Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
116 PM PDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY...
.A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SWELL WILL COMBINE WITH A
SHORTER PERIOD SWELL FROM HURRICANE ILEANA...TO GENERATE HIGH
SURF ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OVER THE LABOR DAY
WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SURF OF 4 TO 7 FEET IS EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL SETS OF 9 FEET OR MORE ON EXPOSED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
FACING BEACHES. THERE MAY BE LONG LULLS BETWEEN THE LARGER SETS
TODAY AS THE SWELL ARRIVES AND FILLS IN THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
THE SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON LABOR DAY...WITH HIGH SURF
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO END BY TUESDAY.
CAZ043-010215-
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120904T0100Z/
SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
116 PM PDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT MONDAY...
* SURF HEIGHTS...4 TO 8 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS OF 9 FEET.
BIGGEST SURF IS EXPECTED ON ON SATURDAY...TAPERING OFF SLOWLY
ON LABOR DAY.
* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM PDT MONDAY EVENING.
* LOCATION...EXPOSED SOUTH FACING BEACHES...MAINLY FROM SAN
MATEO POINT TO OCEANSIDE.
* TIDES...AT POINT LOMA...LOW TIDE 0.9 FEET AT 303 PM THIS
AFTERNOON...HIGH TIDE 6.0 FEET AT 903 PM TONIGHT.
TIDES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WILL OCCUR ABOUT 3O TO 40 MINUTES
LATER EACH DAY...LOW TIDES WILL GAIN TWO TO THREE TENTHS OF A
FOOT EACH DAY...AND HIGH TIDES WILL LOSE A SIMILAR AMOUNT EACH
DAY.
* IMPACTS...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ALONG SHORE CURRENTS
SETTING TOWARDS THE NORTH. THERE WILL LIKELY BE LONG INTERVALS
OF 20 TO 35 MINUTES BETWEEN THE LARGER WAVES. THESE LARGER
WAVES COULD PRODUCE BREAKING WAVES ACROSS THE ENTRANCE TO
OCEANSIDE HARBOR...WASH OVER JETTIES...AND WASH WELL UP THE
BEACH AND ACROSS LOW LYING SEA WALLS AND PARKING LOTS.
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.
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
116 PM PDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY...
.A LONG-PERIOD SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE SWELL WILL COMBINE WITH A
SHORTER PERIOD SWELL FROM HURRICANE ILEANA...TO GENERATE HIGH
SURF ALONG SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES OVER THE LABOR DAY
WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SURF OF 4 TO 7 FEET IS EXPECTED...WITH
OCCASIONAL SETS OF 9 FEET OR MORE ON EXPOSED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
FACING BEACHES. THERE MAY BE LONG LULLS BETWEEN THE LARGER SETS
TODAY AS THE SWELL ARRIVES AND FILLS IN THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
THE SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON LABOR DAY...WITH HIGH SURF
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO END BY TUESDAY.
CAZ042-010215-
/O.CON.KSGX.SU.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-120904T0100Z/
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-
116 PM PDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT MONDAY...
* SURF HEIGHTS...5 TO 8 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS OF 9 TO 10 FEET.
BIGGEST SURF IS EXPECTED ON ON SATURDAY...TAPERING OFF SLOWLY ON
LABOR DAY.
* TIMING...THROUGH 6 PM PDT MONDAY EVENING.
* LOCATION...MOST BEACHES...HIGHEST SURF ALONG SOUTH FACING
BEACHES FROM SEAL BEACH TO CORONA DEL MAR...SALT CREEK TO
DOHENY STATE BEACH...AND SAN CLEMENTE TO SAN ONOFRE.
* TIDES...AT NEWPORT BAY ENTRANCE...LOW TIDE 0.9 FEET AT 346 PM
THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH TIDE 5.8 FEET AT 952 PM TONIGHT.
TIDES SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WILL OCCUR ABOUT A HALF HOUR
LATER EACH DAY...LOW TIDES WILL GAIN ABOUT A HALF FOOT EACH
DAY...AND HIGH TIDES WILL LOSE ABOUT A HALF FOOT EACH DAY.
* IMPACTS...VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND ALONG SHORE CURRENTS
SETTING TOWARDS THE NORTH. THERE WILL LIKELY BE LONG INTERVALS
OF 20 TO 35 MINUTES...BETWEEN THE LARGER WAVES. THE LARGER
WAVES WILL PRODUCE BREAKING WAVES ACROSS THE MOUTHS OF BAYS
AND MARINAS...WASH OVER JETTIES...AND WASH WELL UP THE BEACH
AND ACROSS LOW LYING SEA WALLS AND PARKING LOTS...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS AND DURING THE LATE
EVENING HOURS.
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.
&&
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COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1126 AM PDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO IMPACT AREA BEACHES
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...
.WAVE ENERGY FROM A SOUTH PACIFIC STORM AND TROPICAL STORM ILEANA
OFF THE MEXICAN COAST WILL COMBINE TO BRING A FAIRLY LARGE SOUTH
SWELL WITH A LONG PERIOD TO THE SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA BEACHES
FROM TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH SURF WITH AN INCREASED RISK
FOR STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL RESULT OVER MANY
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY...AND POSSIBLY INTO
MONDAY. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND LOCALIZED COASTAL FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE AROUND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE.
CAZ040-041-087-010230-
/O.CON.KLOX.SU.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-120903T0100Z/
VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
CATALINA ISLAND-
1126 AM PDT FRI AUG 31 2012
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT SUNDAY...
* SURF...A BUILDING SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL BRING HIGH SURF TO AREA
BEACHES BEGINNING THIS MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. THE LARGEST SURF WILL OCCUR TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. BREAKERS BETWEEN 5 AND 8 FEET WILL OCCUR
ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES...ESPECIALLY
AROUND ZUMA BEACH...POINT DUME AND PORTIONS OF MALIBU WITH
LOCAL SETS TO 10 FEET POSSIBLE.
* TIDES...A HIGH TIDE AROUND 5.9 FEET WILL OCCUR AROUND 10 PM
TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...SURF AND SWELL CONDITIONS COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO
ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER LATE THIS WEEK AND THIS WEEKEND...
WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT POTENTIAL. MINOR BEACH EROSION AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS MAY ALSO OCCUR NEAR THE
PEAK OF THE HIGH TIDE.
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.
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