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Updated Aug 31, 2011, 2:00pm PDT

 

 

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... HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM PDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* WAVES AND SURF: WIDESPREAD BREAKERS 7 TO 9 FEET WITH INFREQUENT SETS OF 11 FEET ON EXPOSED SOUTHWEST FACING BEACHES... ELSEWHERE SURF HEIGHTS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 4 TO 7 FEET.

* TIDES: AT NEWPORT BAY ENTRANCE ON THURSDAY... A HIGH TIDE OF 5.9 FT AT 1158 AM AND A LOW TIDE OF 0.4 FT AT 640 PM. FOR FRIDAY AT THE NEWPORT BAY ENTRANCE... A HIGH TIDE OF 5.8 FT AT 1246 PM AND A LOW TIDE OF 0.6 FT AT 754 PM. TIDE HEIGHTS AND TIMES WILL BE SIMILAR FOR OTHER LOCATIONS UP AND DOWN THE ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY COAST LINE.

* TIMING: 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 5 PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS: AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE... EXPECT BREAKING WAVES OVER JETTIES... MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. AROUND THE TIMES OF LOW TIDE... HAZARDOUS NAVIGATION THROUGH HARBOR AND BAY ENTRANCES AT DANA POINT... NEWPORT BAY... OCEANSIDE HARBOR... .AND NEAR POINT LOMA. DURING THE MID AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS... VERY STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE PRESENT.

PRECA UTIONARY/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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... HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY B EACHES FROM 5 PM TODAY THROUGH 5 PM FRIDAY...

... ABOVE NORMAL SURF AND VERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS TO CONTINUE O VER THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND...

.A LONG PERIOD SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL BUILD THROUGH THURSDAY AND B RING HIGH SURF TO THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF ORANGE AND SAN D IEGO COUNTIES THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD BREAKERS OF 7 F EET OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED WITH INFREQUENT BREAKERS OF 11 FEET. A REINFORCING SOUTH SWELL ARRIVING SATURDAY... WILL KEEP SURF HEIGHTS N EAR OR ABOVE 7 FEET THROUGH MOST OF THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THE C OMBINED EFFECTS OF THE HIGH AND ABOVE NORMAL SURF AND EBBING TIDAL C URRENTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS... WILL PRODUCE V ERY STRONG RIP CURRENTS.