Atlanticbeach Weather - Warnings / Advisories

HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1101 AM EDT SAT SEP 06 2008

HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE THROUGH 8 PM EDT...
...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ALONG AREA INLETS THROUGH MONDAY...
RESIDUAL SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM HANNA AND DEVELOPING LONG
PERIOD SWELL FROM DISTANT MAJOR HURRICANE IKE...WILL COMBINE TO
PRODUCE HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY.
ROUGH SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL 6 TO
8 FOOT BREAKERS POSSIBLE SOUTH OF BEAUFORT INLET AND NORTH OF
OREGON INLET. FOR THE BEACHES FROM RODANTHE TO SHACKELFORD BANKS
THE WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL BE 6 TO 8 FT. ROUGH SURF AND LONG
PERIOD SWELL WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS.
RIP CURRENTS ARE STRONG...NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW OUT
TO SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM. TRY
TO SWIM ON A COURSE THAT IS PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL YOU GET
AWAY FROM THE RIP...THEN SWIM IN TO SHORE. DO NOT TRY TO SWIM
BACK TO SHORE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE RIP...SINCE IT CAN EXHAUST AND
EVEN KILL THE STRONGEST SWIMMER.
INCREASING LONG PERIOD SWELL FROM DISTANT HURRICANE IKE OF AROUND
12 TO 14 SECONDS WILL REACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SWELL
ENERGY WILL GENERATE ROUGH CONDITIONS WITH HIGHER SEAS NEAR THE
MOUTH OF AREA INLETS. BOATERS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN ENTERING OR
EXITING INLETS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND
SIGNS POSTED NEAR BEACH ACCESS POINTS AND LIFEGUARD STATIONS. FOR
YOUR OWN SAFETY...IT IS RECOMMENDED YOU STAY OUT OF THE WATER.
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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