Headline:
Rip Current Statement issued January 10 at 3:36PM AST until January 12 at 6:00PM AST by NWS San Juan PR
Event:
Rip Current Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
January 10, 2025 - 11:36am
Expires:
January 10, 2025 - 7:45pm
Description:
* WHAT...Life-threatening rip currents due to breaking waves
around 11 feet and occasionally higher, increasing to around
14 feet tonight.
* 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; and Ocean Park
in San Juan.
* WHEN...For the High Risk of Rip Currents, through Sunday
afternoon. For the High Surf Advisory, through 6 PM AST Sunday.
For the Coastal Flood Advisory, from midnight tonight through 8
PM AST Saturday.
* 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. There is a high chance that the Coastal Flood
Advisory may be extended through Saturday afternoon. For San
Juan in La Puntilla station the next high tides will be today
at 5:08 PM of 0.79 ft and on Saturday, at 7:22 AM of 1.75 ft
and at 6:07 PM of 0.78 ft.
Instruction:
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.
A Coastal Flood Advisory indicates that onshore winds and tides
will combine to generate flooding of low areas along the shore.
Area Description:
San Juan and Vicinity; Northeast; North Central; Northwest
Forcast Office:
NWS San Juan PR