HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1108 AM PST TUE DEC 15 2009
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM POINT ARENA TO POINT PIEDRAS
BLANCAS FROM 4 AM TO 2 PM PST THURSDAY...
SWELL HEIGHTS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE ALONG THE COAST VERY LATE
TONIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH SWELL HEIGHTS PEAKING BETWEEN 15 AND 16
FEET WITH 14 SECOND SWELL PERIODS THURSDAY. THE ARRIVAL OF THE SWELL
TRAIN WILL COINCIDE WITH A HIGH TIDE OF 6.1 FEET AT 11:07 AM THURSDAY
MORNING AT THE GOLDEN GATE...BUT COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE A PRIMARY ISSUE. SOME SWELL SETS ALONG WEST FACING BEACHES COULD REACH
AS HIGH AS 17 TO 19 FEET DURING THE DAY. THIS SHOULD BE A FAIRLY
SHORT LIVED EVENT WITH SWELL HEIGHTS PREDICTED TO LOWER BELOW 15
FEET BY THURSDAY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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CANEPA
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