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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Key West FL

434 AM EST Mon Feb 2 2026



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Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and

Buttonwood Sound-

Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile

Bridge-

Gulf of America from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee 20 to 60 NM

out and beyond 5 fathoms-

Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal Channel-

Gulf of America from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon

Shoal out to 5 Fathoms-

Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef-

Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out

to the reef-

Hawk Channel from west end of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal

out to the reef-

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 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-

434 AM EST Mon Feb 2 2026



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...



Northerly breezes have slackened below criteria. Therefore, the 

Small Craft Advisory has been cancelled. However, Small Craft 

Should Exercise Caution in the western Straits of Florida and SE

Gulf waters until winds and seas decrease.





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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 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-

434 AM EST Mon Feb 2 2026



...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...



* WHAT...North winds near 20 knots and seas 5 to 7 ft.



* WHERE...Eastern Straits of Florida.



* WHEN...In Effect.



* IMPACTS...A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 20 

  to 33 knots, or seas of 7 feet or greater, are expected to 

  produce hazardous conditions for small craft. These hazardous 

  conditions may result in poor vessel handling and steering 

  response, broaching, overturned dinghies and kayaks, slips and 

  falls on slippery decks, rub damage along docks and seawalls, 

  swamped bows at reef tract mooring balls, and dragging anchors.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels,

should avoid operating in these conditions.



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