{"id":356352,"date":"2026-06-11T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/356352\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:30:11","slug":"high-surf-rip-current-threat-continues-along-southern-california-beaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/356352\/","title":{"rendered":"High surf, rip current threat continues along Southern California beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES (CNS) &#8212; High surf and dangerous rip currents were expected to continue along Southern California beaches, with forecasters warning beachgoers to exercise caution as large swells persist through Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A High Surf Advisory remains in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday for Los Angeles County beaches and the Malibu coast, where waves of 4 to 7 feet and local sets of 8 to 12 feet were forecast by the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A Beach Hazards Statement also remains in effect through 5 p.m. Thursday for Orange County beaches, where forecasters predicted surf of 4 to 7 feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The National Weather Service said a high risk of life-threatening rip currents is expected to continue through Thursday across much of the Southern California coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;There is an increased risk of ocean drowning,&#8221; the National Weather Service stated. &#8220;Rip currents can pull swimmers and surfers out to sea. Waves can wash people off beaches and rocks and capsize small boats near shore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The weather agency said a high risk of life-threatening rip currents is expected to continue through Thursday, with surf gradually subsiding to 3 to 6 feet later in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Surf conditions were expected to improve Friday, when wave heights were forecast to diminish and the rip current risk is expected to decrease to moderate.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 by City News Service, Inc. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (CNS) &#8212; High surf and dangerous rip currents were expected to continue along Southern California beaches,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":356353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[145195,7,9,8],"class_list":["post-356352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-145195","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}