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COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
1000 AM PDT SAT APR 9 2005
 
CAZ034-035-092300-
SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY CENTRAL COAST-
1000 AM PDT SAT APR 9 2005
 
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON PDT SUNDAY...

SURF AROUND FIVE TO EIGHT FEET WILL BUILD THROUGH THE EARLY 
AFTERNOON TO EIGHT TO TEN FEET OCCASIONALLY TWELVE FEET THEN SUBSIDE 
THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. 

STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST AS LARGE SURF VARIES BETWEEN 
DIFFERENT BEACHES AND AT THE SAME BEACH AT DIFFERENT BREAKS. IF YOU 
ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. INSTEAD...SWIM 
PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT. 
SWIMMING OR SURFING WILL BE DANGEROUS FOR ANYONE. LARGE WAVES CAN 
SUDDENLY SWEEP ACROSS PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS.
 
$$
 
CAZ040-041-092300-
VENTURA COUNTY COAST-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY COAST INCLUDING DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES-
1000 AM PDT SAT APR 9 2005
 
...ABOVE NORMAL SURF ON WEST FACING BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

A MIX OF WEST AND NORTHWEST SWELL OF 7 TO 9 FEET WITH A PERIOD OF 7 
AND 12 SECONDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SURF WILL 
GRADUALLY BUILD TO AROUND 4 TO 6 FEET OCCASIONALLY 8 FEET AT WEST 
FACING BEACHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AREAS THAT WILL HAVE ABOVE 
NORMAL SURF INCLUDE VENTURA AND CHANNEL ISLAND HARBORS...AND 
MANHATTAN BEACH. THE ABOVE NORMAL SURF WILL PEAK EARLY THIS EVENING 
AND SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT.

STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST AS LARGE SURF VARIES BETWEEN 
DIFFERENT BEACHES AND AT THE SAME BEACH AT DIFFERENT BREAKS. IF YOU 
ARE CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. INSTEAD...SWIM 
PARALLEL TO SHORE UNTIL YOU ARE FREE OF THE POWERFUL CURRENT. IN 
ABOVE NORMAL SURF CONDITIONS LARGE WAVES CAN SUDDENLY SWEEP ACROSS 
PREVIOUSLY DRY AREAS.

 
$$

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE 
LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS HIGH SURF AND ABOVE NORMAL SURF EVENT.
 
FORWOOD