High Surf Advisory issued October 10 at 9:07AM CDT until October 10 at 3:00PM CDT by NWS Mobile AL

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* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves up to 5 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Escambia Coastal, Santa Rosa Coastal and Okaloosa Coastal Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 3 PM CDT this afternoon. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

Event time

Oct 10, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

Source last updated

Oct 10, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

Current version retrieved

Oct 10, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC

Provider

NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)

Location

FL, US

Severity

Minor

area

Escambia Coastal; Santa Rosa Coastal; Okaloosa Coastal

event

High Surf Advisory

onset

2026-10-10T09:07:00-05:00

states

["FL"]

urgency

Expected

certainty

Likely

effective

2026-10-10T09:07:00-05:00

message id

urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a9eef66104452c1870f7625e88c2e7d5b2d97b04.001.2

references

[]

instruction

Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

message type

Alert

freshness minutes

60

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