...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR LARGE SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW AND MINOR BEACH EROSION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...EXPECT THE HIGHEST SURF ON EXPOSED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. FOR ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES...SURF COULD REACH 9 TO 11 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 14 FEET...AND FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES...SURF COULD REACH 7 TO 9 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET. * TIDAL OVERFLOW...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING PERIODS OF HIGH TIDE...MAINLY ON LOW LYING AREAS IN ORANGE COUNTY. * TIMING...SWELLS AND SURF WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY TUESDAY NIGHT. FIRST IN ORANGE COUNTY...THEN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. SWELLS AND SURF WILL LIKELY PEAK WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT ORANGE COUNTY BEACHES AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES. SWELLS AND SURF SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...WILL BE GREATEST ALONG THE BEACHES OF ORANGE COUNTY WHERE DAMAGE TO PIERS AND OTHER STRUCTURES IS POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME BEACH EROSION. THE LARGE SURF WITH VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS. OCCASIONALLY LARGER WAVES CAN APPEAR UNEXPECTEDLY...WASHING OVER ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. USE CAUTION WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. && ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT FRIDAY... * SURF AND TIMING...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...6 TO 8 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET. FRIDAY...4 TO 6 FEET WITH SETS TO 8 FEET. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS SURFING AND SWIMMING CONDITIONS FROM HIGH SURF...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && . . Fair 86° 93° 68° F Data from The Weather Channel © by in_focus? on .
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:38:09 +0000
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