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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
511 AM PDT THU JUL 18 2013

...ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...

.LONG-PERIOD SOUTH-SOUTHWEST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY NEXT
WEEK...GENERATING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF ALONG
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES. HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST
RIP CURRENTS WILL OCCUR LATE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH TIDES
WILL RISE ABOVE 7 FEET DURING THE EVENINGS SATURDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY. THE HIGH TIDES COMBINED WITH THE ELEVATED SURF MAY CAUSE
MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...MAINLY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EVENINGS.

CAZ042-043-182100-
/O.CON.KSGX.BH.S.0004.130718T1700Z-130722T0600Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
511 AM PDT THU JUL 18 2013

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM PDT THIS
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* WAVES AND SURF...SURF BUILDING TO 3 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. LOCAL SETS WILL REACH 8 FEET
AT TIMES. SURF WILL START TO SLOWLY LOWER MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS OF ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND NORTHERN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY...AND POINT LOMA TO LA JOLLA IN SOUTHERN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY.

* TIMING OF ELEVATED SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

* TIDES...HIGHEST TIDES OF 6.4 FEET AT 615 PM THURSDAY... 6.9 FEET
AT 708 PM FRIDAY... 7.3 FEET AT 759 PM SATURDAY...AND 7.5 FEET
AT 848 PM SUNDAY.

LOWEST TIDES OF -0.3 FEET AT 133 AM FRIDAY MORNING...-0.9 FEET
AT 221 AM SATURDAY...-1.3 FEET AT 305 AM SUNDAY...AND -1.5 FEET
AT 347 AM MONDAY.

* TIMING OF MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...DURING THE TIMES OF HIGHEST
TIDES SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG RIP
CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF...ESPECIALLY FOR INEXPERIENCED
SWIMMERS. WATER WILL LIKELY WASH INTO NORMALLY DRY LOW-LYING
AREAS ALONG THE BEACH DURING TIMES OF HIGHEST TIDE...AND
POSSIBLY INTO NEARBY STREETS AND BEACH PARKING LOTS. SEAL AND
SUNSET BEACHES AND THE STRAND ALONG OCEANSIDE BEACH ARE
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO MINOR COASTAL FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS STRONG
RIP CURRENTS...ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW...OR
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE AT LOCAL BEACHES. OBEY POSTED WARNING
SIGNS AND FLAGS AND TALK TO A LIFEGUARD BEFORE SWIMMING. TALK TO
A LIFEGUARD BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER AND ALWAYS SWIM NEAR A
LIFEGUARD.

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