SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 422 AM PST THU NOV 26 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM PST THU NOV 26 2009
...HAZARDOUS SURF EXPECTED THIS MORNING...
A LARGE WEST SWELL IS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WATERS THIS MORNING. THE SWELL IS EXPECTED TO PEAK NEAR 17 FT AT
16 SECONDS THIS MORNING...AND PRODUCE 18 TO 21 FT BREAKING WAVES.
THE LARGEST SURF WILL OCCUR ON WEST TO NORTHWEST FACING
BEACHES...ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH A STEEP BEACH SLOPE SUCH AS
KLAMATH RIVER BEACH AND AGATE BEACH. THE WAVES WILL BEGIN TO
SUBSIDE NEAR NOON TODAY.
AVOID WALKING ON JETTIES...MAINTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE WATERS
EDGE ON ALL BEACHES...AND NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON THE OCEAN.
ASSUME BIG WAVES CAN STRIKE AT ANYTIME. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION TRAVERSING BAY AND HARBOR ENTRANCES.
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