176  
WHCA72 TJSJ 170135  
MWWSJU  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR  
935 PM AST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
AMZ711-170945-  
/O.CON.TJSJ.SC.Y.0001.260117T1800Z-260119T1800Z/  
ATLANTIC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10 NM TO 19.5N-  
935 PM AST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO  
2 PM AST MONDAY...  
 
* WHAT...EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT AND SEAS  
6 TO 8 FT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...ATLANTIC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10 NM TO  
19.5N.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 2 PM AST MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
AMZ712-716-726-733-741-170945-  
/O.CON.TJSJ.SC.Y.0001.260117T2200Z-260118T2200Z/  
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CABO SAN JUAN TO THE WATERS BETWEEN ANEGADA  
ISLAND AND VIRGIN GORDA AND NORTH 10 NM-  
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF PUERTO RICO, AROUND VIEQUES, AND AROUND  
AND JUST NORTH OF CULEBRA AND SAINT JOHN-  
CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N, INCLUDING THE  
COASTAL WATERS OF SAINT CROIX-MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-  
935 PM AST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO  
6 PM AST SUNDAY...  
 
* WHAT...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT AND SEAS  
5 TO 7 FT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM,  
COASTAL WATERS FROM CABO SAN JUAN TO THE WATERS BETWEEN  
ANEGADA ISLAND AND VIRGIN GORDA AND NORTH 10 NM, COASTAL  
WATERS EAST OF PUERTO RICO, AROUND VIEQUES, AND AROUND AND  
JUST NORTH OF CULEBRA AND SAINT JOHN, CARIBBEAN WATERS OF  
PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N, INCLUDING THE COASTAL WATERS OF  
SAINT CROIX AND MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 6 PM AST SUNDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
AMZ723-170945-  
/O.CON.TJSJ.SC.Y.0001.260117T2200Z-260119T1800Z/  
ANEGADA PASSAGE EAST OF VIRGIN GORDA AND SAINT CROIX SOUTH TO 17N-  
935 PM AST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO  
2 PM AST MONDAY...  
 
* WHAT...EAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT AND SEAS  
6 TO 7 FT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...ANEGADA PASSAGE EAST OF VIRGIN GORDA AND SAINT CROIX  
SOUTH TO 17N.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 2 PM AST MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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