829  
FZUS52 KTAE 120033  
CWFTAE  
 
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR FLORIDA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
833 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026  
 
GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER TO  
OKALOOSA-WALTON COUNTY LINE OUT TO 60 NM.  
 
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 1/10 OF THE WAVES.  
 
GMZ700-121315-  
SYNOPSIS FOR THE SUWANNEE RIVER TO OKALOOSA-WALTON COUNTY LINE  
OUT TO 60 NM  
833 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
GENTLE TO MODERATE WEST TO SOUTHWEST BREEZES INTO THE WEEKEND. A  
SLIGHT UPTICK IN WINDS IN THE NEARSHORE WATERS AND BAYS IS  
POSSIBLE AS THE SEA BREEZE DEVELOPS EACH AFTERNOON. ISOLATED  
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOSTLY BE CONFINED TO LAND AREAS, BUT  
NEARSHORE MORNING SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD POSE A WATERSPOUT RISK.  
 
 
 
GMZ730-751-752-755-121315-  
APALACHEE BAY OR COASTAL WATERS FROM KEATON BEACH TO OCHLOCKONEE  
RIVER FL OUT TO 20 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO OKALOOSA WALTON COUNTY LINE  
FL OUT 20 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT 20 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM OCHLOCKONEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL OUT TO  
20 NM-  
833 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026 /733 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026/  
   
OVERNIGHT  
WEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: SOUTH 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.   
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: SOUTHWEST 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A  
MODERATE CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.  
WAVE DETAIL: WEST 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A  
MODERATE CHOP.    
THURSDAY  
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: WEST 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTH 1 FOOT AT 7 SECONDS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO  
10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: WEST  
2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTH 1 FOOT AT 7 SECONDS. PROTECTED  
WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.    
FRIDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: WEST 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTH 1 FOOT AT 7 SECONDS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN  
THE EVENING, THEN 1 FOOT OR LESS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
SATURDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.    
SUNDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
SUNDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
 
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
 
GMZ765-770-772-775-121315-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO KEATON BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-  
WATERS FROM MEXICO BEACH TO OKALOOSA WALTON COUNTY LINE FL FROM  
20 TO 60 NM-  
WATERS FROM APALACHICOLA TO MEXICO BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-  
WATERS FROM SUWANNEE RIVER TO APALACHICOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-  
833 PM EDT TUE AUG 11 2026 /733 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026/  
   
OVERNIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS, THEN  
AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: WEST 1 FOOT AT 2 SECONDS AND SOUTH  
1 FOOT AT 5 SECONDS, BECOMING SOUTHWEST 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: WEST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS AND SOUTH 1 FOOT AT 6 SECONDS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.  
WAVE DETAIL: WEST 2 FEET AT 3 SECONDS AND SOUTH 1 FOOT AT  
4 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.    
THURSDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: WEST 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTH 1 FOOT AT 8 SECONDS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.  
WAVE DETAIL: WEST 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTH 1 FOOT AT  
7 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
FRIDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE  
DETAIL: WEST 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTH 1 FOOT AT 8 SECONDS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
SATURDAY  
WEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR  
LESS. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH.    
SUNDAY  
WEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH.    
SUNDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.  
 
 
 
GMZ735-121315-  
ST. ANDREWS BAY WATERWAYS-  
733 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 2026  
   
OVERNIGHT  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS A  
LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, INCREASING TO 10 TO  
15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. PROTECTED WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS A  
LIGHT CHOP.    
THURSDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS A  
LIGHT CHOP.    
FRIDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS A  
LIGHT CHOP.    
SATURDAY  
WEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE  
AFTERNOON. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING WEST  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.    
SUNDAY  
WEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE  
AFTERNOON. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
SUNDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS A  
LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.  
 
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
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