# Small Craft Advisory: Rota Coastal Waters; Tinian Coastal Waters; Saipan Coastal Waters — retained record

> Retained us-gov-api record from us-gov-api:noaa-weather.

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-08-02 17:29 ingested 2026-08-02 08:28

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

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Small Craft Advisory — Rota Coastal Waters; Tinian Coastal Waters; Saipan Coastal Waters
Severity: Minor. Certainty: Likely.
* WHAT...West winds 15 to 25 kt and seas 8 to 12 feet expected.
Gusts to 35 kt possible.

* WHERE...Rota, Tinian and Saipan Coastal Waters.

* WHEN...From 6 AM Monday to 6 AM ChST Friday.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Fresh to strong westerlies will develop
northward across the CNMI starting early Monday morning,
generating choppy seas hazardous to small craft. Winds will peak
in the first half of this week, with a possibility of frequent
gale-force gusts Monday and Tuesday, which would necessitate a
Gale Warning at that time. Additionally, distant Typhoon Dolphin
(12W) is generating a long-period northeast to east swell that
is moving through the Marianas, which will gradually shift north
over the next day or so, then shift to the northwest.
Meanwhile, the developing monsoon pattern will lead to
increasing southwesterly swell over the coming days. These
increasing swells and wind waves will build combined seas to
exceed 10 feet across the coastal waters, maintaining hazardous
sea conditions for much of this week.

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The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.