Beach Hazards Statement issued October 18 at 12:31PM PDT until October 20 at 9:00AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
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* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and breaking waves due to elevated surf of 3 to 6 feet expected. * WHERE...Ventura County Beaches, Malibu Coast and Los Angeles County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...There is an increased risk of ocean drowning. Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks, and capsize small boats nearshore. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Minor beach erosion and tidal overflows may occur across south-facing beaches especially in the Long Beach area. Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks.
- Event time
- Source last updated
- Current version retrieved
- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- CA, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Ventura County Beaches; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches
- event
- Beach Hazards Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-18T12:31:00-07:00
- states
- ["CA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-18T12:31:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dae08ea6ad3808f145088085e7632c94dd47d730.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d6a681ade348f94fc9752ec8a6de8211940ebf14.001.1"]
- instruction
- Remain out of the water due to hazardous swimming conditions, or stay near occupied lifeguard towers. Rock jetties can be deadly in such conditions, stay off the rocks.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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