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Fort De Soto (Tampa Bay)

Lightning 16mi — off the water

Verified strike 16mi W. Stay off until 30 min after the last one.

SE 10 mph· Gusts 10· 81°F

Closest lightning 16mi W

Tracked cell 44mi W — ETA 2h 4m. Not on top of you yet; stay on live radar.

Severe cell center · 44mi W · moving 28 mph

2h 4m applies a 10mi safety buffer · cell arrives in 2h 40m · range 111–306 min

TODAY'S OUTLOOK
OPEN DAY

Open day — no meaningful thunder risk in the forecast.

NOW+12H

Hourly forecast

NEXT 24H · SAME CALL AS THE APP

You can go: 4 PM–9 PM

Now0%80°
1PM0%80°
2PM29%79°
3PM29%79°
4PM25%80°
5PM30%80°
6PM35%80°
7PM35%81°
8PM33%81°
6AM27%78°
7AM25%78°
8AM21%78°
9AM19%77°
10AM0%78°
11AM0%79°
12PM0%80°
1PM0%81°
2PM0%82°
3PM0%82°
4PM0%82°
5PM25%82°
6PM53%82°
7PM56%82°
8PM32%83°
THU1 PM–9 PM78%86° 77°
FRI2 PM–9 PM78%86° 79°
WINDSE
10mph
gusts 10
WATER
82°F
AIR
81°F
CONDITIONSFORECAST MODEL · updated just now
86°Feels 5° hotter
Overcast92% cloud
3UV Moderate
19%Rain next 6h
7:19p6h 35m light
TIDESNext HIGH 3:24 PM
▲
1:13 AM2.2 ft
▼
8:32 AM-0.3 ft
▲
3:24 PM1.4 ft
▼
7:27 PM1.0 ft

Hourly call

Wind · rain · NWS thunder · live storm arrival

DAYLIGHT WINDOW
CLOSEST LIGHTNING 16MI W
12:00 PMNO GO

10 mph E, gusts to 11 mph · 0% thunder · 12% rain · Lightning 16mi — off the water

Wave Forecast

BEST: MON
NOW0.7ft
PERIOD3s
Swell Ht0.5ft
Swell Per3s
DirSW
From↗
NOW is the whole sea. SWELL HT is the clean ground-swell component (0.5ft). Longer period = smoother glass beneath the foil.
0.61.6

SWELL SHAPE · 10 DAY

10-DAY HORIZON
TODAY3s0.7 ft↗
TMRW3s1.1 ft↑
THU3s1.6 ft↖
FRI3s1.6 ft↖
SAT4s1.2 ft↑
SUN4s1.1 ft↑
MON4s0.7 ft↗
TUE3s0.6 ft↗
WED4s0.7 ft↓
THU3s0.9 ft↓
period (s) · max height · direction

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Fort De Soto (Tampa Bay)

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St. Augustine, FL · 27.6186, -82.7381 · NOAA 8726364

Seven-day outlook

GOCAUTIONNO GO
6 GO DAYS

Today

Sep 29

NO GOVerified strike 16mi W. Stay off until 30 min after the last one.
6AM8PM

4–16

MPH WIND

G17 · 80°F

Wed

Sep 30

GOClean all day — pick your hour.
6AM8PM

2–12

MPH WIND

G12 · 80°F

Thu

Oct 1

GORide 1PM–8PM
6AM
1PM8PM

2–14

MPH WIND

G17 · 81°F

RAIN 78%

Fri

Oct 2

GORide 2PM–8PM
6AM
10AM
2PM8PM

6–18

MPH WIND

G25 · 83°F

RAIN 78%

Sat

Oct 3

GORide 1PM–8PM
6AM
1PM8PM

5–15

MPH WIND

G21 · 83°F

RAIN 63%

Sun

Oct 4

GORide 8AM–8PM
6AM
8AM8PM

6–13

MPH WIND

G16 · 81°F

RAIN 30%

Mon

Oct 5

GOClean all day — pick your hour.
6AM8PM

6–10

MPH WIND

G11 · 82°F

RAIN 42%

Launch & Depth Map

Spot Info

Flat Water

5 / 5

Boat Traffic

moderate

Launch

easy

Tampa Bay's best flat water. Shallow grass flats, protected from ocean swell. Launch from the park.

Fort De Soto (Tampa Bay) · St. Augustine, FL · 27.6186, -82.7381

WIND Open-Meteo model — no live station bound

TIDE 8726364 NOAA CO-OPS

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