Small Craft Advisory

NWS Mount Holly NJ · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-10-06 13:40:00 UTC.

Details

Small Craft Advisory Now In Effect Until Midnight EDT Monday Night

Event: Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 2026-10-05 01:30:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-10-05 01:30:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-10-05 14:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-10-06 04:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Minor
Certainty: Likely
Response: Avoid

Description

What

Northwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft.

Where

Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM and Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM.

When

Until midnight EDT Monday night.

Impacts

Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

Additional details

There may be a period of seas below 5 feet early Monday morning before northwest winds begin increasing.

Instructions

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

Affected areas

Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM
Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM
Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Mount Holly NJ
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-10-05 01:30:36 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~36s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M44TYA11NJVHHHNRFPTMC46J
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.30ebaf0ece5dcfb7e2f775c54a0cae314e2d27af.003.1
Sender: [email protected]
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Mount Holly NJ
AWIPS ID: CAPPHI
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.2131
WMO heading: XOUS51
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 51

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8ced47432394d989a643e66d5bfd9c776bf79043.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-04 18:46:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.08503b9744abbcdcfaddd660df0a40b4b6ee241e.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-04 06:01:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.66e9eabd598bfc8843463904b1a2c0e4c9b97d42.003.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-04 00:34:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.66e9eabd598bfc8843463904b1a2c0e4c9b97d42.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-04 00:34:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.443df5abd26b48f9446aee8e9f4e7c213201b646.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-03 18:21:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	NWS
NationalWeatherService	SCY

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	MWWPHI
WMOidentifier	WHUS71 KPHI 050130
NWSheadline	SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT MONDAY NIGHT
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
VTEC	/O.EXT.KPHI.SC.Y.0080.000000T0000Z-261006T0400Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-10-06T00:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
expiredReferences	[email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.08503b9744abbcdcfaddd660df0a40b4b6ee241e.001.1,2026-10-04T02:01:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.66e9eabd598bfc8843463904b1a2c0e4c9b97d42.003.1,2026-10-03T20:34:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.66e9eabd598bfc8843463904b1a2c0e4c9b97d42.001.1,2026-10-03T20:34:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.443df5abd26b48f9446aee8e9f4e7c213201b646.001.1,2026-10-03T14:21:00-04:00

Locations

Location data

Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM
Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM
Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM
Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM

Name	Value
SAME	073452
SAME	073453
SAME	073454
SAME	073455
UGC	ANZ452
UGC	ANZ453
UGC	ANZ454
UGC	ANZ455