


Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
Issued by NWS Tampa Bay Area, FL
108 FZUS52 KTBW 070038 CWFTBW Coastal Waters Forecast for Florida National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 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. GMZ800-071315- Synopsis for the coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Suwannee River- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .SYNOPSIS... Light southeast through southwest winds will remain over the eastern gulf waters, which will translate to showers and thunderstorms remaining possible at really anytime across the coastal waters. However, the greatest chances will reside during the overnight and early morning hours. This pattern will repeat for the next several days, with some gusty winds in the vicinity of storms creating locally hazardous winds and seas. Otherwise, winds and seas should remain fairly light. && $$ GMZ830-071315- Tampa Bay waters- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then isolated showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers. Scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and numerous thunderstorms in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Showers and numerous thunderstorms in the evening, then scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms after midnight. .TUESDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ836-071315- Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Bay and inland waters smooth. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers. Scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers. Scattered thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .THURSDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ856-071315- Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet early this evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 2 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers. Numerous thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming south in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers. Numerous thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .THURSDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ876-071315- Waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 to 60 NM- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet early this evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Scattered thunderstorms. Scattered showers in the evening, then numerous showers after midnight. .MONDAY...South winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Scattered thunderstorms. Numerous showers, mainly in the evening. .THURSDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ853-071315- Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered thunderstorms. Scattered showers in the morning, then numerous showers in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers. Numerous thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .TUESDAY...East winds around 10 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds and west 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers. Numerous thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .THURSDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ873-071315- Waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 60 NM- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. Isolated showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then scattered showers and thunderstorms late this evening and overnight. .SUNDAY...South winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Scattered thunderstorms. Numerous showers, mainly in the morning. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ850-071315- Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 2 seconds and south 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth. Scattered showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then isolated showers and thunderstorms. Scattered showers and thunderstorms late. .SUNDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest around 5 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 2 seconds and south 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .MONDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 2 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop. Numerous showers. Numerous thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .TUESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming north 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers and numerous thunderstorms in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered thunderstorms. Numerous showers, mainly in the evening. .WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Numerous showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ870-071315- Waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 NM- 838 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 .REST OF TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Isolated showers and thunderstorms early this evening, then scattered showers and thunderstorms late this evening and overnight. .SUNDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 4 seconds. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .MONDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 2 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Numerous showers. Scattered thunderstorms in the morning, then numerous thunderstorms in the afternoon. .MONDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 2 feet at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Numerous showers. Numerous thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .TUESDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: North 2 feet at 4 seconds. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .TUESDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$