North to northeast breezes near 20 knots. Seas 7 to 8 ft in the western Florida Straits and deep Gulf waters. Seas 5 to 7 feet on remaining Florida Straits and nearshore waters west of the Marquesas Keys.
WHERE
Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, and Florida Bay and the nearshore Gulf waters.
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.
Recommendations
Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels, should avoid operating in these conditions.
