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FZUS52 KJAX 180553
CWFJAX
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA/SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
153 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FLAGLER BEACH
FL 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.
AMZ400-182100-
SYNOPSIS FOR ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT TO 60 NM-
153 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
SYNOPSIS
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO EXTEND ITS AXIS WESTWARD,
REACHING THE SOUTHEASTERN SEABOARD BY THIS AFTERNOON, EVENTUALLY
BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE FL PENINSULA BY SATURDAY. ISOLATED
LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
NEAR SHORE WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY. TROUGHING WILL THEN DEVELOP ON
SUNDAY OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES ON SUNDAY, WITH THIS FEATURE
POTENTIALLY SHARPENING NEAR OUR LOCAL WATERS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE BEGINNING LATE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
GULF STREAM
THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE WEST WALL OF THE GULF STREAM AS OF
JUL 17, 2025 AT 1200 UTC...
64 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF FLAGLER BEACH.
73 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACH.
82 NAUTICAL MILES EAST OF JACKSONVILLE BEACH.
68 NAUTICAL MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF ST SIMONS ISLAND.
THIS DATA COURTESY OF THE NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE.
AMZ450-452-454-182100-
COASTAL WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL OUT 20 NM-
153 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
TODAY
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO
15 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST
3 FEET AT 7 SECONDS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST
3 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.
SATURDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTHEAST IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT
8 SECONDS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
SATURDAY NIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTHWEST
5 TO 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL:
SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS A MODERATE
CHOP.
SUNDAY
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTH IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT
8 SECONDS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
SUNDAY NIGHT
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
WAVE DETAIL: SOUTH 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT
8 SECONDS. INTRACOASTAL WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.
MONDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE NIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TUESDAY
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
AMZ470-472-474-182100-
WATERS FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GA TO FERNANDINA BEACH FL FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
WATERS FROM FERNANDINA BEACH TO ST. AUGUSTINE FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE TO FLAGLER BEACH FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
153 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2025
TODAY
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 3 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 8 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.
TONIGHT
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 3 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 8 SECONDS.
SATURDAY
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTH IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT
8 SECONDS.
SATURDAY NIGHT
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT 8 SECONDS AND SOUTH
2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS.
SUNDAY
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTH IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHEAST 3 FEET AT
8 SECONDS AND SOUTHWEST 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS.
SUNDAY NIGHT
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
WAVE DETAIL: SOUTH 2 FEET AT 3 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT
8 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS
2 TO 3 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
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