NWS Has Issue A High Surf Advisory from 11pm Saturday to 9pm Sunday Along the Central Coast
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
244 AM PDT SAT OCT 25 2014
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 PM PDT SUNDAY.
* SURF...SURF 8 TO 10 FEET WITH MAX SETS TO 12 FEET.
* TIMING...SURF WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING...PEAK ON SUNDAY THEN DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING AND SURF CONDITIONS AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. SNEAKER WAVES...WHICH ARE MUCH LARGER WAVES THAT CAN SUDDENLY INUNDATE JETTIES...ROCKS...AND BEACHES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE...CAN PRESENT A LIFE-THREATENING HAZARD.
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.
REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT. ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD.
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