High Surf Advisory for Guam; Rota
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What: Large breaking waves of 10 to 14 feet and dangerous rip currents expected. Impacts: Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Where: North and east facing reefs of Guam and Rota. When: From 2 AM...
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Rip currents will be life threatening. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Rip currents will be life threatening. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 10 to 14 feet and dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...North and east facing reefs of Guam and Rota. * WHEN...From 2 AM Friday to 4 PM ChST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...As TY In-fa moves west-northwest toward the far northern CNMI, seas are expected to rapidly increase due to the large, long-period northeast swell emanating from In-fa. This will produce hazardous surf along north and east facing reefs after midnight tonight. As In-fa progresses, swell will become north, then northwest, resulting in surf building over west facing reefs Friday night. Surf will remain hazardous through Saturday afternoon. These surf conditions will maintain a high risk of dangerous rip currents.
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High Surf Advisory issued October 29 at 3:00PM ChST until October 31 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
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High Surf Advisory issued October 29 at 3:00PM ChST until October 31 at 4:00PM ChST by NWS Tiyan GU
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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Tiyan GU. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.
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