HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1204 PM PST WED DEC 16 2009
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 2 PM PST
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON THURSDAY TO 2 PM PST
FRIDAY.
ALONG SAN DIEGO COUNTY BEACHES THE SURF WILL BUILD ON THURSDAY...WITH
FREQUENT BREAKERS BETWEEN 4 TO 7 FEET BY THE AFTERNOON. INFREQUENT
BREAKERS TO 10 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE OUTER REEFS AND POINT
BREAKS.
STRONG EBBING TIDAL CURRENTS DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL COMBINE
WITH THE HIGH SURF TO PRODUCE STRONGER THAN NORMAL RIP CURRENTS.
THE HEIGHT OF THE ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE DURING THE MID MORNING
HOURS WILL BE OVER SIX FEET. THIS WILL CAUSE THE HIGHER SURF TO
BREAK CLOSER IN...SLAMMING OF WAVES AGAINST CLIFFS AND MINOR BEACH
EROSION...AND WATER WASHING OVER NORMALLY DRY JETTIES AND ROCKS.
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BALFOUR
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