High Surf Advisory issued October 18 at 1:50PM EDT until October 20 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
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* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 7 to 11 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Southeast Georgia and Northeast Florida Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 2 AM EDT Tuesday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through late Monday night. * 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
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Minor
- area
- Coastal Nassau; Coastal Duval; Coastal Flagler; Northeast Coastal St. Johns; Southeast Coastal St. Johns; Coastal Glynn; Coastal Camden
- event
- High Surf Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-18T13:50:00-04:00
- states
- ["FL","GA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-18T13:50:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ac24dc8ba3451151cbf1e1b23306e60f29093f6e.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c9c78cf6a3635a685b7d3ef2ff4d733943d91922.001.1"]
- 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
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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