Florida Fishing Boating and Diving

Synopsis: Southeast winds will increase over the waters after midnight tonight resulting in the need for small craft exercise caution statements. The first significant cold front of the year is forecast to move into our waters Monday night and Tuesday. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms will move across the waters ahead of the front beginning in our northern waters on Monday and continuing southeast through the waters Monday night and early Tuesday. Winds will shift to the northwest behind the front and may reach small craft advisory levels Tuesday night and Wednesday. High pressure will build back over the waters on Thursday then move northeast into the Atlantic on Friday.

Overnight: SE wind around 11 kt. Mostly cloudy. Seas around 1 ft. Monday: SE wind 11 to 13 kt becoming SSW in the afternoon. A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Seas around 1 ft. Monday Night: SSW wind 7 to 10 kt. Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Seas around 1 ft. Tuesday: NNW wind 7 to 9 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2pm. Seas 1 ft or less. Tuesday Night: N wind 9 to 13 kt, with gusts as high as 19 kt. A slight chance of showers before 8pm. Seas 1 ft or less. Wednesday: N wind around 15 kt, with gusts as high as 21 kt. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less. Wednesday Night: N wind 9 to 12 kt. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less. Thursday: NE wind 8 to 10 kt. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less. Thursday Night: E wind 6 to 9 kt. Clear. Seas 1 ft or less.

Marine Point Forecast: 27.7°N 82.64°W This forecast is for a single location. For safety concerns, mariners should be aware of the weather over a larger area. Forecast information for a larger area can be found within the associated Zone Forecast which includes this point

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