High Surf Advisory
Expires 6:00 PM PST on February 12, 2012
Statement as of 1:38 am PST on February 11, 2012
... High surf advisory now in effect until 6 PM PST Sunday...
The high surf advisory is now in effect until 6 PM PST Sunday.
* Waves and surf: 5 to 7 feet with sets to 9 feet along exposed
west facing beaches.
* Tides: at Newport Bay entrance... low tide early Saturday morning
at 515 am at 0.8 feet. High tide late Saturday morning at 1100
PST at 4.4 feet.
* Timing: highest surf Saturday night through Sunday morning.
* Impacts: around the times of high tide... expect moderate beach
erosion... minor coastal flooding... larger waves running well
up the beaches... water washing over low sea walls... across low
lying beach parking lots... over jetties. During the times of
low tide... expect breaking waves across the mouths of Harbor
and Marina entrances. Dangerous rip currents will be present.
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.
