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Small Craft Advisory


URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Mobile AL
507 AM CST Mon Dec 8 2025

GMZ630>632-650-655-670-675-082000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SC.Y.0047.000000T0000Z-251209T0600Z/
Northern Mobile Bay-Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-
Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola
FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from
20 to 60 NM-
507 AM CST Mon Dec 8 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* WHAT...North winds 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 2 to 5
  ft.

* WHERE...Portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and
  northwest Florida.

* WHEN...Until midnight CST tonight.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1259 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

GMZ751-752-770-772-090600-
/O.CON.KTAE.SC.Y.0046.251208T0900Z-251209T0600Z/
Coastal waters from Mexico Beach to Okaloosa Walton County Line
FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Mexico Beach to Okaloosa Walton County Line FL from
20 to 60 NM-
Waters from Apalachicola to Mexico Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
1159 PM CST Sun Dec 7 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...North winds 20 kt with gusts 25 to 30 kt expected.

* WHERE...Offshore Gulf waters from the Walton-Okaloosa County
  line to Apalachicola from 20 to 60 nautical miles out, Coastal
  waters from Mexico Beach to Okaloosa Walton County Line FL out
  20 NM, and Coastal waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola FL
  out 20 NM.

* WHEN...From 3 AM Monday to midnight CST Monday night.

* 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,
  and dragging anchors.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1259 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

GMZ755-775-090600-
/O.EXT.KTAE.SC.Y.0046.251208T1800Z-251209T0600Z/
Coastal Waters From  Ochlockonee River to Apalachicola Fl out to
20 Nm-
Waters from  Suwannee River to Apalachicola FL from 20 to 60 NM-
1259 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM EST TUESDAY...

* WHAT...North winds 20 kt with gusts 25 to 30 kt expected.

* WHERE...Coastal Waters From Ochlockonee River to Apalachicola
  Fl out to 20 Nm and Waters from Suwannee River to Apalachicola
  FL from 20 to 60 NM.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 1 AM EST Tuesday.

* 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,
  and dragging anchors.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$


Rip Current Statement


Coastal Hazard Message...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
108 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025

FLZ114-090500-
/O.COR.KTAE.RP.S.0093.251208T1200Z-251209T0500Z/
Coastal Gulf-
108 AM EST Mon Dec 8 2025 /1208 AM CST Mon Dec 8 2025/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning through this
  evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
  from shore into deeper water.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and
float. Don`t swim against the current. If able, swim in a
direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the
shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

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