Get Lost Gustav!

[battles2a5]

What kind of seas will the KW boats go out in? 4-6 is still diveable where I am from. Do you think Sat will be blown out?

 

[matts1w]

What kind of seas will the KW boats go out in? 4-6 is still diveable where I am from. Do you think Sat will be blown out?

You may find a boat, but with the forecast I would bet the weekend is a wash. 20 knots from the south usually shuts down everyone. Believe me...4-7s in the Keys sucks....

SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF 4 TO
7 FEET...EXCEPT HIGHER IN THE GULF STREAM. SEAS INSIDE THE REEF 2 TO
3 FEET. NEARSHORE WATERS ROUGH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

SATURDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS AND GUSTY. SEAS BEYOND
THE REEF 4 TO 7 FEET...EXCEPT HIGHER IN THE GULF STREAM. SEAS INSIDE
THE REEF 2 TO 3 FEET. NEARSHORE WATERS ROUGH. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

SUNDAY
EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS BEYOND THE REEF 4 TO
7 FEET. SEAS INSIDE THE REEF 2 TO 3 FEET. NEARSHORE WATERS ROUGH.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

SUNDAY NIGHT
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS NEAR 15 KNOTS. SEAS
BEYOND THE REEF 4 TO 7 FEET. SEAS INSIDE THE REEF AROUND 2 FEET.
NEARSHORE WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

 

[deepstops]

What kind of seas will the KW boats go out in? 4-6 is still diveable where I am from. Do you think Sat will be blown out?

Unless you're flying to Key West, save your gas money and get your dives in between Jupiter and Key Largo. Here's the forecast for that area:

FRIDAY
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. INTRACOASTAL
WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

FRIDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

SATURDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

SATURDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

SUNDAY
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

SUNDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

MONDAY
EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

MONDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

What kind of seas will the KW boats go out in? 4-6 is still diveable where I am from. Do you think Sat will be blown out?

When it's 4 feet the dive boats down here in the keys act like they're on America's Most Dangerous Catch or whatever that show is called. In the northwest that's considered flat. Some will go out but......

 

[matts1w]

Updated forecast for the east coats. It has gone to pretty darn good to pretty darn crappy. I figured it would. Why? Because it is Florida and a three day weekend. Cold fronts and big summer storms only come on weekends.

TODAY
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 KNOTS.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS A MODERATE CHOP. CHANCE OF
SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON.

TONIGHT
EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 KNOTS.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS CHOPPY IN EXPOSED AREAS.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

SATURDAY
EAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 KNOTS.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS CHOPPY IN EXPOSED AREAS.
SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

SATURDAY NIGHT
SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 25 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS CHOPPY IN
EXPOSED AREAS. SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

SUNDAY
SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS BECOMING EAST 10 TO
15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4
FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. INTRACOASTAL WATERS CHOPPY IN EXPOSED
AREAS. SHOWERS LIKELY AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

SUNDAY NIGHT
EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

MONDAY
EAST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS. SEAS 2 FEET OR LESS.
INTRACOASTAL WATERS A LIGHT CHOP. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.

 

[safyrewulfie]

And now Fla is a samich between 2 storms! Ugh. Of course the year i finally get my cert done, will be the most active year in the Gulf. God doesnt like me lol. Im just cursed for everything I do. So which way do we think Hannah will go? Cruise along the east coast then cross over to the west coast, then meander around ruining yet another weekend off? So how thick of a wet suit do we dive in for Nov? I m thinking thats the only time we going. Dont we have a turkey diving party then?

 

[Capt Gary]

You might want to consider calling the dive shops to get the most accurate wind and wave conditions. From personal experience, owning a dive shop for 5 years and diving for 38, the forecast are just that forecast or predictions, NOT actually conditions.

For the Upper Florida Keys any winds out of an Easterly direction, NE/E/SE, with winds 20kts plus will produce higher seas and we start getting concerned for the safety of our divers.

Today we have winds out of the NE at 15kts and the seas are 2ft inside the reef and 4ft on the wrecks. If the winds increase then so will the seas.

Remember getting off the boat is easy, getting back on the boat in high seas is a big deal.

Good Diving,

 

[Lorenzoid]

Based on what the dive shop (not to name names but it's Quiescence) told us today from looking at the weekend forecast, we decided to proceed with our dive vacation as planned. I guess we'll take our chances. The fact that the motel wouldn't give us a refund of our deposit, and the airline will charge us to change ticket dates, had some influence on our decision.

Plan is still to fly to Miami on Saturday, drive to Largo, and see whether the boats will be going out on Sunday and Monday. Based on the forecast, we may have to sit on the sidelines on Sunday, but Monday looks promising.

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

Looks like Gustov is going to be a Cat 4 soon. It's already a Cat 3.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Wonderful. Heading out to Largo today for the long-planned Labor Day dive vacation. As of yesterday at least, dive shop was just sort of shrugging and saying "wait and see--marine forecast doesn't look that bad so far." Nothing like flying out, renting a car, driving an hour, then finding ourselves holed up in a motel room for two days. Well, off to the airport!