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Conditions· Now

Sun, Nov 8

Small Craft Advisory

Rough

wind sea, fresh breeze.

Wind 18 kt NWSunny54°F

2.5 ft

Waves

Small Craft Advisory in effect

Rest of today

Rough through the morning, easing to moderate chop by afternoon, then building to choppy by evening.

  1. Morning

    Rough

  2. Afternoon

    Light Chop

  3. Evening

    Moderate Chop

Best window

1 PM – 5 PM

Lowest waves and lightest wind.

Daily details

High temp

61°F

Water temp

62°F

Jellyfish

Low

Dawn

6:09 AM

Sunrise

6:36 AM

Sunset

4:58 PM

Dusk

5:26 PM

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Today, Sunday, November 8

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Sky

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Thunder

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Wind (kt)

18
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Seas (ft)

2.5
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2.5
2.3
1.9
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1.4
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1.7
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2.4
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Tide

Light ChopModerate ChopChoppyRough
Tide Details

About normal

Rising, turns in ~4.5 hHigh 10 AM · Low 5 PM

0.8 ft MLLW · Windmill Point gauge, 18.0 nm away

Dashed line is the predicted tide; solid is what the gauge measured. The gap between them is the wind. Here it is about 0.5 ft, inside what this gauge counts as normal.

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