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COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR FLORIDA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
GULF COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE MOUTH OF THE
SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NM.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MARINERS...MARINE FORECASTS ARE ISSUED AT
LEAST FOUR TIMES A DAY. BOATERS ON EXTENDED TRIPS SHOULD
ROUTINELY MONITOR SUBSEQUENT FORECAST ISSUANCES AND UPDATES FOR
THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER INFORMATION.
THE WAVE HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT WHICH IS
THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGHEST ONE-THIRD OF THE WAVES. THE HIGHEST
WAVES MAY RARELY BE TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. THE WINDS
AND SEAS NEAR THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE HIGHER THAN FORECAST.
GMZ800-222030-
SYNOPSIS FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
SYNOPSIS
WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TODAY, WITH RATHER BENIGN CONDITIONS
EXPECTED INTO SUNDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. IT REMAINS POSSIBLE THERE COULD BE
A PERIOD OF SCEC/SCA CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WATERS
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM, DEPENDING ON HOW IT EVOLVES.
OTHERWISE, WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW CAUTIONARY
LEVELS.
GMZ830-222030-
TAMPA BAY WATERS-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
TODAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE.
BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP.
SUNDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE
OF SHOWERS.
MONDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND
WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP.
TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
LIGHT CHOP.
WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
SMOOTH.
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
GMZ836-222030-
CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
TODAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS, BECOMING EAST 5 TO
10 KNOTS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE. BAY
AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.
TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP.
SUNDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHEAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP. SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MONDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE EVENING.
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP.
TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
LIGHT CHOP.
WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
LIGHT CHOP.
WINDS AND WAVES HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
GMZ856-222030-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
TODAY
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS,
DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON, THEN BECOMING
NORTH LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT
5 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.
TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: NORTHWEST 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS AND EAST 1 FOOT AT
3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.
SUNDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN THE
MORNING, THEN 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT
4 SECONDS, BECOMING NORTH 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND
WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHEAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT
3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY
EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE
DETAIL: EAST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS AND NORTHWEST 1 FOOT AT
4 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP. SHOWERS LIKELY WITH
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
MONDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND
2 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTH 2 FEET AT 5 SECONDS AND EAST 1 FOOT AT
3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS,
MAINLY IN THE EVENING.
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. BAY
AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS, DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. BAY AND INLAND
WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.
WEDNESDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHWEST IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN THE MORNING, THEN 1 FOOT OR
LESS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
GMZ876-222030-
WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
TODAY
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS,
BECOMING NORTH LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET, OCCASIONALLY TO 5 FEET.
WAVE DETAIL: EAST 3 FEET AT 5 SECONDS AND NORTHWEST 2 FEET AT
6 SECONDS.
TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT 5 SECONDS.
SUNDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTHEAST 2 FEET AT
5 SECONDS.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND
2 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY
EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: EAST 2 FEET AT 3 SECONDS AND NORTH 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS.
MONDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: EAST 2 FEET AT 3 SECONDS AND SOUTH 2 FEET AT
5 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE EVENING.
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.
WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
GMZ853-222030-
COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
TODAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO
20 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 10 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT 5 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND
WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.
TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT 3 SECONDS AND EAST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS.
BAY AND INLAND WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.
SUNDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN THE
MORNING, THEN 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT
4 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY
EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN THE
MORNING, THEN 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE DETAIL: NORTHEAST 1 FOOT AT
3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MONDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND
2 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTHEAST 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS AND NORTHWEST
1 FOOT AT 5 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. BAY
AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.
BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN THE
MORNING, THEN 1 FOOT OR LESS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
GMZ873-222030-
WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
TODAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO
20 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTH LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET, OCCASIONALLY TO
5 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 3 FEET AT 5 SECONDS.
TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT 5 SECONDS.
SUNDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS AND SOUTHWEST 1 FOOT AT
6 SECONDS.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR
LESS, THEN AROUND 2 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. WAVE DETAIL: NORTHWEST
1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS, BECOMING NORTH 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS. A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY
EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET. WAVE
DETAIL: EAST 2 FEET AT 3 SECONDS AND NORTHWEST 1 FOOT AT
4 SECONDS. SHOWERS LIKELY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MONDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO
3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTHEAST 2 FEET AT 3 SECONDS AND SOUTHWEST
2 FEET AT 6 SECONDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.
WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN THE
MORNING, THEN 1 FOOT OR LESS.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
GMZ850-222030-
COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 NM-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
TODAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTH THIS
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET THIS MORNING, THEN 1 FOOT OR LESS.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 4 SECONDS, BECOMING NORTH 1 FOOT AT
3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE
DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 2 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP.
SUNDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE
DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT
CHOP.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHEAST
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE DETAIL: NORTHWEST
1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP. A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
MONDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS
LIGHT CHOP. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN
THE AFTERNOON.
MONDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR
LESS. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 2 SECONDS. BAY AND INLAND
WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHWEST IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS, THEN 1 TO 2 FEET IN THE
AFTERNOON. BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 TO 2 FEET.
BAY AND INLAND WATERS LIGHT CHOP.
WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTHWEST IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. BAY AND INLAND WATERS SMOOTH.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
GMZ870-222030-
WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
249 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2025
TODAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS, BECOMING NORTH LATE. SEAS
2 TO 3 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 2 FEET AT 4 SECONDS.
TONIGHT
NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS. WAVE
DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS.
SUNDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS.
SUNDAY NIGHT
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MONDAY
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 1 FOOT OR LESS.
WAVE DETAIL: NORTH 1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MONDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND
2 FEET. WAVE DETAIL: SOUTHWEST 2 FEET AT 7 SECONDS AND NORTHEAST
1 FOOT AT 3 SECONDS.
TUESDAY
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET.
TUESDAY NIGHT
NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND
2 FEET.
WEDNESDAY
NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 KNOTS. SEAS AROUND 2 FEET IN
THE MORNING, THEN 1 FOOT OR LESS.
WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
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