Full Notification

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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
231 AM PST FRI JAN 9 2015

...HIGH SURF EXPECTED ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST...

.A LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. DUE TO THE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELL...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF THE CENTRAL COAST THIS
MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.

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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
231 AM PST FRI JAN 9 2015

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PST THIS
EVENING...

* SURF...SURF 9 TO 12 FEET ALONG WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES.

* TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD EARLY THIS MORNING THEN PEAK LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...POWERFUL BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SURF ZONE CONDITIONS. SNEAKER WAVES CAN SUDDENLY WASH PEOPLE OFF OF BEACHES AND ROCK JETTIES.

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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