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Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service San Juan PR
432 AM AST Fri Jan 10 2025

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San Juan and Vicinity-Northeast-North Central-Northwest-
Mayaguez and Vicinity-
432 AM AST Fri Jan 10 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Life-threatening rip currents due to breaking waves
  around 11 feet and occasionally higher, increasing to around 13
  feet during the weekend.

* WHERE...Beaches of northern Puerto Rico, from Rincon to Fajardo.
  The most vulnerable areas for high surf and beach erosion
  include Pinones along road 187, Parcelas Suarez, Villas del Mar,
  and Villa Cristiana in Loiza; Fortuna in Luquillo; Pueblo and
  Tamarindo in Aguadilla; Barrio Obrero, Pueblo and Jarealito in
  Arecibo; La Boca in Barceloneta; Machuca in Manati; Puerto Nuevo
  in Vega Baja; Ocean Park in San Juan; and Barrio Espinal in
  Aguada.

* WHEN...For the High Risk of Rip Currents, through Sunday
  afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, through 6 AM AST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents that can sweep even the best swimmers
  away from shore into deeper water where it becomes difficult to
  return to safety. High waves that can wash over jetties and
  sweep people and pets onto jagged rocks. Rough surf may also
  knock you down. Large breaking waves will result in localized
  beach/dune structure erosion and dangerous swimming conditions.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Building seas, generated by pulses of long-
  period northerly swells, will promote life-threatening rip
  current and dangerous swimming conditions through the weekend.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

There is a high risk of rip currents.

Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away
from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the
sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties
and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and
signs.

If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain
calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for
help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to
shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to
swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly.

A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in
the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and
dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

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Culebra-St.Thomas...St. John...and Adjacent Islands-
432 AM AST Fri Jan 10 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM AST
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Life-threatening rip currents due to breaking waves
  around 7 feet and occasionally higher, increasing to around 11
  feet during the weekend.

* WHERE...In Puerto Rico, beaches of Culebra. In the US Virgin
  Islands, the northern exposed beaches of St. Thomas and St.
  John.

* WHEN...For the High Risk of Rip Currents, through Sunday
  afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, from 6 AM Saturday through
  6 AM AST Sunday.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents that can sweep even the best swimmers
  away from shore into deeper water where it becomes difficult to
  return to safety. High waves that can wash over jetties and
  sweep people and pets onto jagged rocks. Rough surf may also
  knock you down. Large breaking waves will result in localized
  beach/dune structure erosion and dangerous swimming conditions.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Building seas, generated by pulses of long-
  period northerly swells, will promote life-threatening rip
  current and dangerous swimming conditions through the weekend.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

There is a high risk of rip currents.

Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away
from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the
sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties
and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and
signs.

If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain
calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for
help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to
shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to
swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly.

A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in
the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and
dangerous swimming conditions.

&&

$$