Public ramp · Monroe County · Florida
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The last reading here is 20 days old — past what we'll stand behind, so we're going back to the source.
Pulling NOAA tide station 8723752
Water you can reach from this ramp
Best first. 6 waters, scored separately.
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Upper Matecumbe Key - Blackwood Road Primitive Launch Site is a boat ramp in Monroe County, Florida, on Florida Bay. From here SeaStatus scores 6 waters: Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound (Area 4 of 7), Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef, Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge (Area 6 of 6), Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Segment 9 of 23), Straits of Florida from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out 20 NM (Area 2 of 4) and Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef.
The main water here is Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound (Area 4 of 7). Nearshore water is scored mostly on wind and wave height, with wave steepness and the tidal current counting too. A current running against the wind is treated as worse than either one alone. Tide predictions come from NOAA station 8723808, Islamorada, Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida Bay, the closest one to here. Its conditions are read at a reference point on the water about 3.3 mi from this ramp.
Scores are decision support, not a substitute for your own judgment or the official NWS forecast. Read the limits.
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Sources · NOAA Tide Station 8723808