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Coastal Waters Forecast for Florida
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

Gulf coastal waters from Bonita Beach to the mouth of the
Suwannee River out to 60 NM.

Important notice to mariners...marine forecasts are issued at
least four times a day. Boaters on extended trips should
routinely monitor subsequent forecast issuances and updates for
the latest marine weather information.

The wave heights are forecast as significant wave height which is
the average of the highest one-third of the waves. The highest
waves may rarely be twice the significant wave height. The winds
and seas near thunderstorms may be higher than forecast.

GMZ800-230215-
Synopsis for the coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Suwannee River-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
High pressure continues to build over the region through the next
several days. A Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for the
Gulf waters through this evening. Winds will remain elevated to
exercise caution levels into tonight. Pressure gradient relaxes
allowing winds to drop below criteria for the weekend into early
next week. Pleasant boating conditions return through the week.

$$

GMZ830-230215-
Tampa Bay waters-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 20 knots. Bay and inland waters
choppy.
.TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots.
Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
.SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth.
.MONDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland
waters smooth.
.TUESDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth.

$$

GMZ836-230215-
Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 20 knots. Bay and inland waters
choppy.
.TONIGHT...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters a
moderate chop.
.SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters
smooth.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.

$$

GMZ856-230215-
Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...North winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest
5 feet at 7 seconds and north 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland
waters choppy.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming north 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to
8 feet, subsiding to 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet after
midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 5 feet at 7 seconds, becoming
northwest 4 feet at 7 seconds and north 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay
and inland waters choppy.
.SATURDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 3 feet at
7 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland
waters a moderate chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 2 feet at 6 seconds and northeast
1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: Northwest 2 feet at 6 seconds and northeast 1 foot at
2 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast
1 foot at 2 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and
inland waters light chop.
.MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay
and inland waters light chop.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Bay and inland waters light chop.

$$

GMZ876-230215-
Waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 to 60 NM-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 20 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail:
North 6 feet at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming north 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to
9 feet, subsiding to 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet after
midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 5 feet at 7 seconds.
.SATURDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 4 feet at
7 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 3 feet at 6 seconds.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: Northwest 2 feet at 6 seconds and northeast 1 foot at
3 seconds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet in
the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot
at 3 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming east
1 foot at 3 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

$$

GMZ853-230215-
Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 20 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet. Wave Detail:
Northwest 5 feet at 6 seconds. Bay and inland waters choppy.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming north 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to
8 feet, subsiding to 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet after
midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 5 feet at 7 seconds, becoming
northwest 4 feet at 7 seconds and north 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay
and inland waters choppy.
.SATURDAY...North winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: Northwest 3 feet at 7 seconds and north 1 foot at
4 seconds. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at
5 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at 4 seconds, becoming northeast
1 foot at 3 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and
inland waters light chop.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast
1 foot at 2 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and
inland waters light chop.
.MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.

$$

GMZ873-230215-
Waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 60 NM-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 20 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 6 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail:
Northwest 6 feet at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming north 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to
9 feet, subsiding to 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet after
midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 5 feet at 7 seconds, becoming
north 5 feet at 6 seconds.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: North 4 feet at 6 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 3 feet at 6 seconds.
.SUNDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet in the
morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at
5 seconds, becoming northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and northwest
1 foot at 5 seconds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds and west 1 foot at
5 seconds.
.MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

$$

GMZ850-230215-
Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 20 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail:
Northwest 4 feet at 6 seconds. Bay and inland waters choppy.
.TONIGHT...North winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to
5 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 3 feet at 6 seconds. Bay and
inland waters choppy.
.SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet,
subsiding to 1 to 2 feet in the afternoon. Wave Detail: Northwest
2 feet at 6 seconds and north 1 foot at 3 seconds, becoming
northwest 2 feet at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas 1 to 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming northwest
1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SUNDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming north in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at
2 seconds and west 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters
smooth.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east around
5 knots after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West
1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.MONDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast around
5 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland
waters smooth.
.MONDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Bay and inland waters smooth.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in
the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters smooth.

$$

GMZ870-230215-
Waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 NM-
811 AM EST Fri Nov 22 2024

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TODAY...Northwest winds around 20 knots with gusts up to
30 knots. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave Detail:
Northwest 6 feet at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming north 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to
9 feet, subsiding to 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet after
midnight. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 6 seconds, becoming north
4 feet at 5 seconds.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: North 3 feet at 5 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at
5 seconds.
.SUNDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and west 1 foot at
5 seconds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.MONDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.MONDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.TUESDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

$$