HomeForecastsFlorida ForecastsClearwater Beach, FL Coastal Forecast

Clearwater Beach, FL Coastal Forecast

FZUS52 KTBW 201405
CWFTBW

Coastal Waters Forecast for Florida
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

Gulf coastal waters from Bonita Beach to the mouth of the
Suwannee River out to 60 NM.

Important notice to mariners...marine forecasts are issued at
least four times a day. Boaters on extended trips should
routinely monitor subsequent forecast issuances and updates for
the latest marine weather information.

The wave heights are forecast as significant wave height which is
the average of the highest one-third of the waves. The highest
waves may rarely be twice the significant wave height. The winds
and seas near thunderstorms may be higher than forecast.

GMZ800-202100-
Synopsis for the coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Suwannee River-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.SYNOPSIS...
Weak high pressure to remain in place with slight seas and light
winds that sea breeze in the afternoon. A weak frontal boundary
sags through the waters Wednesday into late week bringing a chance
of showers and possible storms into the weekend.

&&

$$

GMZ830-202100-
Tampa Bay waters-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light
chop.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west 10 to
15 knots in the afternoon. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots, diminishing to 5 to
10 knots after midnight. Bay and inland waters a moderate chop.
.THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light
chop. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ836-202100-
Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light
chop. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening.
.FRIDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland waters light
chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay and inland
waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the
afternoon. Bay and inland waters light chop.

Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ856-202100-
Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest
around 10 knots late. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: South
1 foot at 3 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 2 seconds and south 1 foot at
4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.THURSDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: West 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light
chop. A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest
1 foot at 6 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay
and inland waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ876-202100-
Waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 to 60 NM-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds. A slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 2 seconds and southwest 1 foot
at 6 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 2 seconds and southwest
1 foot at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
after midnight.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ853-202100-
Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet
in the evening, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Southwest
1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. A slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters
light chop. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland
waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay
and inland waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ873-202100-
Waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 to 60 NM-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then
around 2 feet in the afternoon. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at
5 seconds, becoming southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest
1 foot at 6 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 2 seconds and south 1 foot at
5 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after
midnight.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet in
the morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot
at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds, becoming
northwest 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot at 6 seconds.
A chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 3 seconds and southwest 1 foot
at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. A
slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ850-202100-
Coastal waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 NM-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland
waters light chop.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland waters
light chop.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then
around 2 feet in the afternoon. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at
5 seconds, becoming southwest 2 feet at 5 seconds. Bay and inland
waters a moderate chop. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters
a moderate chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet in
the morning, then 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at
5 seconds. Bay and inland waters light chop. A chance of showers
with a slight chance of thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 4 seconds. Bay and inland
waters light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
in the evening.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay
and inland waters light chop.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Bay and inland waters light chop.
.SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Bay and inland waters light chop.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ870-202100-
Waters from Tarpon Springs to Suwannee River FL out 20 to 60 NM-
1005 AM EDT Tue May 20 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY...West winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...West winds around 10 knots. Seas around
2 feet. Wave Detail: Southwest 2 feet at 5 seconds. A chance of
showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 4 seconds and south 1 foot at
5 seconds. A chance of showers with a slight chance of
thunderstorms.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 5 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.SATURDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

$$


Don't Miss