000 WHCA42 TJSJ 080948 CFWSJU COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 548 AM AST WED NOV 8 2006 PRZ013-082200- /O.EXB.TJSJ.SU.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-061108T2200Z/ VIEQUES- 548 AM AST WED NOV 8 2006 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SECONDARY PULSE OF LONG PERIOD NORTH NORTHEAST SWELLS HAS BEGUN TO MOVE INTO THE REGIONAL WATERS OVERNIGHT...AND IS FORECAST TO PEAK AROUND 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SWELLS WILL CREATE LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 12 FEET ACROSS THE LOCAL REEFS AND COAST LINES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE... CALLED RIP CURRENTS. THESE NARROW OUTWARD FLOWING CURRENTS CAN CARRY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE COAST LINE...THROUGH THE SURF ZONE...AND OUT TOWARDS THE OPEN SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. CALMLY...REMAIN AFLOAT...GATHER YOUR BEARINGS RELATIVE TO THE BEACH...AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW CURRENT...AND BE ABLE TO SAFELY SWIM TO SHORE. LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS ARE URGED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE SURGING WAVES WILL ALSO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE: PUNTA MULAS: 11:16 AM THIS MORNING AND 10:26 PM TONIGHT. $$ PRZ001-002-005-008-010-012-VIZ001-082200- /O.EXT.TJSJ.SU.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-061108T2200Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHWEST- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-CULEBRA- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN AND ADJACENT ISLANDS- 548 AM AST WED NOV 8 2006 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON... A SECONDARY PULSE OF LONG PERIOD NORTH NORTHEAST SWELLS HAS BEGUN TO MOVE INTO THE REGIONAL WATERS OVERNIGHT...AND IS FORECAST TO PEAK AROUND 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THESE SWELLS WILL CREATE LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 8 TO 12 FEET AND OCCASIONALLY HIGHER ACROSS THE LOCAL REEFS AND COAST LINES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS CURRENTS WITHIN THE SURF ZONE... CALLED RIP CURRENTS. THESE NARROW OUTWARD FLOWING CURRENTS CAN CARRY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS AWAY FROM THE COAST LINE...THROUGH THE SURF ZONE...AND OUT TOWARDS THE OPEN SEA. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. CALMLY...REMAIN AFLOAT...GATHER YOUR BEARINGS RELATIVE TO THE BEACH...AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH. YOU WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE GRIP OF THIS NARROW CURRENT...AND BE ABLE TO SAFELY SWIM TO SHORE. LOCAL BEACH GOERS...AND INEXPERIENCED SURFERS AND SWIMMERS ARE URGED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THESE HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS SUBSIDE. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD BE VIGILANT FOR LARGE BREAKING WAVES SURGING UPON THE SHORE...WHICH CAN CARRY PEOPLE OF ALL SIZES INTO THE OCEAN. YOU SHOULD AVOID BEING NEAR THE SHORE LINE AND STAY OFF OF ROCK FORMATIONS. THESE SURGING WAVES WILL ALSO CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR BEACH EROSION DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE TIMES OF THE HIGH TIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ARE: SAN JUAN HARBOR: 11:30 AM THIS MORNING AND 10:40 PM TONIGHT. MAGENS BAY ST THOMAS: 11:58 AM THIS MORNING. STAY TUNED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. $$