Orange County Coast and San Diego County Coastal Areas are the focus of a high surf advisory issued at 1:36 p.m. on Monday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from Wednesday 5 p.m. until Saturday Aug. 1, at 5 p.m.
“Large breaking waves of 5 – 8 feet with sets up to 9 feet on south-southwest facing beaches and 3 – 6 feet on west-facing beaches,” can be expected according to the NWS San Diego CA. “A long period southerly swell of 3 feet at 17 seconds continues through Wednesday. A higher amplitude swell associated with Hurricane Genevieve of around 5 feet at 14 seconds builds late Wednesday into Thursday. Swell and associated surf look to subside late Saturday into Sunday Also, the following are the evening high tides for La Jolla: Wednesday: 6.11 ft at 9:36 p.m. Thursday: 5.96 ft at 10:08 p.m. Friday: 5.65 ft at 10:41 p.m. Note, tides have been chronically underpredicted this summer, with observed tides at La Jolla generally 0.3-0.4 ft higher than these predictions.”
“Flooding of lots, parks, and roads with only isolated road closures expected. Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Breaking waves can sweep people off jetties and docks, and into dangerous seas,” the NWS said. “Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions.”
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