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High Surf Advisory for San Diego County Coastal Areas; Orange County Coastal

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What is happening

What: Large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet with sets up to 8 feet at south or southwest facing beaches. Impacts: Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Where: San Diego County Coastal Areas and Orange County Coastal Areas. When: Until 11 PM PDT this evening.

What the bulletin says to do

Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.

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* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 4 to 7 feet with sets up to 8 feet at south or southwest facing beaches. * WHERE...San Diego County Coastal Areas and Orange County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...South swell of 4 to 5 feet with a period of 11-13 seconds generating high surf, primarily for south-facing beaches. High risk of rip currents exists with high surf and strong longshore currents are expected on west-facing beaches. While high tide is expected to remain below 5 feet this evening, localized areas of beach erosion and minor tidal overflow may occur in combination with the high surf. Swell and surf will decrease tonight into early Wednesday.

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3 captured
  1. Alert

    High Surf Advisory issued July 21 at 2:39AM PDT until July 21 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA

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  2. Alert

    High Surf Advisory issued July 20 at 2:06PM PDT until July 21 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA

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  3. Update

    High Surf Advisory issued July 20 at 2:34AM PDT until July 21 at 11:00PM PDT by NWS San Diego CA

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS San Diego CA. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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