Full Notification

...HIGH SURF FOR SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY ...

.A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD WEST-SOUTHWEST SWELL MOVING INTO THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BRING HIGH SURF TO MANY SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS THE SWELL BUILDS ON SATURDAY...HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE SURF WILL PEAK SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND MAY PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONG-SHORE CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE SWELL BUILDS INTO THE WATERS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SNEAKER WAVES AND MINOR BEACH EROSION.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-
730 PM PST FRI FEB 6 2015

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST

MONDAY...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM SATURDAY TO 4 PM PST MONDAY. THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* SURF AND TIMING...SURF 3 TO 5 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET SUNDAY AND MONDAY. HIGHEST SURF ON SOUTHWEST TO WEST FACING BEACHES.

* IMPACTS...THIS POTENTIAL LARGE SURF WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND SNEAKER WAVES.

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.