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Weather Alerts for South/East Bay

Issued by the National Weather Service

High Surf Advisory  HIGH SURF ADVISORY   High Surf Advisory
SOUTH/EAST BAY
Areas Affected:
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore - Northern Monterey Bay - San Francisco - San Fransisco Peninsula Coast - Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast
Effective: Tue, 9/26 5:00am Updated: Mon, 9/25 5:15am Urgency: Expected
Expires: Tue, 9/26 11:00pm Severity: Minor Certainty: Likely
 
Details: 
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM PDT
TUESDAY...
* WHAT...Large breaking waves of 12 to 16 ft, locally higher at
steep-sloped beaches with breaking wave heights of 15 to 20 ft.
* WHERE...San Francisco, Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes
National Seashore, San Francisco Peninsula Coast, Northern
Monterey Bay and Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast
Counties.
* WHEN...From 5 AM to 11 PM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and
localized beach erosion. Large waves can sweep across the
beach without warning, pulling people into the sea from the
rocks, jetties, and beaches. These waves can also move large
objects such as logs, crushing anyone caught underneath.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Large northwest waves will peak during the
day on Tuesday, then diminishing into Wednesday. Northwest
facing beaches are most at risk for large turbulent shore break
and strong currents.

Information: 
Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to
dangerous surf conditions.

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