Headline:
Rip Current Statement issued January 9 at 4:00AM AST until January 12 at 6:00PM AST by NWS San Juan PR
Event:
Rip Current Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
January 9, 2025 - 12:00am
Expires:
January 9, 2025 - 2:00pm
Description:
* WHAT...Life-threatening rip currents due to breaking waves up to
6-7 feet and occasionally higher, increasing to around 13 feet
during the weekend.
* WHERE...Beaches of northern Puerto Rico, from Rincon to
Fajardo, including Culebra. Northern exposed beaches of St.
Thomas and St. John.
* WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water, where it becomes difficult to
return to safety.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Building seas, generated by pulses of
long- period northerly swells, will promote life-threatening rip
current conditions through the weekend.
Instruction:
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.
Area Description:
San Juan and Vicinity; Northeast; North Central; Northwest; Mayaguez and Vicinity; Culebra; St.Thomas...St. John.. and Adjacent Islands
Forcast Office:
NWS San Juan PR