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Coastal Waters Forecast for Florida
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
847 AM 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.

GMZ800-120215-
Synopsis for the coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Suwannee River-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
Continued hazardous boating conditions with strong northerly
winds and associated elevated seas. Small Craft Advisory remains
in effect through this afternoon with northerly winds of 20 to 30
knots with higher gusts. Winds will gradually diminish by this
evening and generally remain 15 knots or less out of the
northeast to north through the remainder of the week.

&&

$$

GMZ830-120215-
Tampa Bay waters-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

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

.TODAY...North winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots.
Waves 2 to 3 feet this morning. Bay and inland waters rough.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots, becoming east 5 to 10 knots after midnight. 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.

$$

GMZ836-120215-
Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

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

.TODAY...Northeast winds around 20 knots with gusts up to 25
knots. Bay and inland waters choppy.
.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.

$$

GMZ856-120215-
Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

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

.TODAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to
35 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots
this afternoon. Seas 5 to 8 feet, occasionally to 10 feet. Wave
Detail: Northwest 7 feet at 9 seconds and northeast 2 feet at
5 seconds. Bay and inland waters rough.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail:
Northwest 4 feet at 8 seconds and northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds.
Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
.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 3 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 around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 2 feet at
6 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 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. 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.

$$

GMZ876-120215-
Waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 to 60 NM-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

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

.TODAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots, diminishing to 15 to
20 knots late. Gusts up to 35 knots. Seas 7 to 10 feet,
occasionally to 13 feet. Wave Detail: North 9 feet at 7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
25 knots. Seas 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet, subsiding to
3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet after midnight. Wave Detail:
Northwest 6 feet at 8 seconds and northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds,
becoming northwest 4 feet at 8 seconds and northeast 3 feet at
4 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet,
occasionally to 5 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 around
2 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 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less, then around 2 feet after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet in
the morning, then 1 foot or less.

$$

GMZ853-120215-
Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

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

.TODAY...Northeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to
35 knots, diminishing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots
this afternoon. Seas 6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet,
subsiding to 5 to 7 feet, occasionally to 9 feet this afternoon.
Wave Detail: North 7 feet at 7 seconds, becoming northwest 5 feet
at 8 seconds and northeast 2 feet at 5 seconds. Bay and inland
waters rough.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to
20 knots, becoming east 5 to 10 knots after midnight. Seas 3 to
5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet, subsiding to 2 to 3 feet after
midnight. Wave Detail: Northwest 4 feet at 7 seconds and
northeast 2 feet at 4 seconds, becoming northwest 2 feet at
7 seconds and northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland
waters a moderate chop.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Northwest 2 feet at 6 seconds and northeast 1 foot
at 3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North
1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.THURSDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: North 1 foot at 3 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. 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...East winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.

$$

GMZ873-120215-
Waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 60 NM-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

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

.TODAY...North winds 25 to 30 knots, becoming northeast 15 to
20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 8 to 11 feet,
occasionally to 14 feet, subsiding to 6 to 9 feet, occasionally
to 11 feet this afternoon. Wave Detail: Northwest 8 feet at
8 seconds and north 6 feet at 7 seconds, becoming north 7 feet at
7 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 4 to 6 feet,
occasionally to 8 feet, subsiding to 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to
5 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: North 5 feet at 7 seconds,
becoming north 3 feet at 7 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet.
Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds and northwest 2 feet at
6 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and northwest
1 foot at 5 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 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 around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

$$

GMZ850-120215-
Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

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

.TODAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas
3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: North 4 feet at
6 seconds. Bay and inland waters rough.
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet in the
evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at
3 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 6 seconds, becoming northeast
1 foot at 2 seconds and northwest 1 foot at 6 seconds. Bay and
inland waters light chop.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest around
5 knots in the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West
1 foot at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 3 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 north
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northwest
1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in
the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light
chop.
.SATURDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters smooth.

$$

GMZ870-120215-
Waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 NM-
847 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025

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

.TODAY...North winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 35 knots,
becoming northeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas
6 to 9 feet, occasionally to 11 feet, subsiding to 5 to 7 feet,
occasionally to 9 feet this afternoon. Wave Detail: North 7 feet
at 7 seconds, becoming north 4 feet at 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet,
occasionally to 6 feet, subsiding to 2 feet after midnight. Wave
Detail: North 3 feet at 6 seconds, becoming north 2 feet at
5 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...East winds around 5 knots, becoming north in the
afternoon. Seas around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and west 1 foot
at 5 seconds, becoming northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds and
northwest 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 3 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.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

$$