Big Surf

(not to be confused with Big Foot) a weather heads-up, from Bruce Richardson:

Issued by The National Weather Service Seattle/Tacoma, WA  3:07 am PDT, Wed., Oct. 21, 2009
… HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 11 PM PDT THURSDAY… A STRONG SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC WILL GENERATE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL REACH THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SWELLS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 18 FEET ALONG THE COAST. THE LARGE SWELLS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BELOW 15 FEET LATE THURSDAY EVENING.
IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM ROCKS DURING HIGH SURF CONDITIONS. UNWARY BEACH WALKERS CAN BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS WAVES SUDDENLY RACE FARTHER UP THE BEACH THAN NORMAL. PEOPLE CAN ALSO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BY DEBRIS… SUCH AS LARGE LOGS… TOSSED ABOUT IN THE WAVES.