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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 625 PM PST TUE FEB 23 2016 A STRONG STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY WEST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL GENERATE A LARGE AND LONG PERIOD WESTERLY SWELL...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD HIGH SURF WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE SURF WILL PEAK WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. CAZ034-035-241130- /O.EXT.KLOX.SU.Y.0012.160224T1500Z-160226T0600Z/ SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST- 625 PM PST TUE FEB 23 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 PM PST THURSDAY... * SURF...12-15 FEET. MAX SETS TO 18 FEET. * IMPACTS...LARGE WAVES AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF OCEAN DROWNING. LARGE WAVES CAN SUDDENLY OVERRUN PREVIOUSLY DRY BEACHES AND JETTIES AS WELL AS HARBOR WALKWAYS AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. MINOR BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. * LOCATIONS...THE HIGHEST SURF IS EXPECTED ON WEST FACING BEACHES. * TIDES...TIDES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE HIGH ENOUGH TO GENERATE MORE THAN ISOLATED/MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. STRUCTURES ON LAND SHOULD NOT BE AFFECTED. 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. &&