01/08/2024
High Surf Warning
Beginning: 2024-01-08T05:04:00
Ending: 2024-01-10T18:00:00
New Alert
NORTH OREGON COAST-CENTRAL OREGON COAST-SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST-
904 PM PST SUN JAN 7 2024
..BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY...
..HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...FOR THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, SNEAKER WAVES POSSIBLE. FOR THE HIGH SURF WARNING, LARGE WAVES AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS. BREAKERS 28 TO 35 FEET LIKELY.
* WHERE...IN OREGON, NORTH OREGON COAST AND CENTRAL OREGON COAST. IN WASHINGTON, SOUTH WASHINGTON COAST.
* WHEN...FOR THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT, UNTIL 4 AM PST MONDAY. FOR THE HIGH SURF WARNING, FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 10 AM PST
WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...DESTRUCTIVE WAVES MAY WASH OVER BEACHES, JETTIES, AND OTHER STRUCTURES UNEXPECTEDLY. PEOPLE CAN BE SWEPT OFF ROCKS AND JETTIES AND DROWN WHILE OBSERVING HIGH SURF. SEVERE BEACH
EROSION MAY DESTROY COASTAL PROPERTIES AND BUILDINGS. HIGHER
THAN NORMAL WATER RUN-UP IS EXPECTED ON BEACHES AND LOW-LYING SHORELINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF WARNING MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES, PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS, SNEAKER WAVES AND BEACH EROSION. STAY WELL BACK FROM THE WATER'S EDGE AND BE ALERT FOR EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH WAVES.
KEEP AWAY FROM LARGE LOGS ON THE BEACH. WATER RUNNING UP ON THE BEACH CAN LIFT OR ROLL LOGS WHICH CAN INJURE OR KILL SOMEONE CAUGHT IN THEIR PATH.
REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER TO AVOID HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS
