Full Notification

A large south swell generated by former Hurricane Marie over the past few days will continue to bring damaging high surf to portions of the southern California coastline through Friday. The surf has already peaked and is expected to slowly subside into Friday. Breakers of 10 to 15 feet can be expected across south and southeast facing beaches of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties at least through tonight before lowering. Areas at particular risk for the very large surf are the exposed south to southeast facing shores, such as Port Hueneme and Point Mugu in Ventura County, and Zuma Beach, the Malibu area, and Long Beach through Palos Verdes in Los Angeles County. The eastern portion of the Santa Barbara South Coast may also see unusually large surf and strong rip currents during this event, with breakers of 6 to 10 feet expected through tonight before subsiding. Major impacts from this event include the potential for structure damage, significant beach erosion, very strong and dangerous rip currents, waves overtopping jetties, and minor coastal flooding during times of high tides. In addition to strong rip currents, strong long-shore currents are also expected resulting in dangerous swimming conditions. Swimmers and inexperienced surfers are advised to stay out of the water during this time period. There will also be a risk of sneaker waves: much larger waves that wash up the beach or coastline without warning, which can sweep you into the water. Sneaker waves are most likely to affect steeply sloped beaches, or rocks and jetties near the water's edge.

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
610 AM PDT THU AUG 28 2014

...DAMAGING HIGH SURF...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS...AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY...

.LARGE SWELLS FROM TROPICAL STORM MARIE WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE HIGH SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES THROUGH FRIDAY. WHILE SURF WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...IT WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE HIGH SURF ADVISORY LEVELS. SURF WILL BE LARGEST ACROSS SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES...AVERAGING 6 TO 10 FEET...WITH LOCAL SETS TO 15 FEET TODAY.

SURF THIS LARGE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. LOW LYING AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. IN ADDITION...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL LIKELY CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS
FOR ANYONE.

ALTHOUGH VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE THE WORST CONDITIONS...THE SOUTHEAST DIRECTION OF THE SWELL ENERGY WILL ALSO BRING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. NORTH OF POINT
CONCEPTION...THE SURF WILL NOT BE AS LARGE...BUT ELEVATED SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THESE AREAS ALSO.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-
610 AM PDT THU AUG 28 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM PDT THIS
MORNING...

* SURF AND TIMING...SURF OF 5 TO 8 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COAST.

* LOCATIONS...BEACHES FROM SANTA BARBARA TO RINCON POINT.

* IMPACTS...THE POWERFUL SURF WITH VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG SHORE CURRENTS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURFING CONDITIONS...POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING. SNEAKER
WAVES CAN BRING UNEXPECTEDLY LARGE WAVES ACROSS ROCKS AND JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE...AND SUDDENLY INUNDATE BEACHES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE IN THE WATER...STAY ON THE SHORE. STAY OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND AWAY FROM THE WATERS EDGE TO AVOID BEING SWEPT AWAY BY SNEAKER WAVES. NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO THE OCEAN.

REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT.