Rip Current Statement issued October 17 at 9:31AM EDT until October 20 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Melbourne FL
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* WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Coastal Volusia, Coastal Indian River, Coastal Saint Lucie, Coastal Martin, Mainland Northern Brevard, Northern Brevard Barrier Islands, Mainland Southern Brevard and Southern Brevard Barrier Islands Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through late Monday night. For the High Surf Advisory, from 11 PM this evening to 4 AM 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. High surf will affect the beaches in the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. Swimmers should remain out of the water due to large breaking waves and dangerous surf conditions. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged. 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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- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- FL, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Coastal Volusia; Coastal Indian River; Coastal St. Lucie; Coastal Martin; Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands
- event
- Rip Current Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-17T09:31:00-04:00
- states
- ["FL"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-17T09:31:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a781037c9e467100fef4b41a87dff5797f3a54f9.001.2
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.26335a47b839b74751fa716304e5734d0dc6908d.001.2"]
- instruction
- High surf will affect the beaches in the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. Swimmers should remain out of the water due to large breaking waves and dangerous surf conditions. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. Entering the surf is strongly discouraged. 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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- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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