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4/12/2026 5:10pm 
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Watches, Warnings, and Advisories

Issued by the National Weather Service - Key West, FL

    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY  

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


Small Craft Advisory issued April 12 at 4:24PM EDT until April 13 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Key West FL

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT


Areas Affected: 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 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

Urgency: Expected

Severity: Minor

Certainty: Likely

Alert Sent: Sunday 4:24pm EDT

Alert Effective: Sunday 4:24pm EDT

Alert Expires: Monday 12:30am EDT (expect updated alert by this time)

Event Onset: Sunday 4:24pm EDT

Event Ends: Monday 5:00pm EDT

Issued by: NWS Key West FL


Details:
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...

* WHAT...Northeast to east winds near 20 knots. Across the Florida
Straits, northeast to east winds 20 to 25 knots, and seas up to
8 feet.

* WHERE...Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, Gulf waters
including the Dry Tortugas, and Florida Bay.

* 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.

Information:
Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels,
should avoid operating in these conditions.

Meta data:
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Codes: GMZ031, GMZ032, GMZ033, GMZ034, GMZ035, GMZ042, GMZ043, GMZ044, GMZ052, GMZ053, GMZ054, GMZ055, GMZ072, GMZ073, GMZ074, GMZ075
Link: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4eda23ced20463bcf500ee6c3a002e2f23743ac3.001.1