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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
TUE JAN 20 2015

ELEVATED SURF AND MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW EXPECTED ON WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES TODAY.

MODERATE WEST TO NORTHWEST SWELL WITH A FAIRLY HIGH PERIOD HAS MOVED INTO THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS SWELL IS EXPECTED TO BRING ELEVATED SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS
TO 8 FEET ON WEST FACING BEACHES OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES TODAY...WITH SURF OF 6 TO 9 FEET AND LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET ON CENTRAL COAST BEACHES. THIS SURF WILL ALSO BRING A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES AS WELL. IN ADDITION THERE COULD BE SOME BEACH EROSION MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW AND LOCAL
FLOODING IN SUSCEPTIBLE LOW LYING AREAS WITHIN A FEW HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RATHER LARGE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR ELEVATED SURF AND MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOWWHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* SURF AND TIMING...SURF IS EXPECTED TO AVERAGE 6 TO 9 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SURF WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE. SURF WILL BE HIGHEST ON EXPOSED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES.

* TIDES...A HIGH TIDE OF 6.7 FEET IS EXPECTED AT PORT SAN LUIS AT 905 AM PST THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE SURF WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO AREA BEACHES TODAY. IN ADDITION...WAVE ACTION ON TOP OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES MAY CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION...MINOR
TIDAL OVERFLOW AND LOCAL FLOODING IN SUSCEPTIBLE LOW LYING AREAS WITHIN A FEW HOURS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HIGH TIDE THIS MORNING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS TO BEACH AND SURF ZONE SAFETY ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. STAY NEAR OCCUPIED LIFEGUARD
TOWERS AND NEVER SWIM ALONE. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE SHORE.