Ocean Reef out to
60 nm and Gulf coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee
out 20 nm and Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach out 60 nm...including
the waters of Biscayne Bay and Lake Okeechobee.

Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the
average highest 10 percent of the waves.

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Synopsis for Jupiter Inlet to Ocean Reef FL out to 60 nm and for East
Cape Sable to Bonita Beach FL out to 60 nm-
400 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

.Synopsis...

Mostly benign conditions expected with southeasterly winds today
becoming more southerly on Saturday. Easterly flow will return for
the end of the weekend into early next week.

Gulf Stream Hazards: None.

The approximate location of the west wall of the Gulf Stream as of
Jan 30, 2025...

  1 nautical miles north northeast of Fowey Rocks.
  7 nautical miles east of Port Everglades.
  9 nautical miles east of Lake Worth.
 11 nautical miles east northeast of Jupiter Inlet.

This data courtesy of the Naval Oceanographic Office.

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Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
400 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...

.TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 4 seconds and N 1 foot at
6 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop.
.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after
midnight. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 5 seconds.
Intracoastal waters light chop.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft in the morning, then
1 foot or less. Wave Detail: S 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming SE
1 foot at 4 seconds and SW 1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal
waters light chop.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less.
Wave Detail: E 1 foot at 4 seconds and SW 1 foot at 5 seconds.
Intracoastal waters light chop.
.SUN THROUGH TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: E 2 ft at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop.

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Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM
excluding the territorial waters of Bahamas-
400 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION...

.TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to
3 ft. Wave Detail: SE 3 ft at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a
moderate chop.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave Detail: SE
2 ft at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop.
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft in the morning, then
1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 5 seconds, becoming SE
1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less,
then around 2 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: E 1 foot at
4 seconds, becoming E 1 foot at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters
light chop.
.SUN THROUGH TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Wave
Detail: E 2 ft at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters light chop.

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Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
400 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

.TODAY...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft in the morning,
then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: SE 2 ft at 3 seconds, becoming
SE 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less. Wave
Detail: SE 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SAT...S winds 5 kt, becoming N in the afternoon. Seas less than
2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland
waters smooth. Patchy dense fog in the morning.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 kt. Seas less than 2 ft or less, then
1 to 2 ft after midnight. Wave Detail: SW 1 foot at 5 seconds,
becoming W 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SUN...E winds 5 kt. Seas 1 to 2 ft. Wave Detail: NW 2 ft at
6 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...N winds 5 kt. Seas 1 to 2 ft. Wave
Detail: NW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth.

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Lake Okeechobee-
400 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

.TODAY...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters light chop.
.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters light chop.
.SAT...SW winds 5 kt, becoming N in the afternoon. Lake waters
smooth.
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 kt. Lake waters smooth.
.SUN THROUGH MON NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters light
chop.
.TUE...E winds 5 kt. Lake waters smooth.

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Biscayne Bay-
400 AM EST Fri Jan 31 2025

.TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. A moderate chop.
.TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S after midnight. Light
chop.
.SAT...SE winds 5 kt. Smooth.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 kt. Smooth.
.SUN THROUGH TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Light chop.

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