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Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 9:30 PM Feb. 22, 2026 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT... * WHAT...Northwest winds increasing to 25 to 30 knots, and seas 7 to 12 ft in the Straits of Florida and southeastern Gulf. * 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. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced boaters, especially those with smaller vessels, should avoid operating in these conditions. &&
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