High Surf Advisory issued October 18 at 7:17PM EDT until October 19 at 12:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston SC

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* WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Georgia Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until noon EDT Monday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Monday evening. * 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
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Provider
NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
Location
GA, US
Severity
Minor
area
Coastal Bryan; Coastal Chatham; Coastal Liberty; Coastal McIntosh
event
High Surf Advisory
onset
2026-10-18T19:17:00-04:00
states
["GA"]
urgency
Expected
certainty
Likely
effective
2026-10-18T19:17:00-04:00
message id
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fd8be6c5cb516d21c825ed1111f07ce7a2d27dbe.001.1
references
["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a5ce148829ce6970673eba3296581187543002fa.001.2"]
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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