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Bonita Beach to Englewood, FL out 20 NM Marine Forecast


TONIGHT

N
WINDS
10
KNOTS

MONDAY

N
WINDS
10 - 15
KNOTS

MONDAY NIGHT

N
WINDS
10 - 15
KNOTS

TUESDAY

NE
WINDS
10
KNOTS

The Marine Weather Forecast In Detail:
GMZ856 Forecast Issued: 240 PM EDT Sun Oct 11 2026

Tonight...North Winds Around 10 Knots, Becoming Northeast After Midnight. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: South 2 Feet At 5 Seconds. Bay And Inland Waters Light Chop. Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms Early This Evening.
Monday...North Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: Northwest 2 Feet At 5 Seconds And Northeast 1 Foot At 3 Seconds. Bay And Inland Waters A Moderate Chop.
Monday Night...North Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: North 2 Feet At 4 Seconds. Bay And Inland Waters A Moderate Chop.
Tuesday...Northeast Winds Around 10 Knots. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: North 2 Feet At 4 Seconds. Bay And Inland Waters Light Chop.
Tuesday Night...Northeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: North 2 Feet At 4 Seconds. Bay And Inland Waters A Moderate Chop.
Wednesday...Northeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots, Diminishing To 5 To 10 Knots In The Afternoon. Seas Around 2 Feet. Wave Detail: North 2 Feet At 4 Seconds. Bay And Inland Waters A Moderate Chop.
Wednesday Night...Northeast Winds 15 To 20 Knots, Becoming East 10 To 15 Knots After Midnight. Seas Around 2 Feet. Bay And Inland Waters Choppy.
Thursday...East Winds 10 To 15 Knots, Becoming Northeast 5 To 10 Knots In The Afternoon. Seas 1 To 2 Feet. Bay And Inland Waters A Moderate Chop. Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms In The Afternoon.
Thursday Night...East Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Seas Around 2 Feet. Bay And Inland Waters A Moderate Chop. Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms.
Friday...East Winds Around 10 Knots, Becoming Southeast In The Afternoon. Seas Around 2 Feet In The Morning, Then 1 Foot Or Less. Bay And Inland Waters Light Chop. Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms In The Afternoon. Winds And Seas Higher In And Near Thunderstorms.
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
239pm EDT Sunday Oct 11 2026

Cold front moving over the FL Peninsula this afternoon pushing prefrontal band of showers and thunderstorms through southern zones with brief training of cells that could produce locally heavy rain for a few more hours with a marginal risk of excessive rainfall ending shortly.

Residual swells left by Isaias over the eastern Gulf will continue to create a high risk of rip currents today along area beaches.

Weak surface high pressure building into the region tonight into Monday finally ushering in a much drier airmass surface and aloft, with no rain expected Monday or Tuesday as dew points drop into the upper 50s north and the 60s central and south.

Forecast continues to indicate the boundary layer winds will veer to the east on Wednesday off the Atlantic which will gradually increase low level moisture with the risk of an afternoon shower over the interior, however overall conditions are expected to remain dry across the forecast area.

Late in the week, deep layer moisture will increase from south to north with an increasing chance for mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms with highest probability of precipitation south.

Very warm conditions are expected through the forecast period with high temperatures in the upper 80s to around 90, albeit a bit more comfortable due to the lower dew points.

Marine
High pressure building into the region will allow winds and seas to gradually subside through Monday. Surface high pressure will remain over the waters mid week with generally east to northeast winds each day below cautionary levels.

Fire Weather
Weak high pressure and a drier airmass will advect over west central and southwest Florida on Monday and will hold across the area though mid week, however relative humidity values are expected to remain above critical levels each afternoon.

NOAA Tampa FL Office: Watches - Warnings - Advisories
FL...High Rip Current Risk until 8pm EDT this evening for Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Lee-Coastal Manatee- Coastal Sarasota-Pinellas.

Gulf waters...None.