...INCREASED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES MIDDAY THURSDAY TO MIDDAY
FRIDAY...

.A LONG PERIOD WNW SWELL WILL IMPACT THE COASTLINE FROM SONOMA
SOUTHWARD THROUGH BIG SUR BEGINNING MIDDAY THURSDAY. FORERUNNER
WAVES WILL ARRIVE EARLIER IN THE DAY THURSDAY, HOWEVER, THE
GREATEST RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES IMPACTING THE COAST WILL STRETCH
FROM 1PM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE SNEAKER WAVES
ARE INFREQUENT WAVES JUST POWERFUL ENOUGH TO KNOCK UNSUSPECTING
PEOPLE VISITING THE COAST INTO THE OCEAN DURING OTHERWISE
DECEPTIVELY LIGHT SEAS.

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN FRANCISCO HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR INCREASED SNEAKER WAVE RISK, WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...THE GREATEST SNEAKER WAVE RISK WILL BE FROM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...ENTIRE PACIFIC COASTLINE FROM SONOMA SOUTH TO BIG
SUR.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...LARGER SURF AT OFFSHORE BREAKS AND AN
ENHANCED RISK OF SNEAKER WAVES ON NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA BEACHES.
STEEP BEACHES WILL HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF SNEAKER WAVE ACTIVITY
WITH GREATER WAVE RUN-UP ONTO BEACHES. LARGE WAVES WILL ALSO
WASH OVER JETTIES AND ROCK OUTCROPPINGS THAT MAY NORMALLY STAY
DRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BEACH HAZARD STATEMENT FOR SNEAKER WAVES MEANS THAT CONDITIONS
ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT A HEIGHTENED RISK OF UNSUSPECTING BEACH
GOERS BEING SWEPT INTO THE SEA BY A WAVE. PEOPLE WALKING ALONG THE
BEACH SHOULD NEVER TURN THEIR BACK TO THE SEA. FISHERMAN SHOULD
AVOID FISHING FROM ROCKS OR JETTIES.

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