Weather Alert Detail

Rip Current Statement for Orange County Coastal Areas County, California
Rip Current Statement issued February 03 at 9:53PM PST until February 04 at 7:00AM PST by NWS
Effective: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 9:53 p.m.
Expires: Monday, February 4, 2013 at 7 a.m.
...ELEVATED SURF AND HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...
.A LONG PERIOD NORTHWEST SWELL GENERATED OVER THE WESTERN
PACIFIC...IS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL
WATERS. THIS IS RESULTING IN ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS...AND STRONGER
AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS. LOCAL HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF ENCINITAS.
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST
MONDAY...
* SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH SETS TO 6 FEET ON EXPOSED WEST FACING
BEACHES IN ORANGE COUNTY...AND 3 TO 6 FEET IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
WITH LOCAL SETS TO 7 FEET SOUTH OF ENCINITAS.
* IMPACTS...THE ELEVATED SURF AND THE LONG PERIOD OF THE SWELLS
WILL RESULT IN STRONGER AND MORE PERSISTENT RIP CURRENTS...
INCREASING THE DANGER TO SWIMMERS AND SURFERS. MINOR BEACH
EROSION COULD ALSO RESULT.
* OUTLOOK...SURF AND SWELL DECREASING MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A
SHORTER PERIOD...LARGE WIND SWELL IS POSSIBLE AGAIN BY NEXT
FRIDAY. THE ELEVATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED AROUND THE ASTRONOMICAL
HIGH TIDE AND MAY RESULT IN TIDAL OVERFLOW AND MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING.

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