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20 footers coming
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
842 AM PST WED DEC 16 2009
LARGE WESTERLY SWELLS WILL BUILD TO AROUND 20 FEET OVER THE WASHINGTON COASTAL WATERS THIS EVENING…CREATING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS HIGH SURF CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES. HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM PST THURSDAY FOR THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST TO 6 AM PST THURSDAY.
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH AND CENTRAL WASHINGTON COAST THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
TONIGHT…AS WESTERLY SWELLS BUILD TO AROUND 20 FEET.
WAVES WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THURSDAY TO AROUND 16 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IT IS DANGEROUS TO FISH OR OBSERVE WAVES FROM ROCKS DURING HIGH
SURF CONDITIONS…AS LARGE WAVES CAN SUDDENLY ENGULF THE AREA.
UNWARY BEACH WALKERS CAN ALSO BE CAUGHT BY WAVES RACING FARTHER
UP THE BEACH THAN USUAL…AND DEBRIS SUCH AS LOGS BEING TOSSED
ABOUT IN THE WAVES CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. RIP CURRENTS AND
BEACH EROSION ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
“How do we let all those tourists know that want to watch bit storm surf? Now’s the time!”
And be sure to tell them that the farther out they go on the rocks, the better the view.
Pretty quiet out there. No excitement this time…….
My storm gates are closed just in case. Right now it’s beautiful out here.
What are they doing when there are not 20 foot waves and there are no tourist on the levy? That was what was observed. Do you know about those times? Once again you spoke about what someone else saw and tried to tell them what they saw. You have your one observation, when the waves were high and tourist were on the levy. I wonder.
Hi Mark,
Those that were freaking out about the cops sitting at the jetty…this is exactly what they were doing then.
Maybe they will be concerned that the folks are watching them and will complain again and maybe they won’t be down at the jetty doing their job this time.
Let’s hope they do their job in spite of what some say and think.
I think the old adage “you can’t tell a book by it’s cover” applies here. We seem to decry things we know little if anything about, just becasue it might not look right to us.
How do we let all those tourists know that want to watch bit storm surf? Now’s the time!
far out, let’s go surfin’, dudes!