John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park

Small Craft Advisory issued January 19 at 4:25AM EST until January 19 at 11:00AM EST by NWS Key West FL

* WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 knots. Seas up to 8 feet across the Straits of Florida. * WHERE...Straits of Florida, Hawk Channel, and Florida Bay and the nearshore Gulf waters. * 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.