Beach Hazards Statement issued October 16 at 9:31AM PDT until October 18 at 9:00PM PDT by NWS San Francisco CA
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* WHAT...An increased risk for sneaker waves and strong rip currents with breaking waves of 7 to 12 ft. * WHERE...Pacific Coast beaches. * WHEN...3 AM Saturday through 9 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Waves can sweep across the shoreline without warning, pulling people into the sea from beaches, jetties, and rocks. Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean. Monitor local weather, surf and tide forecasts at www.weather.gov/mtr.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- CA, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- San Francisco; Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore; San Francisco Peninsula Coast; Northern Monterey Bay; Southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur Coast
- event
- Beach Hazards Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-17T03:00:00-07:00
- states
- ["CA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-16T09:31:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.95a02f94a460d671beeff3e437c56544769d023c.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean. Monitor local weather, surf and tide forecasts at www.weather.gov/mtr.
- message type
- Alert
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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