Ormond Beach, Halifax River information for visitors, boaters, fishermen, sailors, and surfers.
Graphic tide chart and moon phase, Marine Weather Forecast and Weather Warnings,
Local Weather Radar, maps, aerial photos, and more for Ormond Beach, Halifax River boaters, fishermen, sailors, kayakers, surfers, travelers, and vacationers.
Recreational opportunities available in or around Ormond Beach, Halifax River include boating, flats fishing, surf fishing, trolling, SCUBA diving, snorkeling, spearfishing, canoeing, kayaking, wildlife viewing, bird watching, ecotours, and more.
Boaters, fishermen, sailors, surfers, and beachcombers can all use this important information to make a day on the water or a day at the beach a pleasure to remember.
No water samples have been received so far this week from the east coast of Florida or northwest Florida.
In southwest Florida, no Karenia brevis was detected in water samples collected alongshore of Sarasota and Collier counties. Sampling will continue this week and complete results will be available in the next scheduled status report on Friday, January 9.
REGIONAL RED TIDE SUMMARIES (December 31, 2008)
East Region: No water samples were received this week from the east coast of Florida.
Northwest Region:
Water samples collected this week from western Choctawhatchee Bay in response to reports of reddish discolored water contained no Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism. No other samples were received this week from northwest Florida.
Southwest Region:
No Karenia brevis, the Florida red tide organism, was detected this week in water samples collected alongshore between Pinellas and Collier counties. Elevated concentrations of K. brevis likely remain in the vicinity of the lower Florida Keys, however due to the shortened work week no samples were received from this area. No impacts have been reported.
The FWRI Red Tide Status Line is now available to callers to hear a recording detailing red tide conditions throughout the state. FWRI updates the recording each Friday by 5 p.m. after sampling efforts for the week have been completed and analyzed. Red Tide Status Line: (866) 300-9399 (toll-free inside Florida only); (727) 552-2448 (outside Florida).
Marine Forecast for Ormond Beach, Halifax River as requested 03:41:29, Jan 7
FZUS52 KMLB 070329
CWFMLB
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
1029 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
ATLC COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 60 NM
AMZ500-070930-
SYNOPSIS FOR FLAGLER BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 60 NM-
1029 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
SYNOPSIS
CONDITIONS ARE DETERIORATING AS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST
WINDS INCREASE IN RESPONSE TO AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVING TOWARDS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ATLANTIC BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA. GUSTY OFFSHORE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH
LATE WEEK...ALLOWING FOR LIGHT WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND.
GULF STREAM HAZARDS
NONE.
THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE WEST WALL OF THE GULF STREAM BASED
ON SATELLITE DATA AS OF TUESDAY JANUARY 6 AT 4 AM...
44 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PONCE INLET.
31 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF PORT CANAVERAL.
28 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SEBASTIAN INLET.
19 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF FORT PIERCE INLET.
AMZ550-070930-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FLAGLER BEACH TO VOLUSIA BREVARD COUNTY LINE
OUT 20 NM-
1029 PM EST TUE JAN 6 2009
SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTIONTONIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A LIGHT
CHOP ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
WEDNESDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FEET.
CHOPPY ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WEST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST
10 TO 15 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. CHOPPY ON THE
INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
THURSDAY
WEST WINDS 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A LIGHT CHOP
ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
THURSDAY NIGHT
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A
LIGHT CHOP ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
FRIDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. A LIGHT
CHOP ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS.
FRIDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 KNOTS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.
