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Coastal Waters Forecast for the Florida Keys
National Weather Service Key West FL
1026 PM EST Thu Dec 4 2025

Florida Bay, Hawk Channel and Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef
to south of Dry Tortugas, and the extreme southeastern Gulf of
America, 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-
1026 PM EST Thu Dec 4 2025

.OVERNIGHT...Northeast to east winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming east.
Seas 2 to 4 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast to east 3 feet at 5 
seconds and west to northwest 1 foot at 6 seconds. 
.FRIDAY...East to southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet. Wave Detail: East 3 feet at 5 seconds and northwest 1 
foot at 5 seconds. 
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East to southeast winds near 10 knots. Seas
subsiding to around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East to southeast 2 feet
at 5 seconds. 
.SATURDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet.
Isolated showers. 
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast to south winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 
to 2 feet. Isolated showers. 
.SUNDAY...South to southwest winds near 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet.
Isolated showers. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest to west winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 
1 to 2 feet. Scattered showers. 
.MONDAY...West to northwest winds near 10 knots, increasing to 10
to 15 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet, building to around 2 feet. 
Scattered showers.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Northwest to north winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming
north to northeast winds near 15 knots. Seas building to 2 to 4 
feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Isolated showers.
.TUESDAY...Northeast to east winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming
northeast near 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 
feet, subsiding to 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Isolated 
showers.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...North to northeast winds near 10 knots. Seas
2 to 3 feet. Isolated showers. 

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