URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
925 AM PDT FRI APR 13 2012
...HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL COAST BEACHES THIS EVENING
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY...
.A BUILDING NORTHWEST SWELL WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWEST
CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME
WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST SO THAT STEEP WIND DRIVEN
SEAS COMBINE WITH THE SWELL...PRODUCING COMBINED SEAS OF 12 TO 15
FEET IN THE COASTAL WATERS. THE SURF WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET
TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH HIGHER SETS POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED WEST TO
NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. THE LARGE SURF WILL PERSIST THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM
PDT SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOS ANGELES/OXNARD HAS ISSUED A
HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY.
* SURF HEIGHT AND TIMING...SURF WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 10 FEET THIS
EVENING AND TO 10 TO 12 FEET WITH SETS TO 15 FEET SATURDAY. THE
LARGE SURF WILL PERSIST THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH THE
MAXIMUM SIZE EXPECTED ALONG WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES.
* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF WILL MAKE OCEAN
ACTIVITIES HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE.
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. AVOID STANDING ON ROCKS OR JETTIES NEAR THE WATERS EDGE
AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN.
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