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Coastal Waters Forecast for the Florida Keys
National Weather Service Key West FL
1017 PM EDT Tue May 21 2024

Florida Bay, Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef
to south of Dry Tortugas, and the extreme southeastern Gulf of
Mexico, including The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Seas are given as significant wave height, which is the average
height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be
more than twice the significant wave height.

Wave Detail will include details about the period and direction
of origin for the highest energy waves. Long-period swells coming
from a different direction than the wind would be included in the
Wave Detail.


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Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM-
Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile
Bridge out 20 NM-
Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of
Halfmoon Shoal out 20 NM-
Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry
Tortugas out 20 NM-
Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key 20 to 60 NM out-
Straits of Florida from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile
Bridge 20 to 60 NM out-
Straits of Florida from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to south of
Halfmoon Shoal 20 to 60 NM out-
Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry
Tortugas 20 to 60 NM out-
1017 PM EDT Tue May 21 2024

.OVERNIGHT...East to southeast winds near 5 knots. Seas around
1 foot. Wave Detail: North to northeast 1 foot at 7 seconds.
Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast to east winds near 5 knots, increasing to
near 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: North to northeast 
1 foot at 7 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds. Isolated 
showers and thunderstorms.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...East to southeast winds near 10 knots,
decreasing to 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 
2 feet at 4 seconds. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. 
.THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to near 10 knots.
Seas 1 to 2 feet. Isolated showers. 
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East to southeast winds near 10 knots. Seas 
around 2 feet. Isolated showers.
.FRIDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Isolated
showers. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East to southeast winds near 10 knots. Seas 1 to 
2 feet. Isolated showers. 
.SATURDAY...East to southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to
2 feet. Isolated showers. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East to southeast winds near 10 knots. Seas 1 
to 2 feet. Isolated showers. 
.SUNDAY...Southeast to south winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to
near 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Isolated showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast to south winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas
around 2 feet. Isolated showers. 

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