High Surf Advisory issued October 17 at 7:32PM EDT until October 20 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Miami FL
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* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 6 to 8 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Broward County. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from late tonight through Thursday evening. For the High Surf Advisory, from 2 PM Monday to 8 PM EDT Tuesday. * 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.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- FL, US
- Severity
- Minor
- area
- Coastal Broward County
- event
- High Surf Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-19T14:00:00-04:00
- states
- ["FL"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-17T19:32:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.54428db780a69fd63ac082ab4ea7ea2e156b5118.002.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.26f974678632581d40c83ec09cfea317573b98f6.002.1"]
- 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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