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Coastal Waters Forecast for the Florida Keys
National Weather Service Key West FL
416 AM EST Tue Dec 6 2022

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.


GMZ005-061530-
Synopsis for Keys coastal waters from Ocean Reef to Dry Tortugas
416 AM EST Tue Dec 6 2022

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure over the western Atlantic will build
westward across the Florida peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico
through Thursday, bringing freshening northeast to east breezes to
the Keys coastal waters. The high will weaken late this week and
into the weekend, with light to gentle north to northeast breezes
prevailing over the Keys waters.

The Approximate Shoreward Edge of the Gulf Stream as of December 
6...

69 NM South of Dry Tortugas Light...on Loggerhead Key.
46 NM South of Cosgrove Shoal Light...off the Marquesas Keys.
34 NM South of Sand Key Light...off Key West.
18 NM South of Looe Key...off Big Pine Key.
 8 NM South of Sombrero Key Light...off Marathon.
 2 NM Southeast of Alligator Reef Light...off Islamorada.
 Less than 1 NM Southeast of Molasses Reef Light...off Key Largo.
 1 NM East of Carysfort Reef Light...off Ocean Reef.

Gulf Stream Information Courtesy of the Naval Oceanographic Office.

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