Full Notification

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
454 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016

...HIGH SURF TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

.A STRONG STORM OVER THE CENTRAL PACIFIC CREATED A LONG PERIOD
WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF
CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH SURF OVER 10 FEET WILL DEVELOP
AND THEN PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER LARGER
SWELL IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE WEST COAST OF CALIFORNIA BY
FRIDAY MORNING BRINGING EVEN HIGHER SURF.

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
454 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 3 AM PST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO
3 AM PST FRIDAY.

* SURF WILL BUILD EARLY WEDNESDAY TO BETWEEN 10 TO 14 FEET WITH
   LOCAL SETS TO 16 FEET. A SECONDARY LONG PERIOD SWELL IS EXPECTED
   TO APPROACH THE CENTRAL COAST BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
   FRIDAY MORNING. THERE IS A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT A HIGH SURF
   WARNING WILL BE NEEDED FOR SURF OVER 20 FEET.

* IMPACTS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...THE LARGE SURF MAY CAUSE MINOR
   BEACH EROSION AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THAT WILL CREATE A RISK OF
   OCEAN DROWNING. SNEAKER WAVES CAN SUDDENLY OVERRUN PREVIOUSLY
   DRY BEACHES AND JETTIES. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
   AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FOR LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS BEACH
   PARKING LOTS. THERE COULD BE A BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE WIDE-
   SPREAD COASTAL FLOODING AND EROSION WITH THE SECOND LARGER SWELL
   AND SURF EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

* LOCATIONS...THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE ON EXPOSED WEST TO
   NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL
MAKE SWIMMING AND ROCK JETTIES DANGEROUS.

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

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY SOUTH COAST-VENTURA COUNTY COAST-

LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-

CATALINA AND SANTA BARBARA ISLANDS-

454 AM PST TUE JAN 26 2016

 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING

THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A

BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POTENTIAL HIGH SURF CONDITIONS...WHICH

IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

 * HAZARDS OUTLOOK STATEMENT...SURF SHOULD BUILD TO BETWEEN 5 AND 8

   FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 9 FEET WEDNESDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH

   THURSDAY NIGHT. A SECONDARY LARGER LONG PERIOD SWELL IS EXPECTED

   TO REACH THE INNER WATER COASTAL AREAS FRIDAY MORNING. THERE

   WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SURF TO NEAR 15 FEET AROUND THE

   VENTURA HARBOR...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SURF BETWEEN 7 AND 12

   FEET ACROSS MOST WEST FACING BEACHES THROUGH SATURDAY. SURF

   SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY.

 * IMPACTS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...THE LARGE SURF MAY CAUSE MINOR

   BEACH EROSION AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THAT WILL CREATE A RISK OF

   OCEAN DROWNING. SNEAKER WAVES CAN SUDDENLY OVERRUN PREVIOUSLY

   DRY BEACHES AND JETTIES. MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR LOW

   LYING AREAS SUCH AS BEACH PARKING LOTS WEDNESDAY THROUGH

   THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDE-SPREAD

   COASTAL FLOODING ON FRIDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF HIGHER

   SURF...ESPECIALLY IN VENTURA COUNTY.

 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