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Coastal Waters Forecast for Florida
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

Gulf coastal waters from Bonita Beach to the mouth of the
Suwannee River out to 60 NM.

Important notice to mariners...marine forecasts are issued at
least four times a day. Boaters on extended trips should
routinely monitor subsequent forecast issuances and updates for
the latest marine weather information.

The wave heights are forecast as significant wave height which is
the average of the highest one-third of the waves. The highest
waves may rarely be twice the significant wave height. The winds
and seas near thunderstorms may be higher than forecast.

GMZ800-120815-
Synopsis for the coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Suwannee River-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
Hazardous boating conditions into this evening with residual
elevated seas and gusty winds. The pressure gradient to weaken
further tonight allowing winds and seas to slowly subside with
improving marine conditions mid to late week and continuing into
the weekend.

&&

$$

GMZ830-120815-
Tampa Bay waters-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots, becoming east 5 to 10 knots late this evening and
overnight. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in
the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop.

$$

GMZ836-120815-
Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland waters
a moderate chop.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Bay and
inland waters light chop.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop.

$$

GMZ856-120815-
Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to
8 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 4 feet at 8 seconds and northeast
2 feet at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters choppy.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots, diminishing to 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas
2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast
2 feet at 3 seconds and northwest 2 feet at 7 seconds. Bay and
inland waters a moderate chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up
to 20 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at
3 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 6 seconds. Bay and inland
waters a moderate chop.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots, becoming north 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Seas
around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and
inland waters a moderate chop.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light
chop.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.

$$

GMZ876-120815-
Waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 to 60 NM-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, diminishing to 10 to
15 knots after midnight. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to
10 feet, subsiding to 4 to 6 feet, occasionally to 8 feet after
midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 6 feet at 8 seconds and
northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds, becoming northwest 5 feet at
8 seconds and northeast 3 feet at 5 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet,
occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 3 feet at
7 seconds and northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and northwest
2 feet at 6 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at
4 seconds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around
2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at 4 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less, then around 2 feet after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

$$

GMZ853-120815-
Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots,
diminishing to 5 to 10 knots late. Seas 4 to 6 feet, occasionally
to 8 feet, subsiding to 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet after
midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 4 feet at 7 seconds and
northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds, becoming northeast 2 feet at
3 seconds and northwest 2 feet at 7 seconds. Bay and inland
waters a moderate chop.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: Northwest 2 feet at 6 seconds and east 1 foot at
3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North
1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds and northwest 1 foot
at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at
3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds around 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light
chop.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after
midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.

$$

GMZ873-120815-
Waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 60 NM-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming east 10 to
15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots late this evening and
overnight. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet, subsiding to
3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet after midnight. Wave Detail:
North 6 feet at 7 seconds, becoming north 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds and
northwest 2 feet at 6 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to
3 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 4 seconds and northwest
1 foot at 5 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet
in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at
4 seconds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

$$

GMZ850-120815-
Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming east 5 to
10 knots late this evening and overnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 2 feet at
6 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland
waters a moderate chop.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at
2 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland
waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet
in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northwest
1 foot at 3 seconds, becoming northwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. Bay
and inland waters smooth.
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 2 seconds. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming
northeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North
1 foot at 2 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in
the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at
2 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east after
midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SATURDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters
smooth.
.SUNDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in
the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light
chop.

$$

GMZ870-120815-
Waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 NM-
213 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots, becoming east 5 to 10 knots late this evening and
overnight. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail:
North 3 feet at 6 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at
4 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet
in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast
1 foot at 2 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming
north 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: North 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 2 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

$$