Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Ridgecrest, FL

DISCUSSION
Issued at 1138 AM EST Fri Feb 6 2026 A high risk of rip currents persists this afternoon along area beaches. High pressure will hold over the region today with another cool day across the forecast area under sunny skies. A secondary cold front will push across the Florida peninsula tonight. Not much in the way of colder air behind the front, however a drier airmass will advect across the area which will cause dew points on Saturday to drop into the 30s north/central...lower to mid 40s south. Low temperatures tonight will be in the 40s, with lower 50s near the coast and over southwest Florida.

Surface high pressure will build over west central and southwest Florida over the weekend and into early next week with continued clear skies and temperatures several degrees below climatic normals. Morning lows Saturday night will again drop to near or slightly above freezing across the nature coast which will cause areas of frost to form around sunrise. Lows will be in the lower to mid 40s elsewhere.

Temperatures will climb a few degrees each day early next week, however temperatures will remain near or slightly below climatic normals. High pressure will move east of Florida mid week which will allow a return flow of moisture and slightly warmer temperatures with highs generally climbing into the mid to upper 70s. And this pattern is expected to hold through the remainder of the week.

AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1138 AM EST Fri Feb 6 2026 VFR conditions under clear skies is expected for the next 24 hours at all terminals.

MARINE
Issued at 1138 AM EST Fri Feb 6 2026 A secondary dry cold front will push across the waters tonight which will enhance winds and seas to cautionary levels on portions of the waters. Winds will remain a bit elevated through the weekend, but will gradually subside early next week as the gradient relaxes.

FIRE WEATHER
Issued at 1138 AM EST Fri Feb 6 2026 Elevated fire hazards the next couple of days, but RFW criteria not expected to be reached. Drier air advecting over the area tonight behind a cold front will cause minimum afternoon relative humidity values to drop below critical levels on Saturday away from the coast...and near to slightly below critical levels on Sunday. However, sustained winds are expected to remain less than 15 MPH each day.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
TPA 62 53 68 44 / 0 0 0 0 FMY 65 53 74 45 / 0 0 0 0 GIF 64 49 70 42 / 0 0 0 0 SRQ 62 53 68 43 / 0 0 0 0 BKV 62 44 68 32 / 0 0 0 0 SPG 64 58 68 50 / 0 0 0 0

TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FL...High Rip Current Risk until 7 PM EST this evening for Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Lee-Coastal Manatee- Coastal Sarasota-Pinellas.

Gulf waters...None.