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Wednesday February 3rd, 2016 :: 06:54 p.m. PST

Advisory

NWS...HIGH SURF ADVISORY 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM SATURDAY

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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
321 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016

.A LONG PERIOD WEST-NORTHWEST SWELL WHICH ORIGINATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN IS EXPECTED TO BRING HIGH SURF TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
321 PM PST WED FEB 3 2016

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM PST SATURDAY. 

* SURF AND TIMING...SURF OF 10 TO 15 FEET WITH LOCAL SETS TO 18
  FEET...PEAKING ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE LARGEST SURF WILL BE ON EXPOSED WEST AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. 

* IMPACTS...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. WATER MAY COVER PREVIOUSLY DRY SAND AND BEACH WALKWAYS DURING HIGH TIDE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS.

* TIDES...THURSDAY...HIGH TIDE NEAR 5.4 FEET AT 622 AM. FRIDAY...HIGH
  TIDE NEAR 5.7 FEET AT 705 AM.

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.

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