860  
FZUS52 KTAE 311406  
CWFTAE  
 
COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR FLORIDA  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
1006 AM EDT MON AUG 31 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.  
 
GMZ700-312030-  
SYNOPSIS FOR THE SUWANNEE RIVER TO OKALOOSA-WALTON COUNTY LINE  
OUT TO 60 NM  
1006 AM EDT MON AUG 31 2026  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
LIGHT TO GENTLE EASTERLY BREEZES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THIS WEEK IN  
RESPONSE TO PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH. NEARSHORE  
SEABREEZES WILL INTERRUPT THE EASTERLY FLOW EACH AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
GMZ730-751-752-755-765-770-772-775-312030-  
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-  
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-  
1006 AM EDT MON AUG 31 2026 /906 AM CDT MON AUG 31 2026/  
   
REST OF TODAY  
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.  
WAVE DETAIL: EAST 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING AND  
EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE.    
TONIGHT  
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE  
DETAIL: EAST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.  
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
TUESDAY  
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE  
DETAIL: EAST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.  
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
TUESDAY NIGHT  
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
WAVE DETAIL: EAST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN  
THE EVENING.    
WEDNESDAY  
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE  
DETAIL: EAST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.  
SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR  
LESS. WAVE DETAIL: EAST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. PROTECTED WATERS  
SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE  
EVENING, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
THURSDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS  
LIKELY, MAINLY IN THE MORNING.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR  
LESS. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
FRIDAY  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. WAVES 1 FOOT OR LESS.  
PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.  
 
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
 
GMZ735-312030-  
ST. ANDREWS BAY WATERWAYS-  
906 AM CDT MON AUG 31 2026  
   
REST OF TODAY  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTHEAST  
LATE. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS LATE.    
TONIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHEAST AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING.    
TUESDAY  
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS  
SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.    
TUESDAY NIGHT  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS  
SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN THE  
EVENING.    
WEDNESDAY  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH.  
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
MORNING, THEN SHOWERS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.   
WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. PROTECTED WATERS  
SMOOTH. SHOWERS WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING, THEN A  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
THURSDAY  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTH IN THE  
AFTERNOON. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. SHOWERS LIKELY. A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE  
AFTERNOON.    
THURSDAY NIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING EAST AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
LIKELY IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
FRIDAY  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING SOUTH AROUND  
5 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
FRIDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING WEST  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. PROTECTED WATERS SMOOTH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY IN THE EVENING.  
 
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
 
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