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Special Marine Warning
Issued: 10:03 AM Jan. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
Upper Delaware Bay...

* Until 600 AM EST.

* At 502 AM EST, a snow squall was located along a line extending
from 25 nm northeast of Reedy Point to 8 nm north of Pea Patch
Island to near Northeast River, moving east at 35 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts to 40 knots.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and
suddenly higher waves.

* Locations impacted include...
Fortesque Beach, Sea Breeze, Pea Patch Island, Bowers Beach,
Woodland Beach, Stony Point, Miah Maull Light, Ship John Shoal
Light, Cross Ledge Light, Reedy Point, and Slaughter Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&


HAIL...0.00IN;
WIND...40KTS

Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 8:16 AM Jan. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and rough
waters.

* WHERE...Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to
Slaughter Beach DE and Delaware Bay waters south of East Point
NJ to Slaughter Beach DE.

* WHEN...Until 6 PM EST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

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